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[[Portal:United States Census|Portal:United States Census ]]>[[Ohio|Ohio]]  
''[[Portal:United States Census|Portal:United States Census ]]>[[Ohio|Ohio]]''


== Availability  ==
== Availability  ==
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*'''1890 Census--'''Returns for the 1890 were almost entirely destroyed. All that remains of the 1890 census are military schedules listing widows and pensioners from the Civil War.  
*'''1890 Census--'''Returns for the 1890 were almost entirely destroyed. All that remains of the 1890 census are military schedules listing widows and pensioners from the Civil War.  


:'''Census Substitute--'''Some early tax records have been compiled and indexed to substitute for the early censuses. <ref>Jackson, Ronald Vern, ed. ''Early Ohio Census Records''. Second Edition. Bountiful, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1974. (Family History Library book 977.1 X2p.)</ref>
'''Census Substitute--'''Some early tax records have been compiled and indexed to substitute for the early censuses. <ref>Jackson, Ronald Vern, ed. ''Early Ohio Census Records''. Second Edition. Bountiful, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1974. (Family History Library book 977.1 X2p.)</ref>


==Historical Background==
==Historical Background==
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== Indexes  ==
== Indexes  ==


'''Ancestry--'''All federal census years available for Ohio are indexed on [Www.ancestry.com Ancestry].  
'''Ancestry--'''All federal census years available for Ohio are indexed on [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry].  


===State Wide Indexes===
===State Wide Indexes===
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The following reference tools help determine which census schedule microfilm and enumeration district to search for specific addresses:  
The following reference tools help determine which census schedule microfilm and enumeration district to search for specific addresses:  


*Kirkham, E. Kay. ''A Handy Guide to Record- Searching in the Larger Cities of the United States''. Logan, Utah: Everton, 1974. (Family History Library book 973 D27kc; fiche 6010059-60.) Includes ward maps and street indexes for Cincinnati, 1850 to 1855.
*''A Handy Guide to Record- Searching in the Larger Cities of the United States'' <ref>Kirkham, E. Kay. ''A Handy Guide to Record- Searching in the Larger Cities of the United States''. Logan, Utah: Everton, 1974. (Family History Library book 973 D27kc; fiche 6010059-60.) </ref>Includes ward maps and street indexes for Cincinnati, 1850 to 1855.


Census Descriptions of Geographic Subdivisions and Enumerations Districts.  
Census Descriptions of Geographic Subdivisions and Enumerations Districts.  
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