In a message dated 2/15/2005 1:06:42 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I would like to know if anyone has access to the 1835 census and willing to look for their record, copy it and could send it to me?. Thank you very much. Karl MacEachron Fresno CA Karl ~ We would all love to have access to the 1835 NY State Census! Unfortunately, many of the early NY State censuses were lost or destroyed. In Onondaga County, the State Censuses are available only from 1855. If there WERE an 1835 Census for Onondaga County, this would have been the information available: It is similar to the Federal Census of that era -- only the name of the head of the family is listed. State of New- York; Census of the State, for the year 1835. Town of (blank space), County of (blank space) Book No. (blank space) Questions asked: 1. The name of the head of each family. 2. The number of male persons in the family" (the name of whose head is in the first column) incuding its head, if male. 3. The number of female persons in the same family, including its head, if female. 4. The number of male persons in the same family subject to militia duty. 5. The whole number of male persons in the same family entitled by the constitution of this state to vote for all officers elective by the people. 6. The number of male persons in the same family who are aliens not naturalized. 7. The number of persons in the same family who are paupers. 8. The number of persons in the same family who are persons of colour not taxed. 9. The number of persons of colour in the same family who are taxed. 10. The whole number of persons of colour in the same family who are taxed, and entitled by the constitution of this state to vote for all officers elective by the people. (and not to be included in the ninth column.) 11. The number of married female persons in the same family under the age of forty-five years. 12. The number of unmarried female persons in the same family, between the ages of sixteen and forty-five years. 13. The number of female persons in the same family, unmarried, under the age of sixteen years. 14. The number of marriages occurring in the same family, where the female married resided during the year preceding. 15. Whole number of births in the same family during the year preceding. (Male and Female) 16. Whole number of deaths in the same family during the year preceding. (Male and Female) 17. The number of acres of improved land occupied by the same family. 18. The number of neat cattle owned by the same family. 19. The number of horses owned by the same family. 20. The number of sheep owned by the same family. 21. The number of hogs owned by the same family. 22. The number of yards of fulled cloth manufactured in the domestic way in the same family during the preceding year. 23. The number of yards of flannel and other woollen cloths not fulled manufactured in the domestic way in the same family, during the year preceding. 24. The number of yards of linen, cotton, or other thin cloths, manufactured in the domestic way in the same family, during the year preceding. The lists of questions for each NY State Census and the availability of the schedules can be found at: http://www.frontiernet.net/~halsey1/ny/ny-census.htm Hope this helps, Diane Wilson Flynn