FYI

1895 Census

Although the 1890 census was largely destroyed and the only
resource for
that period is a census substitute based on tax records,
etc, there is an 1895 federal census available for a few
states.

--------------------- On 3 March 1879, Congress passed an
act that provided
that any state or territory could conduct an inter-decennial
census, which
would be partially funded by the federal government.  Only
the states of
Colorado, Florida, and Nebraska, and the Dakota and New
Mexico Territories
availed themselves of the opportunity.


The 1885 census was conducted using the official "census
day" of 1 June 1885
and consisted of four (4) schedules:
--- Schedule 1: Inhabitants - Includes houses, inhabitants,
their color,
gender, age, relationship to head of household, marital
status, occupation,
place of birth, parents' birthplace, literacy, and any
illness or
disability.
--- Schedule 2: Agriculture - Includes the name of the
farmer, the duration
of tenancy, acreage, farm value, expenses, value of farm
products, type of
livestock and numbers, and the type and quantity of produce.
--- Schedule 3: Products of Industry - Includes the name of
the owner or
parent company, name of the business, amount of capital
invested, number of
employees, wages, hours, number of months operated each
year, value of
materials used, value of products, and the amount and type
of power used in
the production of the products.  (This was the last
manufacturing census
conducted.)
--- Schedule 5: Mortality - Includes information about
persons who died in
the year ending 31 May 1885.  It includes the name, age,
gender, color,
marital status, place of birth, parents' birthplace,
occupation, cause of
death, and length of illness.


What Records Exist?
Copies of the census schedules were returned to the
Department of the
Interior in Washington, DC, and the originals were to have
been retained by
the states.  There are, however, missing areas and some
missing schedules.


--- Colorado.  The state copy exists at the Colorado State
Archives in
Denver; the federal copy is at the National Archives and
Records
Administration (NARA) and has been microfilmed as
publication M158.
Ancestry.com is in the process of posting the 1885 census
database online at
its subscription website.
--- Dakota Territory.  The census for the northern half of
the territory is
located at the State Archives and Historical Research
Library in Bismarck.
A searchable online database for all counties in the
northern Dakota
Territory except Grand Forks County
--- Florida.  The state copy is at the Florida State
Archives at the Florida
State Library and has been microfilmed.  William T.  and
Patricia Martin
have compiled an every-name index to this census which they
sell bound for
the entire state or at county level The federal copy also is
at NARA and has
been microfilmed as publication M84 (13 rolls).
--- Nebraska.  The state copy is at the State Historical
Society in Lincoln;
the federal copy is at NARA and has been microfilmed as
publication M352 (56
rolls).  Ancestry.com has the 1885 census database online at
its
subscription website.  Also, visit the Nebraska USGenWeb
site where a few
counties have been transcribed by volunteers.
--- New Mexico Territory.  The state copy is at the State of
New Mexico's
State records Center and Archives in Santa Fe; the federal
copy is at NARA
and has been microfilmed as publication M846 (6


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