I have looked at the 1870 Sibley Co census many times from the microfilm. The mistake is from the site. They did not get all the film for their images or they did not post all the images. Don >From: "Loyal Younggren" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: 1870 Census on Ancestry - if you have access >Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 21:00:55 -0500 > >Mn has census for odd years too (1875) have you looked at them? > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 7:35 PM >Subject: 1870 Census on Ancestry - if you have access > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Surnames: Sander, Becker > > Classification: Query > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VIB.2ACE/44 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > I sent the following message to their help desk and got the reply posted >just below. Clearly whoever staffs the help desk doesn't have a clue what >to >look for....but then am I crazy? I could not find Census information there >for Sibley in 1870....they may have copied the microfilm exactly as they >received it from NARA, but was the microfilm correct.? > > Bad enough that 1890 doesn't exist, but not to have 1870 also....that >becomes a major loss. I would appreciate help/clarification....Karen > > ...................................................................... > > Description: My primary research area is Sibley County Minnesota > > > > When I went to the 1870 Census, Sibley County, Minnesota > > > > what I found was death and agricultural information NOT the usual Census > > data....which is what I need! The whole County is missing for that > > Census > > > > Can this information please, please be posted > > >............................................................................ >.. > > > > THEIR Reply: > > > > Thank you for your email. > > > > We have looked at the images you indicated and it appears that we have > > copied the information exactly as it was found in the microfilm that was > > sent from the NARA. If you look at image #3 you will notice that there > > are two pages displayed from the same book, the page on the left > > indicates that it is a Census Report form and the page on the right > > indicates that it is an agriculture form. If you have information that > > indicates there are missing pages, please send us that information and > > we will look into the issue further. > > > > If there is anything else we can assist you with, please let us know. > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, >go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ Surf the Web without missing calls! Get MSN Broadband. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp