Thank you very much. I appreciate knowing aboutthis. Floreda -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 12:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MSWILKIN] 1880 Census online Are the subscribers of this newletter aware that the 1880 census of the US is online (free) at <A HREF="www.familysearch.org">www.familysearch.org</A> Each person should check all ancestors who were alive in 1880 (and the neighbors too, who probably were uncles, cousins, in-laws, etc.) It is tricky to use. The census-taker as well as the transcribers of the index were careless in their spelling, not only of forenames but also of surnames. Do not give the search engine too much information, or it will get thoroughly confused. You can do this: use the first three letters of the surname and then add an asterisk (a wild card) And misspell the first three letters. Change the vowel if necessary, and sometimes P and B are mixed up. If you give the search engine too much information, it gets stubborn. Also, check out the neighbors. Some people tell me they search the community itself rather than a particular family. I must try that. E.W.Wallace ==== MSWILKIN Mailing List ==== To contact the list admin: [email protected] county Webpage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswilkin archives: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl threaded archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/