Bradford County PA Chemung County NY Tioga County PA Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice 1890 Veteran Census Records for Chemung County NY

1890 Town of Horseheads Census Military Veterans Chemung County NY Tri-Counties Genealogy & History Sites Home Page About This Site & How to Use It Warning & Disclaimer Town of Horseheads  Page More Tri-Counties Census No Commercial Use Say Hello Joyce Transcribed for Tri Counties by Darla Hogaboom 2005 Pages formatted & Published by  Joyce M. Tice 2005

Joyce's Search Tip - January 2008 - Do You Know that you can search just the Census Records on the site by using the three county level Census  buttons in the Partitioned search engine at the bottom of the Current What's New Page?  You can further limit your search by choosing the find all words option and entering a year or township name along with your surname. Remember that alternate spellings of surnames WILL affect your search results. Census records are very often difficult to read because of handwriting, microfilm quality, and spelling issues. Our early census takers were not as well educated as we'd like them to have been, and even the people bearing the names often could not spell them with the same consistency we are accustomed to in this era. The census taker wrote what he believed he heard as well as he could. These have been transcribed for you to the very best or our abilities given the difficulties mentioned. Please be tolerant of what you would consider "mistakes." If you can recognize the names you are looking for, then it is a success. If not, then you may want to find a place where you can view the originals so that you can judge for yourselves. Excessive attention to outmoded spelling issues is the sign of a beginner in family research. Those of you who have been at this a while are well aware of the "spelling errors" in our early records and have learned to take them in your stride. If you want to tell us what is right and what is wrong with the transcription, your notes will be added to the Comment Page

Special Note on 1890 Census - As we all know by now, most of the 1890 Federal census was lost in a fire. It DOES NOT exist except a few fragments- don't ask. We are fortunate to have the portion having to do with military veterans, and we are presenting that here.

Eleventh Census of the United States. SPECIAL SCHEDULE SURVIVING SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND MARINES, AND WIDOWS, ETC.     Persons who served in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps of the United States during the war of the rebellion (who are survivors), and widows of such persons, in Town and Village of HORSEHEADS, county of CHEMUNG, state of NEW YORK, enumerated in June, 1890.  Stephen Compton, Enumerator Abbreviations used---Vol=Volunteers; Inf=Infantry; Cav=Cavalry; HA=Heavy Artillery; LA=Light Artillery

I just want to send a big thanks to you and Darla Hogaboom for transcribing and posting the "1890 Town of Horseheads Census, Military Veterans!"  How on earth would I ever have discovered that my very own great-great-grandfather, STEPHEN COMPTON, was the enumerator of this census, had you not added it to your site!  Just one more little piece of the puzzle to add color to his life story.  :)

  Thanks to your cemetery transcriptions, I was able to visit the COMPTON graves in Maple Grove Cemetery two years ago.  What an amazing experience!

Thanks again, Joyce, for all you do!

Lorraine Latta
Los Angeles

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