On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 12:57 PM, carol battin <pagenie@suddenlink.net>wrote: > Mary Frances, > > Thank you so much for your reply. > I would appreciate your opinion concerning whether this > non-population census would be of help to me. > > Carol > Carol, due to your time frame of interest, I am not sure----don't recall the time frame covered by that 1880 DDD census; however, I would strongly suggest you check out the census description on the NARA (or Archives closer to you). That way both questions will be answered: time frame covered by that census as well as locating copies of that census. NARA used to have a procedure by which one could rent census films and read them at home/local college/local LDS Library, etc. Were I to _hazard_ a guess: I would give that census a try. Good hunting. Mary Frances > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 9:58 PM, Mary Frances <westhistorian@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:33 PM, carol battin <pagenie@suddenlink.net > > >wrote: > > > > > I just noticed the above item listed at Ancestry.com. Though > not > > > available to search there, it is listed as *Roll 10: 1880 Defective, > > > Dependent, and Delinquent Classes: Adams and Allegheny counties *at the > > > National Archives. > > > > > > Has anyone ever seen this census? Is this schedule just a "head > > count" > > > or does it contain specific information for individuals? This source > > might > > > answer some questions I have had concerning one of my families. > > > > > > Thanks for any help, > > > Carol in WV > > > > > > > Carol, depends on what types of info you seek. Many years ago, I studied > > this census at NARA and found much of value to me with my own family > > research. It is important to note that I was searching all possible > avenues > > for explanation of an unusual medical condition found in my family that > > previously no one of the elders had heard of. > > So, this 1880 census is filled with information, as is stated in its > title, > > of defective, dependent and delinquent classes (of human beings). There > is > > much information on persons who were ill, blind, deranged, paralyzed, > etc. > > > > It is not a mortality schedule. > > > > When known, parents and residences are named/identified as is the health > > (loosely termed) issue. > > > > If you have more questions, please ask and I will try to answer although > it > > was many years ago when I studied these types of census rolls. > > > > Mary Frances > > > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >