Thanks, Bill. Betty On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:57:19 -0600 Bill Allen <misterbill@pdq.net> writes: > Hi y'all, > > The 1890 U.S. census was NOT distroyed in a fire! > > In 1921 there was a fire in the same building that housed the U.S. > census, the > Commerce Building. The 1890 U.S. census was damaged by the water > used to extinguish > the fire. In 1933 the U.S. Congress authorized the distruction of > the 1890 U.S. > census. And in 1935 it was distroyed by the Department of > Commerce. > > In 1942 some schedules from Illinois were discovered to have > survived. And in 1953 > a few scattered schedules from various counties in various states > were found. > > The Fate of the 1890 Population Census: > http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/spring_1996_1890_census_1.h tml > > Bill Allen <misterbill@pdq.net> > > > "Betty A. Pace" wrote: > > > Louise, > > Where are the 1890 census records for veterans now? Do you know > if the > > LDS has filmed the records? > > Betty Pace > > > > From: Louise Donnell <cldonnell@yahoo.com> > > To: NCGUILFO-L@rootsweb.com > > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 08:10:44 -0800 (PST) > > Subject: [NCGuilford] Most of 1890 Census records burned > > Alas and alack, almost all U.S historians and > > genealogists wish that fire had not consumed the 1890 > > Census records. Only parts of the 1890 census of war > > veterans has survived because those records were > > stored at a separate location. If your forebearer was > > a veteran, you might get lucky. > > > > Louise Donnell > > Austin, TX > > > >