Census Links


	Hours of Operation

	Library Catalog

	Know it Now

	My Account

	NetNotice

	Research Databases

	eMedia Downloads

	Computer Classes at the Library

Census Aids Search site dedicated to simplifying genealogical searches. Contains databases and programs that facilitate doing genealogical research.

Fate of the 1890 Federal Census Of the decennial population census schedules, perhaps none might have been more critical to studies of immigration, industrialization, westward migration, and characteristics of the general population than the Eleventh Census of the United States, taken in June 1890. United States residents completed millions of detailed questionnaires, yet only a fragment of the general population schedules and an incomplete set of special schedules enumerating Union veterans and widows are available today. Reference sources routinely dismiss the 1890 census records as "destroyed by fire" in 1921. Examination of the records of the Bureau of Census and other federal agencies, however, reveals a far more complex tale. This is a genuine tragedy of records--played out before Congress fully established a National Archives--and eternally anguishing to researchers.

Soundex Converter The Soundex system is the means established by the National Archives to index the U.S. censuses (beginning with 1880). It codes together surnames of the same and similar sounds but of variant spellings. Soundexes are arranged by state, Soundex code of the surname, and given name.

US Census Bureau The Census Bureau Web Site provides on-line access to census data, publications, and products.