I think the entire 1890 Census for most states was destroyed by fire.

M. Jay Stottman

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From: Ron May <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 1:14 AM
Subject: Re: 1900-1920 census schedules


> Paul,
>
> The 1890 Census was destroyed too, though I dont know how.
>
> Destruction of records has been a problem for years. I am working on U.S.
> Army Fort Rosecrans. Most of those records were sent to the U.S. National
> Archives, where they separated it all into 2 piles. One pile was "junk"
and
> the other was to be preserved; someone got the message wrong and destroyed
> the good stuff. This happened again just a couple years ago with the U.S.
> Navy Arctic Research lab. Damn!!!