TIP #194 - THE "DDD" SCHEDULE - 1880 CENSUS Thanks to Bill Utterback, an outstanding genealogist, I have learned about a special form of which I had never heard! It has great potential for providing a rich vein of information if accessed. I would like to thank Bill for permission to post this to the KYRESEARCH list. The resource is known as: The "Supplemental Schedules 1-7: Defective, Dependent and Delinquent Classes" of the 1880 census. The 1880 census year was the only time that these schedules were a part of the decenniel census process. In 1880, there was a growing interest in health and social reform. These schedules were an effort to provide needed statistical data toward that end. I quote now from Bill Utterback: "We are all aware that the federal population schedules enumerated individuals who were classified as "insane" or "idiots"(and there is a difference), those in prisons, those deaf and mute, blind, homeless children, and paupers and indigents. But 98% of all genealogists are unaware that the census takers in 1880 were required, after they had enumerated an individual who fell into one of these classifications, to then go to one of the 7 schedules set aside for these categories and ask additional, probing questions of these individuals, if they were capable of answering. The instructions to the census taker directed him to do so and provided the questions he was to ask. For an "insane inhabitant", for example, the census taker was to elicit the following data from the individual or his/her caretaker, in addition to what he had already enumerated on the regular population schedule: Residence when at home Form of illness Is patient a paying patient? Duration of present attack Total number of attacks Age at which first attack occurred Does the person require to be usually or often kept in a cell...? Has this person ever been an inmate of any hospital or asylum for the insane and if so, where? What has been the total length of time spent by him/her in his/her life in such asylums? Is this person also an epileptic? Is the person suicidal? Is the person homicidal? Another example I'll show is what was asked about homeless children: Residence when at home Is this child's father deceased? Is this child's mother deceased? Has this child been abandoned by his/her parents? Has this child's parents surrendered the control over him/her to the institution? Was the child born in this institution? If not so born, state year when admitted Is this child illegitimate? Is this child separated from his/her living mother? Has he/she ever been arrested? If so, for what alleged offense? Has he/she ever been convicted or sentenced? Has the origin of this child been respectable? Has he/she been rescued from criminal surroundings? Is this child blind? Is he/she a deaf-mute? If he/she an idiot? This is marvelous anecdotal information at the very least, and can be very important insofar as addressing the question of where the person resides "when at home", and the census takers were admonished in the instructions, to realize that the mere fact that they are in an institution in one locale does not mean that they reside in that place. The questions for paupers and indigents included such questions as: what other members of the person's family are in the establishment (such as a poorhouse), and it even gives separate lines for husband, wife, mother, father, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, and many of the other questions noted above are also asked. So, what do we do - now that we know about the DDD Schedules - when we next see a person who is of interest to us in the 1880 census, and the person is shown as indigent or pauper or homeless, or insane, etc.? We will know to go to the DDD Schedules and look for them again, and see if we can gain some additional information about them, as individuals, and about their family, their place of residence, and other items. Where do we find the DDD Schedules? For Kentucky, the originals (2 volumes) are located in the Duke University Library Manuscript Collection in Durham, NC. But, they have been microfilmed by the National Archives and Kentucky's are Microform Record M1528. So that film can be ordered and viewed. I hope that when you are next working the 1880 census, this info on the "forgotten" schedules from that year will prove to be a help." I haven't seen a copy of this schedule to date, but will certainly see if I can obtain a copy! I asked Bill if these are available for every county in Kentucky and his reply was: "As far as I know, these are available for all counties, everywhere in the country. All of KY's are on one reel of microfilm. I looked at Calloway County several years ago and there were about 50 people listed. The larger numbers would be in places like Hopkinsville, where the state insane asylum was in those days, plus the bigger cities, such as Louisville. There were some of the less populated counties that only had a few people listed. So it all fits pretty easily onto one roll of film. © Copyright 27 October 1998, Sandra K. Gorin, All rights reserved, sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Sandi Gorin - A Kentucky Colonel 205 Clements Ave., Glasgow, KY 42141 (502) 651-9114 PUBLISHING: http://www.members.tripod.com/~GorinS/index.html BARREN CO OBITS, WILLS, DEEDS & BIBLE RECORDS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/BarrenObits KYRESEARCHING TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips