In a message dated 10/9/2007 7:04:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, proactive@base1778.freeserve.co.uk writes: > Hello List. > > I am a new subscriber to your List, a family historian based in the UK. > > Was there a census taken for Schuylkill County in 1890? I have found my > ancestors Edward &Casey Edwards with their family on the 1870 and 1880 censii, > living at South Cass T/ship and the West Ward of Minerville in 1870 and 1880 > respectively. > > Good old "Ancestry.com" popped them out but nothing for 1890. > > I would be grateful for any information on the present whereabouts of the > 1890 census. > > Many thanks. Dorothy H. [UK] > Hi Dorothy, The 1890 US Federal Population Census was destroyed by fire. BUT, we Schuylkill County, PA researchers are lucky enough to have a County Directory based on the information from the 1890 census taken in the County. Quite a bit of this directory can be found online at the Schuylkill County GenWeb site in the Archive section. http://www.rootsweb.com/~paschuyl/schuylki.htm If the person you are looking for doesn't show up in any of the transcriptions that are there; quite a number of the list members have purchased reprints of this directory from the Historical Society of Schuylkill County and I am sure that at least one or more of us might be able to assist you in at least a quick check. Just let us know if you can't find the person. HTH Elizabeth ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com