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/VFB.2ACI/3532.1 Message Board Post: Hi, Yvette - I thought you might like to know that most of the 1890 federal US census was destroyed in a fire. There is a special Civil War veterans census that still exists from that year & if your ancestor was a veteran, he might be listed in that (widows are listed if the vet has died). Other than that, there are city directories from that time period, but no complete census. Good luck with your search.