JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen (US) New York State Substitutes for the Lost 1890 Census #general
Jan Meisels Allen
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society has an article in their
blog about substitutes for the Lost 1890 US census. Their article talks of three substitutes for the census that was all but destroyed: 1890 Veterans Schedule this schedule survived for New York as well as other states. It will include the name of the military person, rank, company, regiment name, date of enlistment and discharge, length of service, post office address, whether a disability occurred and additional remarks. It is available on Ancestry.com a subscription service which is also available at many public libraries and FamilySearch.org. (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1877095) 1890 New York City "Police" Census In 1890 New York City consisted of Manhattan and western half of Bronx. The Police Census is called such as the police were the enumerators. FamilySearch.org released an index that covers the majority of the 1,008 books of which 894 survive today. The surviving books are available on Family History Library microfilm and can be searched at: https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2381996 1892 New York State Census New York State took its own census every ten years between 1825 and 1925. They skipped 1895 due to political and bureaucratic problems jumping to the 1892 census. Forty of the state's counties survived. Information including name, age, gender, race, birthplace ( country), citizenship status and occupation are all documented >from the census. To search the 1892 Census see: https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1529100 Above are the three alternate choices for substituting the census. To read the entire article may be found at:\ https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/blog/new-york-state-substitutes-lost=-1890-census?utm_source=3Denews&utm_medium=3Demail&utm_campaign=3Denews+42 (MODERATOR: https://tinyurl.com/y233pk2z ) Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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