1890 U.S. FEDERAL CENSUS FRAGMENT These records have been extracted from the remaining population schedules for the 1890 Federal Census, which was destroyed by a fire at the Commerce Department in Washington, DC on 10 January 1921. The surviving fragments consist of 1,233 pages or pieces, including enumerations for fragments of Alabama, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota, and Texas. The records of only 6,160 of the 62,979,766 people enumerated survived the fire. The original 1890 census enumerated people differently than ever before that time. Each family was enumerated on a separate sheet of paper. 1890 was the only year this was done. Source Information: Ancestry.com. "1890 U.S. Federal Census Fragment." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from: National Archives and Records Administration. "1890 United States Federal Census, M407, 3 rolls." Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/5445.htm This database is also included in the 1890 Census Reconstruction Project and can be searched through its main page at: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/1890sub/main.htm _________________________________________________________