Let me re-phtase that---MOST of the 1890 schedules were damaged by the fire and resulting water damage to the point they were not salvageble. The URL article plainly states "Meanwhile, the still soggy, "charred about the edges" original and only copies of the 1890 schedules remained in ruins. " Most of the 1890 schedules WERE destroyed or damaged by the fire (maybe not directly but by from water that was used to fight the fire). Here's a quote from the "Guide to Genealogical Records in the National Archives" (copy I have had for many years was published by NARA in 1964): "The regular 1890 schedules were destroyed or badly damaged by a fire in Washington on January 10, 1921. Practically all the schedules not then destroyed were destroyed by congressional authorization in 1933. The National Archives, however, has some of the 1890 special census schedules." The "special census schedules" referred to above is a census taken in 1890 of Union veterans who fought in the Civil War. My statement still stands--MOST of the 1890 census is not here because of the fire in 1921--the 1900 census is all there. Bill Allen wrote: > > The 1890 U. S. census was not lost in a fire. > > On January 10, 1921, there was a fire in the Commerce Building in Washington, D.C. that housed the U. S. census. None of the U. > S. censuses (inclucing 1890) were distroyed in the fire. The fire was contained to the 1st floor. The 1890 U. S. census was in > the basement. It was water damaged. > > In 1934, the 1890 U. S. census was distroyed by the Department of Commerce. In 1942, parts of the 1890 U. S. census were found > to have survived the "destruction." In 1953, more of the 1890 U. S. census was found to have survived. > > The Fate of the 1890 Population Census: http://www.nara.gov/publications/prologue/1890cen1.html > > Bill Allen <misterbill@pdq.net> > > Bennie White wrote: > > > You are correct but you have the years reversed. The 1890 census was the > > one lost in a fire. All the 1900 census is available. > > > > Bennie