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1890 Census Substitute When a basement fire in the Commerce Building
in Washington, D.C. destroyed most of the 1890 federal census,
a valuable source of information was lost to researchers of
America's past. Ancestry.com, with the aid of the National Archives
and Records Administration and the Allen County Public Library,
now provides the first definitive online substitute for the
missing census. More than 20 million records have been identified
for inclusion in the collection and additions will be made regularly
as they become available for posting. It will include fragments
of the original 1890 census that survived the fire, special
veterans schedules, several Native American tribe censuses for
years surrounding 1890, state censuses (1885 or 1895), city
and county directories, alumni directories, and voter registration
documents. When completed, this collection will be an unparalleled
tool for researchers of American ancestors.
