Ancestry offers the 1880 census for free. You can get the original LDS data extraction but you can't see the images unless you pay. Heritage Quest does offer the images of most of the US Federal censuses, through many local libraries. EdrieAnne On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 8:50 AM, <scrapsbratt@aol.com> wrote: > I used to be able to access the 1880 census freely and easily on > FamilySearch. > I seem to be unable to access it there now. > Every search for free 1880 census leads me back to Ancestry, which is not > free. > > > Where can I access the 1880 census, at least an index, free? > > > Betty > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >