This was past on to me today and I thought I would do the same, pass it on.
Louise
The following letter was forwarded to me via one of my genealogy lists. If
any
of you had ancestors living in the USA in 1890, you might consider submitting
your information to this project. Copies will be submitted to the Library of
Congress and the LDS FHL.
Thanks,
Patrisia, Rootsweb Sponsor
As you know, 99% of the 1890 census was destroyed by fire. There is a project
to publish a book listing all U.S. residents living at that time.
This information will be furnished by descendants of those people. There is
no
charge for listing your ancestors and when permission is granted, contributors
will be listed with the proper reference to their ancestor entries.
Submission
deadline is April 2000. The data will be
published and sold at cost with copies going to the Library of Congress, Maine
State Library, Maine State Historical Society and the Church of Jesus Christ
of
Latter-day Saints Library.
For submitting your ancestor's vital stats please use the following format:
Head of Household-full name, age, date of birth, place of birth (include
town-county-state), sex, race (W=white, C=colored, I=Indian, A=Asian).
Spouse-full name, maiden name in ( )'s, age, date of birth, sex, race.
Information source-list family Bible, family genealogy book, etc. Notes are
optional. Some notes will be added, e.g., 1st or 2nd wife, children by which
wife, if they died or got married in 1890 or additional surname spellings.
NOTE: person who died before 1890 or was born after 1890 will be omitted from
the book.
Send your submission via Email to:<chinaDoll2@netscape.net>
or mail to
Angela M. Foster
P.O.Box 2551
Waterville, ME 04903.
Contributions are most welcome.