1890 Census Substitutes

U.S. 1890 Census Substitutes - Alternate Records For Finding Your Ancestor

1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War

• United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890 at FamilySearch (free with registration)
• 1890 Civil War Union Veterans and Widows Census Records at Ancestry (requires payment)

State Census Records 1885-1895...

• State Census Records Research Guide includes links to online state census records
• State Census Records 1885 for Colorado, Dakota, Florida, Nebraska and New Mexico

Ancestry's 1890 Census Substitute Collection

• 1890 Census Substitute (requires payment)
  Ancestry has posted assorted records to help find ancestors around the time of the 1890 census. It includes fragments of the original 1890 census that survived the fire, special veterans schedules, several Native American tribe censuses for years surrounding 1890, state censuses (1885 or 1895), city and county directories, alumni directories, and voter registration documents. Included with an Ancestry subscription.

• U.S., Special Census on Deaf Family Marriages and Hearing Relatives, 1888-1895 at Ancestry/requires payment

City Directories

• United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990 from FamilySearch/free with registration
• U.S. City Directories Collection at Ancestry (requires payment)

Alaska...

• Alaska 1890 Census Fragment from the Logbook of Frank Lowell, Special Agent, Alaska District No. 2, 1890 Census (digitized by the National Archives)

Delaware...

• Delaware, African Americans in 1890 U.S. Census at Ancestry (requires payment)

Idaho...

• Idaho Reconstructed 1890 Census downloadable PDF file

Illinois...

• Chicago City Directory, 1885
• Chicago City Directory, 1892
• Chicago, Illinois, Voter Registration, 1890 at Ancestry/requires payment

Missouri...

• Gould's St. Louis Directory, for 1890. (For the Year Ending April 1st, 1891.)

New Mexico...

• 1890 New Mexico Tax Assessments: a Territorial Census Substitute (book) can be ordered from Amazon

New York...

• New York City Police Census 1890 - for Manhattan and the West Bronx (research guide) a partial census of Manhattan and the West Bronx that was enumerated by New York City policemen.
• 1890-91 City Directory for New York City for the year ending May 1, 1891
• New York State Census, 1892 at FamilySearch for 40 New York Counties; some counties are missing; does not include Manhattan or the Bronx; does not cover the entire population of the state of New York for 1892

Oklahoma...

• 1890 Oklahoma Territory Census Index and Smith's First Directory of Oklahoma Territory, 1890

Pennsylvania...

• Northampton County, Pennsylvania Residents in 1890

Virginia...

• 1890 Veterans Census - Northern Virginia

Researching the Surviving 1890 Census Fragments

• United States Census, 1890 at FamilySearch (free with registration); from National Archives (NARA) microfilm publication M407.
• 1890 United States Federal Census Fragment at Ancestry/requires payment