In a message dated 6/10/99 7:12:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time, lise_doss@hotmail.com writes: << Subj: 1870 Census Lookup Date: 6/10/99 7:12:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time From: lise_doss@hotmail.com (Lise Doss) To: NJESSEX-L@rootsweb.com Hello, Is there anyone on the list who has access to the census index for 1870 for NJ? If so, could you please look up Robert FELDWEG for me? In the 1870 Newark directory he was the only Feldweg. The 1870 census does not show addresses. Thanks a lot, Lise >> Lise, Sorry, but the 1870 has no index - it is completely listed by wards - you can find out more about which census' have soundex listings at - http://www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/census/census.html If you look at the street address listed for your ancestor, you will be able to determine which ward it was in by looking in the beginning of the directory where it lists the street names (although some of the older directories do not list them) or you can try -http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geishome/ Glenn has provided many of the wards for 1870 on his Newark page. Hope that helps, Barbara