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Fragments of the US census population schedule exist only for the states of Alabama, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota, and Texas.
- What Happened to the 1890 US Census? - FamilySearch
What Happened with the 1890 Census Fire? In the 1890s, no...
- United States Census, 1890 - FamilySearch Historical Records
The 1890 census Comal County, (reconstructed) census New...
- What Happened to the 1890 US Census? - FamilySearch
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- What Happened with The 1890 Census Fire?
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A census was taken in 1890. In fact, it was the most extensive yet, since it captured expanded information on nearly 63 million people. In addition to the regular population schedule that counted individual residents, special schedules documented manufacturing activities; mortality; imprisonment; people experiencing poverty and certain medical issu...
In the 1890s, no archival storage facility yet existed for federal records. In 1896—only 6 years after the census—a fire damaged many 1890 special schedules, including those pertaining to mortality, “Crime, Pauperism, and Benevolence,” and “the Insane, Feeble-Minded, Deaf and Dumb, and Blind.” The damaged records were destroyed. Years passed, and 3...
Only scattered sections of the population schedules exist today. These are for just a handful of locales and precincts in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma Territory, South Dakota, Texas, or Washington, D.C. Many pages have damage that may limit how readable they are, as shown in this exampl...
Many people won’t find their family in what’s left of the 1890 census. If your family lived in the United States during this era, try to locate them in both the 1880 and 1900censuses. Compare the entries. Were they living in the same place? What household members changed? Look for birth, marriage, or death records for those who may have been born, ...
Jan 18, 2016 · The Forgotten Federal Census of 1885 Can Be Found Online for Free. The Ultimate Quick Reference Guide to the U.S. Census. Image: A Census Bureau employee using a Hollerith tabulator in 1908. The Hollerith tabulator was first used for the 1890 census. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress via Census.gov. By Melanie Mayo, Family History Daily ...
Jan 5, 2024 · Search Online. Eleventh Census of the United States, 1890 (Microfilm Publication M407) Ancestry.com (free from NARA computers) Ancestry.com ($ - by subscription) 1890 Census Fragments. Logbook of Frank Lowell, Special Agent, Alaska District No. 2, 1890 Census (NAID 202288465) includes information on 18 families
Sep 8, 2016 · Updated February 7, 2005 On January 10, 1921, a fire in the Commerce Department building, Washington, DC, resulted in the destruction of most of the 1890 census, to the woe of researchers ever since. For more detailed information, see Kellee Blake, "'First in the Path of the Firemen:' The Fate of the 1890 Population Census," Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 64 ...
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Oct 21, 2024 · The 1890 census Comal County, (reconstructed) census New Braunfels, Texas : Comal County Genealogical Society, 2005 FS Library 976.4887 X2c 1890; Gloria Clifton Dozier, Reconstructed 1890 census of Kerr County, Texas Kerrville, Texas : G.C. Dozier, 1991 FS Library 976.4884 X2d 1890; FamilySearch Historical Records [edit | edit source]
