Researchers, Lately, have had a few new people express their disappointment because their ancestors are not found in the 1880 soundex. Lets review for a moment. Only the families with children ages 10 and under were included in the Soundex. So the Soundex is somewhat limited in that regard. However, the OGS 1880 census project (took from 1981 to 1991 complete), has indexed EVERY head of household, plus anyone in the house with a different last name and any persons older than the head of household; plus all those in an institution. -- Nancy M. Clay Meyers, Lorain OH Genealogy Lookup Volunteer http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen A proud RootsWeb Supporter Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Volunteer http://www.raogk.org Life Member of Ohio Genealogical Society http://www.ogs.org/

Hi, Lorain List, I also highly recommend the set of CD's the Mormon Church has recently released on the 1880 census. The set comes with 55 CD's, including about 20 just for the National Index. There are many features and ways to find people, including the "neighbors" of our ancestors. We had a demonstration at one of our meetings last week on this. One can use the search terms without last names, pull up people by first names only by birthday and place and do "wild card" searches, using the first few letters, then an asterik. You can search by state, county and town without the name, also. I think most Family History Centers have it by now. It is well-worth looking into for 1880. Carole in CO -----Original Message----- From: NM Meyers [mailto:nmmeyers@centurytel.net] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 8:58 AM To: OHLORAIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [OHLORAIN] 1880 census Researchers, Lately, have had a few new people express their disappointment because their ancestors are not found in the 1880 soundex. Lets review for a moment. Only the families with children ages 10 and under were included in the Soundex. So the Soundex is somewhat limited in that regard. However, the OGS 1880 census project (took from 1981 to 1991 complete), has indexed EVERY head of household, plus anyone in the house with a different last name and any persons older than the head of household; plus all those in an institution. -- Nancy M. Clay Meyers, Lorain OH Genealogy Lookup Volunteer http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen A proud RootsWeb Supporter Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Volunteer http://www.raogk.org Life Member of Ohio Genealogical Society http://www.ogs.org/ ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== Visit the Lorain County Genealogy page http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen