Search the 1890 Census Substitute
About This Collection:
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.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com, Inc. 1890 Federal Census Substitute Project. Orem, UT:
Ancestry.com, Inc., 2000. Source information for a particular database
is provided on the individual description page.