Rooters:
The following is a posting to the newsletter of my local genealogical
society
and thought it might be of interest to the rest of you.
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. NO
TE: 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 Agnela M. Foster, P.O.Box 2551, Waterville, ME 04903.
Contributions
are most welcome.