1890 U.S. Federal Census
Most of the 1890 census records were destroyed in a fire in the Commerce
Department Building in Washington, D.C. in January 1921. The remaining
schedules were filmed and preserved on three rolls of microfilm. DCS has
converted them to a digital format. They are available here.
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1890 Special Census of Veterans
Due to a fortuitous bit of luck, an alternative set of census records exist for 1890.
It is called the 1890 Special Census of Veterans.* A Congressional act of March 1, 1889
provided for the taking of a special census enumerating those who had served (or their
widows) in the military during the War of the Rebellion (Civil War).
Almost all of the schedules for the states of Alabama through Kansas and approximately
half of those for Kentucky have been lost, possibly by fire, before the transfer of the
remaining records to the National Archives in 1943.
Civil War Veterans census records exist for 34 states, the District of Columbia and
miscellaneous United States Vessels and Navy Yards.
Select a State or Territory
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The 1890 Special Census of Veterans asks for the following information:
name of the veteran (or if he did not survive, the names of both the widow
and her deceased husband); the veteran's rank, company, regiment or vessel,
date of enlistment, date of discharge, and length of service in years,
months, and days; post office and address of each person listed;
disability incurred by the veteran; and remarks necessary to a complete
statement of his term of service.
The records for the States Alabama through Kansas and approximately half
of those for Kentucky appear to have been destroyed, possibly by fire,
before the transfer of the remaining schedules to the National Archives in
1943.
*Technically, the correct name for this census is:
Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890)
Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
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