**************************************************************************** NATIONAL ARCHIVES MICROFILM RENTAL PROGRAM [The following announcement is from the National Archives:] Here's what you get from the National Archives Rental Program: Convenience: You can rent official microfilm rolls by joining the National Archives Renal Program ... or you can order through your local library. Long rental period: You can use the rolls for a full thirty days. New Prices -- the lowest available: You pay only $3.00 per roll for up to 4 rolls. $2.50 each for orders of 5-9 rolls, and the price drops to only $2.00 each for 10 or more rolls. Fast Service: Most orders are filled the same day we receive them! And if there is going to be a delay, we let you know. Go direct! You purchase a Start-up kit for only $15.00 and here's what you get: o Your personal copies of the six catalogs you need to find out which microfilm rolls to order: The Federal Population Census from 1790 - 1890, for 1900, and for 1910; The Compiled Military Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers, and the General Index to those records; The Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application Files o First two rolls FREE rental o More! Checks payable to "Microfilm Rental Program" National Archives Microfilm Rental Program Post Office Box 2940 Hyattsville, Maryland 20784 --- INFORMATION ON THE U.S. CENSUS The Bureau of the Census has taken a census of the United States every ten years beginning in 1790. Most of these records are still in existence, although some of the 1790 and 1800 census records were burned in the War of 1812. The 1890 census records were almost all burned in a fire. The census records for 1910 and all prior census years have been microfilmed and are open to the public. The censuses prior to 1850 listed only the name of the head of the household and the number of persons in various age/sex groups living within the household. The 1850 and succeeding censuses include the names of each member of the household, their ages and places of birth (state, territory or foreign country), occupation, and value of real estate and personal property.The 1880 census added important information, the place of birth of each individual's parents, and succeeding censuses also added various pieces of information,such as the number of years a couple had been married, whether they'd been married before, number of children born to the wife and the number then living, etc. All the census records through 1850 (and a growing part of 1860) have been indexed in book form. The National Archives has microfilmed all existing federal census records through 1910. You can look at these microfilms at the National Archives in Washington, DC, or in any of the regional U.S. Archives. Also, most larger public libraries have a collection of census microfilms, and local libraries often have films for their counties or areas. These microfilms can be purchased or rented from the National Archives (see above), and from such places as the "American Genealogical Lending Library," P.O. Box 244, Department H, Bountiful, Utah 84010. They lend microfilms for $2.75 a roll, or sell them for $11.00 a roll. You will need access to a microfilm reader in order to use these films. Name indexes to the censuses through 1850 have been published in book form. These indexes are helpful because otherwise you might have to look through an entire township or county in order to find a person. Soundex indexes (see SOUNDEX.TXT) have been created for the 1880 census (only those households with a child age 10 or younger), the 1900 census (virtually all) and the 1910 cenus (most). Besides the Federal 10-year census records, Federal or state off-years census records were made in some states. Microfilms of these are usually available in the state library, archives or historical society. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � This file is from The Source of Magic, Ridgefield CT � � 203-431-4687, source for genealogy, radio, & Windows � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴�