- ---------------------------------------------------------------- FORWARDED MESSAGE - Orig: 15-Jun-99 11:53 Subject: [OHIO] Michigan 1870 Census Index Online - ---------------------------------------------------------------- Reply-To: [email protected] For those of us with Ohio roots, there is always at least one of our ancestors who probably slipped over the northern border! Michigan 1870 Census Index Online Some years ago the Library of Michigan printed an index to the 1870 U.S. Census records for the state. This printed version won the Paul W. Thurston award in 1993 as a notable government document. Copies of the printed index are available in libraries throughout Michigan and in many genealogy libraries elsewhere. The Library of Michigan has now released an online version on their Web site. This is a major help for anyone researching Michigan ancestors of that time period, especially for researchers who do not have easy access to the printed index. Anyone can sit at home day or night and search the index. The 1870 census index lists the names of heads-of-household where only one surname was present in a dwelling. In certain cases, surnames of other persons are indexed. For example: - a brother living with another brother and his family - a married son living with his parents - several persons of the same name living in a hotel or boarding house or working in the household of another family - surnames that were present in the dwelling as boarders, in-laws, etc. This searchable database is very easy to use. A form appears on your screen with several fields for entry. You must fill in the last name, but the other fields are optional: first name, county, and township. You can also use wildcard searches. For example, if you enter "Smi" in the "Last Name" field and select the "Use Wildcard" option, the database will display all records with a last name starting with "Smi" including "Smiddorf", "Smith", and "Smits". http://envoy.libofmich.lib.mi.us/1870_census/ !^NavFont02F06950007NGHHM960911