tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post3847648399529247962..comments2023-04-20T12:46:11.858-06:00Comments on The Ancestry Insider: Darned Missing Census PagesThe Ancestry Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490682912125335188noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-40507030098104011742012-01-31T12:24:51.086-07:002012-01-31T12:24:51.086-07:00I just got off the phone with the National Archive...I just got off the phone with the National Archives, and an archivist who's been there for 35 years verified the following:<br /><br />1900-1930 All original censuses schedules were destroyed after being microfilmed. So there's no possibility of locating missing pages.<br /><br />1890 Lost in a fire, except for a few pages.<br /><br />1880 These originals were returned to the states (not sure exactly when; WI received theirs ca 1918 - apparently from the Census Bureau, since the Natl Archives wasn't created until 1934.) What each state did with their original 1880 schedules isn't known by the Natl Archives. So check with the state archives/library of your state of interest to see whether they have them. (For missing WI 1880 pages, contact the WI Historical Society Archives; email archref@wisconsinhistory.org.)<br /><br />1790-1870 THE ORIGINALS ARE STILL IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, so check with them about a page missing from the microfilm during those years. Go to http://www.archives.gov/contact/inquire-form.html#part-b and scroll down to the "I have a question.." segment.<br /><br />For the 1850, 1860 & 1870 Censuses, three copies were made: 1 for the county, 1 for the state, and 1 for the Census Bureau. Some state and county copies may still exist (e.g. WI has a duplicate set of schedules for 1850-1870), so check to see if your state or county also does. <br />Note: Only one of those 3 copies was the "original" - the others were transcripts, so may differ. Unfortunately, there was no consistency about which copy was sent where, so it's usually impossible to tell which copy is the original, even when they are compared side-by-side.<br /><br />My bugaboo with missing pages is the inmates of the Massachusetts Hospital School in Canton in 1930. The first two pages of staff are on the microfilm, but the apparent following pages of inmates/patients/students are not; no doubt for medical privacy reasons. (Of course, my person was a patient.) But what a loss! They should have saved those pages for release after 75-100 years...which would probably be too late for me to still be around, but not for the next generation of family researchers.<br /><br />Hope this helps! Dee G, Madison WIWinorskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14292683613713638332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-44960298859029053562012-01-27T03:03:02.432-07:002012-01-27T03:03:02.432-07:00Where do those census records exist as originals? ...Where do those census records exist as originals? Where can they be viewed? I have people missing from the 1880 census from New York. Should I be lucky enough to find missing numbers in the pages where would I be able to find the originals to check?Joann Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406650905239410518noreply@blogger.com