From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Wed May 3 01:45:43 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k437jhjb029695; Wed, 3 May 2006 01:45:43 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k437jhYe000496 for ; Wed, 3 May 2006 01:45:43 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k435CFFI011906 for ; Wed, 3 May 2006 01:12:15 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k435CFLK011905 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Wed, 3 May 2006 01:12:15 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k42NTrFI011216 for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 19:29:53 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k43239lf013218 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Tue, 2 May 2006 20:03:09 -0600 X-Envelope-From: juanita2@cox.net Tue May 2 20:03:09 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k43239jb013209 for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 20:03:09 -0600 Received: from centrmmtao06.cox.net (centrmmtao06.cox.net [70.168.83.78]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k43235pA031770 for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 20:03:05 -0600 Received: from DH433L51 ([24.255.150.191]) by centrmmtao06.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20060503020259.VXER16541.centrmmtao06.cox.net@DH433L51>; Tue, 2 May 2006 22:02:59 -0400 From: "juanita" To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com, Justtrubl@aol.com Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 21:02:58 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Reply 1890 census records Message-ID: <4457C902.10232.5794661@localhost> Priority: normal In-reply-to: <394.2c1b4b6.318964a2@aol.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.21c) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com I wouldn't bet on any census records being released sooner than they are now. More records are being withheld or severely restricted. Canada census which is being taken this month has a 92 yr. delay before being released. One article I read a few months ago said they had a block on the census form for the people to check if they didn't want their information EVER released, even after 92 yrs. It is frustrating trying to find information in this country anymore and I'm glad I began my research 25 yrs. ago....wish I'd started it years earlier though - at least some of my family would have still been alive and could probably tell me the answers to my questions today. juanita > << Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 11:46:52 -0600 > From: Joe > Subject: Re: 1890 Federal Census >> > > While most of the data here at the links you listed has to be paid for > at ancestry; it would seem that due to the loss of so many records in > 1890 that here we are with only 76 years difference between the 1930 > to current and I don't understand why census records cannot be > released sooner than what is released to hopefully save records from > being a repetitive loss. As it stands some people have lost over 20 > as it is research to never be able to trace. By the time the 1940 > census is available which is only 66 years from current 2006 year I > will probably not be around nor some of my family to be able to > continue research. I have not been able to prove out some older > families due to "lost", "burned", no birth death certificates > available, etc. I have been at a dead end for 30 years thanks to all > that as I am sure others are also. I've been told that even service > records for those in the service since Korea, etc prior and after that > their records have burned also. Sad when military cannot even get a > copy of their records. I don't mean to start a war on the board, but > just feel records of census should be released sooner than they are so > this doesn't have the chance to reoccur. Some people who retired 10 > years ago from service are being told records are burned when they > apply for a copy. Wish someone would free up some additional records. > Mary > >