BAD NEWS Diane!!! The 1890 Federal Census records were destroyed by a fire in the National Archives sometime around 1921! You're best hope would be to look for the NY State Census records for 1892. Happy Hunting! Joan In a message dated 10/9/2002 9:56:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, Rudy3214@aol.com writes: > Hi, > I hope someone can help me out on this :in the 1880 census I can find > Bethany > ED # 7,in 1890 I cannot find this for Bethany. Wasn't it done or did they > change the area's? Any help greatly appreciated. I finally found my adopted > Grandmother with her biological family, now I need to figure out when her > mother and sisters passed away passed away with consumption so I can go on > from there. > > Thanks, > Diane