Most of the 1890 Federal Census was destroyed in a fire at the Commerce Department, Wash DC on Jan 10, 1921 (including Maryland's). Byron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chere Athey" <athey12@yahoo.com> To: <mdallega@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 7:33 AM Subject: [MDALLEGA] 1890 census - where is it? > Noobie question... I noticed there is no Maryland 1890 census. Does > anyone know why? Thanks ~ Chere > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >