This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/gAB.2ACI/1906.3.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Subscribing to Ancestry.com would be a way to access the census records. Your local library may have an agreement with Heritage Quest to allow you free access on your computer via your library card number to the censuses they offer, which, I think, are 1790-1820, 1860-1870, 1900-1920. The LDS has a transcription of the 1880 at their web site - http://www.familysearch.org. Listings there should always be checked against the microfilm, to satisfy yourself that everything was copied correctly. Your local LDS Family History Center (FHC) may offer Ancestry.com free on their computers. I may be mistaken, but I believe all FHC's are open free to the public. You pay only for microfilm rental fees, copying fees, etc. You can get a lot of answers at an FHC, either from the volunteer librarian or from the patrons. Some of the patrons at my FHC are long-time, experienced genealogists. I think you can still order the censuses on microfilm at the Fam Hist Ctrs like we used to have to do "in the old days". The only other places I can think of where you can find all the censuses in one place are the National Archives (NARA) or one of their regional branches, or at certain large libraries. If you're lucky, there may be a NARA branch near you. http://www.archives.gov/facilities/index.html