[or-roots] New Index of 1850 - Library Services

[Mary D. Taffet]

Bob,

It was the 1890 census that was mostly destroyed, not by fire, but by the
damage from the water used to put out the fire.

-- Mary


On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 dgoodma02 at comcast.net wrote:

> In my roving through the either I found a note about the 1900 Census
> which said it had been destroyed by fire!  Don't know if that is true or
> not, but would explain the trouble finding stuff.
>
> --
> Bob Goodman
> USAF Retired
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