This is just a guess but that could be the special census that was done of Civil War veterans and their widows. Dick [email protected] wrote: > I was looking at some census records today from Ohio, and I noticed a series > of rolls in the drawers that were from 1890. It appears to be from most > every county in the state-- I know Portage is in there. Does anyone know > what this is? I know that the federal census of 1890 was destroyed by fire. > Did Ohio do a special census? Is it a record of everyone in the state, or > just some of them? Does anyone have access to an index of who is in there > from Portage County? > > The End