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Question:Houston co, Alabama was not formed until 1903. Normally, I'd run a scan on the 1880 census index to find if families were there.. but that is the only index I have access to.
If you are looking for ancestry prior to 1880, those ancestors might have lived on the same land for 50 yrs. Prior to 1903, another county would have jurisdiction.
If you know the name of a particular ancestor, you can 'track' them through the census. Ancestry.com is one place online that you can find all the census records. It does normally have a fee, but you can run a free trial for 3 days, or can often get it through your library.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Houston co, Alabama was not formed until 1903. Normally, I'd run a scan on the 1880 census index to find if families were there.. but that is the only index I have access to.
If you are looking for ancestry prior to 1880, those ancestors might have lived on the same land for 50 yrs. Prior to 1903, another county would have jurisdiction.
If you know the name of a particular ancestor, you can 'track' them through the census. Ancestry.com is one place online that you can find all the census records. It does normally have a fee, but you can run a free trial for 3 days, or can often get it through your library.