Of course, the 1865 New York State Census is available in partial form in William Litchman's compilation. Organized by town, his multi-volume set gives every name, age, and page number. Although it doesn't include everything, it's quite useful. The New York Public Library has a complete set, which also includes agricultural schedules, 1864-1865 birth, deaths, and marriages. -----Original Message----- From: Ruthanne Leister [mailto:rjleister@worldnet.att.net] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 9:07 PM To: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: 1865 New York State Census I was just going to ask this same question. I found the index in the Salt Lake FHC in the Jefferson Co, NY area -- not in the census area. I was surprised. The people who were working that evening had no idea either how to access the original and the library here (Salt Lake) doesn't have it. I found our family mentioned in it but I want to see what additional info there is. As I recall the index is divided into several books, by towns. Some have multiple towns in them. Ruthanne Michael Jackman wrote: > > I found this on the NYS Archives Page. How do I access the 1865 census? Does the Jefferson County Clerk have copies of the 1865 census? I know what page to look at, because I used the index to the 1865 census. > > ====================================== > > Census Records > > The Archives holds the original schedules of the State population census for 1915 and 1925(series A0275, A0276). The schedules are not indexed, and Archives staff will not search them except to provide legal proof of age. The schedules are fragile, and therefore use is restricted. The 1915 and 1925 census schedules and key maps for large cities are available on microform at the State Library. Manuscript schedules of the State census for 1801- 1905 were destroyed by fire in 1911. Some county clerks' offices hold duplicate copies of some of the State censuses taken periodically between 1825 and 1925. For further information on these census records, see New York State Census Records, 1790- 1925 (N.Y. State Library Bibliography Bulletin 88, 1981). > > Michael Jackman, P.O. Box 3663 > Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163 > > --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- > Share what you know. Learn what you don't. > > ============================== > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > 12.8 million individuals and counting. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/