I am happy to announce that the transcription project for the 1865 NYS census for Troy is starting to go online. The first ward is now totally transcribed and I've started to get it online. Over the next day or two all of it will be online. There are 3,992 individuals in the first ward in 255 dwellings and 798 families. Here are the people to thank for taking time out of their lives to help others: Bob McConihe, Earl Smith, Kay Brearton, Amy LaPietra, Sharon King, Terry Bora, Lynn Grice, Gary Carver and Austin Fadden. The 2nd and 3rd wards are now totally assigned and we started the 4th ward this week. If you would like to help out on this project, email me off line. You can find a link to the census on the Troy page of my website. I have A to Crowley online tonight and hope to get the rest of the census online in the next day or two so keep checking the site out. Also, read the notes on the front page of the 1st ward, there is an explanation of the problems we encountered plus a description on how the tables are arranged. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

Did the irish take the census as regularly as us? Where can I find these census? Patricia IN

Yes, and you can't. ;-) A census was taken every ten years in Ireland, 1821-1911, but the 1901 is the first that survives for all of Ireland. The 1821-1851 were mostly destroyed (scattered fragments remain), and the 1861-1891 were thoroughly destroyed. Because of the near-total destruction of pre-1901 censuses, the usual 100-year closure rule was waived by the Irish government, and both the 1901 and 1911 censuses are available in Ireland and through the LDS. Unfortunately, the UK government did not waive the closure, so the records are not accessible in NI or (I believe) the UK. The National Library of Ireland is working on digitizing the censuses, but mostly you still have to work from microfilm. Indexing varies by county (some aren't indexed at all, some indexes are not widely available), so you need to know where in Ireland you're looking before you can use the records reasonably well. Hope that's not too discouraging. Claire K. On Apr 27, 2009, at 12:56 PM, Pat wrote: > Did the irish take the census as regularly as us? Where can I > find these > census? > Patricia > IN > > > ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== > Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, > check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: http:// > www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-IRISH- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message Claire K seekay@comcast.net