1880 Census--Using FamilySearch.org and MyFamily.com's online indexes.

Some of the following families are discussed in Michael's 1880 online census database article (Part I  Part II from the Ancestry Daily News in November of 2003. The article discusses search techniques for locating several of these families.

• Altje Schuster-from Hancock County, Illinois-native of Hanover--enumerated as native of Prussia. Name listed as Altea. She was located by searching for her husband.
• Altje Smith--from Iroquois County, Illinois--native of Hanover. This person was located as Olehie Smith, she was located by searching for her husband.
• Antje Albers--from Denver, Arapahoe County, Colorado--native of Hanover. This person was located by searching for her using her age and name.
• August Mortier--from Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois-native of Belgium.
• Casper Wachter--from Davenport, Scott, County, Iowa--actually looking for his wife Elizabeth Schulmeyer Freund Wachter--Prussia native.
• Conrad Krebs--from Davenport, Scott County, Iowa--actually looking for his wife, Margaret Freund Krebs from Bavaria.
• Nazaire Drollette--from Clinton County, New York--native of Quebec--enumerated as Isiah Draulette.
• John Ufkes--from Hanover--enumerated as a native of West Friesland.
• Jurgen Ehmen--from Grand Island, Nebraska--incorrectly enumerated as a native of Schleswig.
• Louis Demarah-from Clinton County, New York-French Canadian whose surname is actually Desmarais.
• Marie Cawiezell--from Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, native of Switzerland
• Samuel Neill--from Hancock County, Illinois, native of Ireland.

Michael's articles on using the 1880 Census CD's from the Family History Library