Dear Griff, I found an index on Ancestry.com that indicated some of my Cleveland Irish ancestors might be listed on the 1870 census in either the 5th or 7th wards. Coincidentally, I also saw an ad about the same time for a place which sells copies of census microfilms at www.censusmicrofilm.com . They have an online catalog that covers the whole country, but you really need to know which ward your ancestors lived in (at least for Cleveland) I paid 12.95 per roll + $4 shipping for the 4 rolls I purchased. They guarantee that they are sending you "the best copy available" but in places it's almost impossible to read (of course, that may be true on ALL copies) The entire 1850 census is on just 2 rolls, so I bought the whole thing. You may find that for some of the less populated counties that the whole county is on just 1 or 2 rolls ... in the case of Cuyahoga County there are about 8 or 9 rolls for the 1870 census and the number increased every year as the population grew. Since I actually bought the microfilms and, therefore, have unlimited time using them, I offered to do free lookups for other people on this board as I do my own research. I hope this information is helpful to you... Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 8:33 AM Subject: Re: Observations on my census research... > Dear Janet, Please tell me what films you are using, that is, LDS for > example. I am in Virginia and would like to work on Cleveland Irish ancestors > if the films are obtainable. My other pocket of Irishmen is Trumbull and > Warren County, and of yes, Hamilton County, and if you know of census films > for these, or where I can learn of them, grand. Thanks very much. Griff > Garland > >

Heritage Quest now has the census on CD, I think it's 19.00 per CD and it seems to cover all years/areas, some counties are on more than one CD. I have also bought census on microfilm but prefer the CD versions (same copy of the original microfilm, and does not have an index either). Just a suggestion: www.heritagequest.com Gerry Hubacka Glendale, AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: Janet <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 6:22 AM Subject: Re: Observations on my census research... > Dear Griff, > I found an index on Ancestry.com that indicated some of my Cleveland Irish > ancestors might be listed on the 1870 census in either the 5th or 7th wards. > Coincidentally, I also saw an ad about the same time for a place which sells > copies of census microfilms at www.censusmicrofilm.com . They have an > online catalog that covers the whole country, but you really need to know > which ward your ancestors lived in (at least for Cleveland) I paid 12.95 > per roll + $4 shipping for the 4 rolls I purchased. They guarantee that > they are sending you "the best copy available" but in places it's almost > impossible to read (of course, that may be true on ALL copies) The entire > 1850 census is on just 2 rolls, so I bought the whole thing. You may find > that for some of the less populated counties that the whole county is on > just 1 or 2 rolls ... in the case of Cuyahoga County there are about 8 or 9 > rolls for the 1870 census and the number increased every year as the > population grew. > > Since I actually bought the microfilms and, therefore, have unlimited time > using them, I offered to do free lookups for other people on this board as I > do my own research. > > I hope this information is helpful to you... Janet > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 8:33 AM > Subject: Re: Observations on my census research... > > > > Dear Janet, Please tell me what films you are using, that is, LDS > for > > example. I am in Virginia and would like to work on Cleveland Irish > ancestors > > if the films are obtainable. My other pocket of Irishmen is Trumbull and > > Warren County, and of yes, Hamilton County, and if you know of census > films > > for these, or where I can learn of them, grand. Thanks very much. > Griff > > Garland > > > > > >