After spending several hours tonight on stevemorse fabulous site scrolling > through microfilm images, some of which were so faded as to be nearly > blank; I got to wondering if the original copies of the 1870 Federal census > still exist. Anyone know? I believe I saw some original censuses years ago at the Rensselaer Court House. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

I'm pretty sure I have seen the 1870 census in the courthouse basement. A lot of them are down there, in hard cover. If you need me to check something, let me know. Rebecca -----Original Message----- From: Pat Connors Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 11:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC Digest, Vol 7,Issue 190 After spending several hours tonight on stevemorse fabulous site scrolling > through microfilm images, some of which were so faded as to be nearly > blank; I got to wondering if the original copies of the 1870 Federal > census > still exist. Anyone know? I believe I saw some original censuses years ago at the Rensselaer Court House. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Time for Society Members to pay up their **2012 Dues**. See the Website for details: Troy Irish Genealogy Society www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message