MySource:Penelope Blake/Eleventh Census of the United States, 1890. United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1870. (online). Available from http:/www.an

About 1890 United States Federal Census Fragment These records have been extracted from the remaining population schedules for the 1890 Federal Census of the United States, which was destroyed by a fire at the Commerce Department in Washington, DC on 10 January 1921.

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These records have been extracted from the remaining population schedules for the 1890 Federal Census, which was destroyed by a fire at the Commerce Department in Washington, DC on 10 January 1921. The surviving fragments consists of 1,233 pages or pieces, including enumerations for Alabama, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota, and Texas. The records of only 6,160 of the 62,979,766 people enumerated survived the fire.

The original 1890 census enumerated people differently than ever before that time. Each family was enumerated on a separate sheet of paper. 1890 was the only year this was done.

The only surviving fragments are as follows:

Alabama—Perry County District of Columbia—Q, S, 13th, 14th, RQ, Corcoran, 15th, SE, and Roggs streets, and Johnson Avenue Georgia—Muscogee County (Columbus) Illinois—McDonough County: Mound Township Minnesota—Wright County: Rockford New Jersey—Hudson County: Jersey City New York—Westchester County: Eastchester; Suffok County: Brookhaven Township North Carolina—Gaston County: South Point Township, Ricer Bend Township; Cleveland County: Township No. 2 Ohio—Hamilton County (Cincinnati); Clinton County: Wayne Township South Dakota—Union County: Jefferson Township Texas—Ellis County: S.P. no. 6, Mountain Peak, Ovila Precinct; Hood County: Precinct no. 5; Rusk County: Precinct no. 6 and J.P. no. 7; Trinity County: Trinity Town and Precinct no. 2; Kaufman County: Kaufman.

Fields in this database include: given name, surname, relationship, race, gender, age, birthplace, father's birthplace, and mother's birthplace. If you cannot find your family in this database, it may be useful to look at Ancestry.com's 1890 Census Substitute. [This information comes from Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, eds. "Research in Census Records." The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy, rev. ed. Ancestry, Inc.: Salt Lake City, 1997.]

Short version of source: Eleventh Census of the United States, 1890. [online]

Bibliography version of source: Eleventh Census of the United States, 1890. [online]

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