This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VlB.2ACE/912.1.3.2.1 Message Board Post: Just an FYI to anyone interested. The 1880 Federal census is available free online on the Mormon LDS website, FamilySearch. There's a tab for SEARCH at the top and over to the left side a column of options and about the 2nd one is CENSUS. When you click on that link a drop down box appears and you can specific 1880 US census. They also have the census for Great Britian. This might help some of you in your searches on 1880 census records. Texas State Library also has a link to census records with a local library card ID and password. The local library has to subscribe to the site and you have to get the ID & password from your library. It's a wonderful site but at this time not ALL census years are online. But for the ones that are it's a blessing.