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Question: I have been unable to find edmond &thomas porter in the 1890 census records can you help me!?
they lived with thier grandmother annie whisenant in 1900, in lumpkin co ga, i am trying to fin who thier parents were,Www@QuestionHome@Com


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These records have been extracted from the remaining population schedules for the 1890 Federal Census, which was destroyed by a fire at the Commerce Department in Washington, DC on 10 January 1921!. The surviving fragments consists of 1,233 pages or pieces, including enumerations for Alabama, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota, and Texas!. The records of only 6,160 of the 62,979,766 people enumerated survived the fire!.
The original 1890 census enumerated people differently than ever before that time!. Each family was enumerated on a separate sheet of paper!. 1890 was the only year this was done!.

The only surviving fragments are as follows:

Alabama—Perry County
District of Columbia—Q, S, 13th, 14th, RQ, Corcoran, 15th, SE, and Roggs streets, and Johnson Avenue
Georgia—Muscogee County (Columbus)
Illinois—McDonough County: Mound Township
Minnesota—Wright County: Rockford
New Jersey—Hudson County: Jersey City
New York—Westchester County: Eastchester; Suffok County: Brookhaven Township
North Carolina—Gaston County: South Point Township, Ricer Bend Township; Cleveland County: Township No!. 2
Ohio—Hamilton County (Cincinnati); Clinton County: Wayne Township
South Dakota—Union County: Jefferson Township
Texas—Ellis County: S!.P!. no!. 6, Mountain Peak, Ovila Precinct; Hood County: Precinct no!. 5; Rusk County: Precinct no!. 6 and J!.P!. no!. 7; Trinity County: Trinity Town and Precinct no!. 2; Kaufman County: Kaufman!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Eleventh United States Census was taken June 2, 1890!. Unfortunately, most of the 1890 census was destroyed in 1921 during a fire in the basement of the Commerce Building in Washington, D!.C!. The 1890 census announced that the frontier region of the United States no longer existed and therefore the tracking of westward migration would no longer be tabulated in the census!. This trend prompted Frederick Jackson Turner to develop his milestone Frontier Thesis!.Www@QuestionHome@Com