City Directories: Northern Midwest 1884-1898

Looking for lost 1890 census Records? Look no further! With over 908,00 records, Northern Midwest City Directories is the verifiable substitute for these lost records! Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin are the states included in this set. Northern Midwest City Directories are a part of Ancestry's efforts to provide substitute records for the destroyed 1890 census. When a basement fire in the Commerce Building in Washington, D.C. destroyed most of the 1890 U.S. Federal Census, a valuable source of information was lost to researchers of America's past. Ancestry, with the aid of the National Archives and Records Administration and the Allen County Public Library, now provides the first definitive online substitute for the missing census. 908,327 thousand records have been identified for inclusion in this disc. Northern Midwest City Directories is part of a series of CD-ROMs containing city and business directories from the Northern Midwest in the years around 1890. If you're unsure of where to start, this CD-ROM allows you to search age, Business name, Business Address, Comments, Directory, Given Name, Home Address, Occupation, Other Names, Page Number, Surname and Year. Cities and States Included: MICHIGAN: Alpena, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Jackson, Muskegon and Saginaw. MINNESOTA: Duluth, Minneapolis and St. Paul. WISCONSIN: Appleton, Ashland, Eau Claire, Milwaukee, Madison (University of Wisconsin) , Racine and Waukesha. Minimum System Requirements: -486/33 processor (Pentium recommended) -Windows 95 or better -16MB RAM, 15MB hard disk space -2X CD-ROM -800x600 monitor resolution, 16-bit color or higher