This link will take you to a circular from the Library of Michigan that lists what state census records have survived for each county. http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mhc_sa_circular09_49695_7.pdf Joseph Martin Romeoville, Illinois On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 5:53 PM, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com < gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: Georgia1910 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.wayne/17931.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > There is very little left of the Michigan 1890 census-just bits and pieces > that I have seen. Generally, 1890 census is considered not available > because most of it was destroyed by a fire. I cannot find her on the 1900 > census but by then she may have married. Have you tried tracing her > siblings? > > There are State of Michigan censuses for 1884. The Detroit Society for > Genealogical Research (DSGR)'s quarterly magazine has transcriptions for > some of the Wayne County townships & villages. I don't remember if Ecorse > has been done yet. I don't know if there are any of the 1894 censuses for > Wayne County. > > If you live in the Metro Detroit area, the censuses are available at the > Burton Historical Collection (BHC) of the main Detroit Public Library and > also at the Library of Michigan in Lansing. > > I looked at the FamilySearch test website but didn't see anything. You > might want to try searching there. I don't know if they have all the > Michigan records digitized yet. > > http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=home > > She could have married and moved out of state. Many people moved out west > for the land that was available. My gggrandmother moved to Kansas in 1880 > with her second husband and 7 of her 11 children. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would > like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and > respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- "Reality leaves a lot to the imagination." John Lennon