Thanks for the heads up! Once I get to the LDS site, how do I find what you described? Jim -----Original Message----- From: tnmitchell@juno.com <tnmitchell@juno.com> To: NJBURLIN-L@rootsweb.com <NJBURLIN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, May 28, 2001 10:09 PM Subject: [NJBurlin] 1880 US Census on CD by LDS >Have you heard?? > >The LDS are releasing an extracted form (not scans of the originals) of >the US 1880 Census on June 1 in a 56-CD set (35 of data, 20 of index, and >1 viewer) for $49.00!! Check with http://familysearch.org for ordering >instructions. > >It contains 50.5 milliion names, twice the number on the Ellis Island >Records, and covers all "38 states, 8 territories, excluding only the >Indian Territory of present-day Oklahoma" then in the Union. "It is a >fully extracted record, with every name indexed." > >"The 1880 U.S. Census is the most complete database published by the >Church to date and contains each individual's full name, relationship to >head of the house, age, gender, race, marital status, occupation, >birthplace, and the birthplace of the individual's parents.... > >"[A] powerful search engine is included with the CD that makes it >possible to find a person through 'bits and pieces' and 'wild card' >searches. Bits and pieces means each category can be in a search. A >wild card search is where one or more letters, such as the easily >mistaken r, y and v can be replaced by an asterisk. The census also >allows viewing of neighboring families." > >The 1881 Canadian Census is currently extracted and is being processed >for finalization, date of release not known yet, but will be "soon." >--DESERET NEWS LDS CHURCH NEWS, May 26, 2001, p. 5, Col. 1. > >Feel free to copy to others, as long as you retain the source info at the >bottom of the article. > > >Nancy in Utah >"I collect cousins" >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~roney >tnmitchell@juno.com > >