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1870 United States Federal Census
[Excerpt]... This database details those persons enumerated in the 1870 United States Federal Census, the Ninth Census of the United States. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to the actual images of the 1870 Federal Census, copied from the National Archives and Records Administration microfilm, M593, 1761 rolls; part of Minnesota T132. Enumerators of the 1870 census were instructed to record the names of every person in the household...
A Look at the 1870 U.S. Federal Census
[Excerpt]... Last Friday we announced in the Ancestry Daily News that Ancestry.com had begun posting an every-name index for the 1870 U.S. Federal Census. This is particularly exciting for me since I have several families who I'm quite certain were appearing on milk cartons around that time and I'm hoping that this index will help me to zero in on them. While I'm still waiting for my ancestors' state to be posted, I'm already contemplating the possibilities that this new index will afford me, and in today's "Family History Compass," I thought we'd take a look at this enumeration and its significance...
Finally Saw the 1870!!
[Excerpt]... Many years ago when I began my genealogical research, I tried to read the microfilm for the 1870 census for Northeast Township, Adams County, Illinois. The film was virtually unreadable. Unfortunately, I had good reason to believe my ancestors were listed in that township. Some of the surrounding townships were more readable, but I still could not find the entry for the family of Mimke Habben. The 1870 census was this family's first in the United States and I was hoping it would provide information I did not already have. I wrote it off as something I would never be able to locate...
Ready to Try 1870
[Excerpt]... The ongoing release of the every-name 1870 census index at Ancestry.com has sent me back to some dormant brick walls in my own research. I'm particularly interested in those families that I had put on the back burner because I had no real idea of where they were living in 1870. A manual search of three or four states is not always practical when other families are not quite so difficult to research. This ongoing release of the 1870 every name index has caused me to dig out some old material, re-analyze it, and decide the best way to search these new indexes in an attempt to make some connections...
Your Family Name in 1870
[Excerpt]... Heritage Quest has a nifty new product: a CD-ROM disk containing all the entries for any one surname found in the 1870 U.S. Census. These CD-ROM disks are custom made upon receipt of your order. You specify the surname, and then Heritage Quest creates a CD-ROM that lists every 1870 head-of-household bearing that surname, plus all Soundex variations...
1870 Census Finds
[Excerpt]... The ongoing release of the every-name 1870 census index at Ancestry.com has been of interest to many genealogists, myself included. While there are still a few states I am anxiously waiting for, I have already spent quite a bit of time searching the ones that are currently available. A previous Ancestry Daily News column, Ready to Try 1870, discussed two lines I was anxious to locate in 1870 using the index. My initial attempts to locate a John Ufkes (born ca. 1838 in Germany) in Illinois were initially unsuccessful. Instead of spending hours searching the index for John, I decided to try and locate his sisters in 1870, hoping one of them would lead me to my John. And it may have....
The 1870 Index and New Possibilities
[Excerpt]... It's he-ere! Yes, you may have noticed in today's database listings the addition of a new every-name index to the 1870 U.S. Census for New York. (Brief pause while Juliana does wild happy dance in her office. Yippee! ... Another brief pause as she reassures her family that she has not totally lost her sanity. They walk away shaking their heads.)...
Ancestry.com Completes First Ever Every-Name Index to the 1870 U.S. Federal Census
[Excerpt]... Ancestry.com recently completed its posting of an every-name index to the 1870 U.S. Federal Census with the addition of an index for Iowa. The project links 40,253,845 records to their corresponding census images. Five years after the conclusion of the Civil War, the 1870 census was the first to name many African American former slaves who, prior to emancipation, had only been tallied under their owners' listing with minimal information in regard to age, gender, and/or race (black or mulatto)....
Winchendon, Massachusetts Census, 1870
[Excerpt]... Located in Worcester County and bordering New Hampshire, the town of Winchendon was formed in 1764. This database is a transcript of Schedule 1 from the 1870 federal census for the entire town. Containing over 3400 residents, it reveals a wide range of valuable information. In addition to a person's name, researchers will find information regarding age, sex, race, occupation, and place of birth. For those seeking ancestors from Massachusetts, this can be a helpful database....
Minnesota, 1870
[Excerpt]... Minnesota as it is in 1870 is a detailed piece of promotional literature intended to attract settlers to the state of Minnesota. It is typical of many such publications that circulated during this period of Minnesota's development. The book is divided into two parts. The first part covers the state as a whole, and is a positive, statistical overview of Minnesota. It offers description and data such as the geographical size of the state, the population and national background of its inhabitants, the weather and climate benefits for persons suffering from consumption (tuberculosis), a theme repeated in other promotional works, and information about agricultural advances. This section also cites increased livestock production, cultivated land, developed forest industries and resources, education, and commercial promise as inducements to immigrants. The second part of the book provides a description of each county that had been established in Minnesota by 1870....
Harvey Rice, Letters from California, 1870
[Excerpt]... As a tourist destination, California was rapidly gaining ground against other domestic locations in the late nineteenth century. This database is the account of a husband and wife who traveled to the state in 1870. Harvey Rice was a Cleveland lawyer who recounts their railroad journey west in this narrative originally published in 1870. It includes descriptions of Salt Lake City, Carson City, Lake Tahoe, San Pedro and Los Angeles. The couple remained in the San Francisco area for over a month and this collection contains their musings regarding the ranches, farms, and orchards of the region. For researchers wishing to better understand the culture and society in which their California ancestors may have lived, this can be an interesting and illuminating database...
Winnebago County, Oshkosh Wisconsin, Census, 1870
[Excerpt]... This is the 1870 census of the city of Oshkosh, WI. The Winnebago County Seat, Oshkosh incorporated as a city in 1853. By 1870, Oshkosh had become the third largest city in the state with a population of over 12,000. There are 5 wards and one township and 12,505 people. It is an inclusive transcription for the entire city. Information for each man, woman and child includes name, age, sex, occupation, place of birth, indication of parents born in foreign countries, and male U.S. citizens age 21 years or older...
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