Nope, no printed index. There aren't too many volunteers who are eager to transcribe over 325,000 names (estimated county population at that time) from film. So it's up to a business like Ancestry to decide there's a profit to be made by doing it. --- zona.himmelsbach@juno.com wrote: > > There's also the 1892 census of Erie County -- Here are the > numbers > > to order > > microfilm for that: > > Buffalo, wards 1-4, 1892 FHL US/CAN Film > > 825692 Item 2 > > Buffalo, wards 5-12, 1892 FHL US/CAN Film > > 825693 Buffalo, wards 13-21, 1892 FHL US/CAN Film > > 825694 Buffalo, wards 22-25, 1892 FHL US/CAN Film > > 825695 Item 1 > > Has this film been transcribed and will it ever be available > online? > Zona > > > ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> > See the Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your > family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 > months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com www.buffaloresearch.com "My heart is moved by all I cannot save: So much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those who, age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world." -Adrienne Rich

Last week, I had two of these films in to read and for those of you interested in the possibilities of the 1892 State Census I''ve uploaded a scan of a copy of a page at: http://www.hollytimm.com/newyork/1892NYstatecensus.jpg This census two column format for enumeration was hard to scan to start with. The image shown is probably about average in ink intensity with a good few much lighter. It's much easier to search of course if you have an idea what ward (and district of that ward) they were in. I found nothing on my families on the first two reels but will proceed with the remaining films after a trip to Maine the next two weeks. http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/genealogy/nyscens.htm shows what state census schedules exist for which counties. Dick Halsey's page at http://www.frontiernet.net/~halsey1/ny/1892.htm sums it up by stating "This census was a giant step backwards. It is very difficult to tell where each family begins and there are no relationships given, etc." His page gives the questions asked and it wasn't many. At 06:29 PM 3/19/2005 -0800, Cynthia Van Ness wrote: >Nope, no printed index. There aren't too many volunteers who >are eager to transcribe over 325,000 names (estimated county >population at that time) from film. So it's up to a business >like Ancestry to decide there's a profit to be made by doing it. > >--- zona.himmelsbach@juno.com wrote: > > > There's also the 1892 census of Erie County -- Here are the > > numbers > > > to order > > > microfilm for that: > > > Buffalo, wards 1-4, 1892 FHL US/CAN Film > > > 825692 Item 2 > > > Buffalo, wards 5-12, 1892 FHL US/CAN Film > > > 825693 Buffalo, wards 13-21, 1892 FHL US/CAN Film > > > 825694 Buffalo, wards 22-25, 1892 FHL US/CAN Film > > > 825695 Item 1 > > > > Has this film been transcribed and will it ever be available > > online? > > Zona > > > > > > ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > > To contact the List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> > > See the Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ============================== > > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your > > family and the > > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 > > months. > > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > >*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* >Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com >www.buffaloresearch.com > "My heart is moved by all I cannot save: > So much has been destroyed > I have to cast my lot with those > who, age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary > power, reconstitute the world." -Adrienne Rich > > >==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== >To contact the List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> >See the Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > >============================== >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors >at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: >http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429