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This is one in a series of six CDs that attempt to make up for the lost U.S. Federal Census of 1890. It contains no fewer than 1,534,114 million records from residential and business directories in Indiana, Ohio Iowa and Illinois.

Researchers can search on the following criteria when using this CD: age, business name, business address, comments, directory, given name, home address, occupation, other names, page number, surname, and year.

States and counties included:

INDIANA: Allen County, Elkhart, Evansville, Hammond City, Hartford City, La Porte, Lawrence, Madison County, Michigan City, Muncie, Montpelier, Huntington, Indianapolis, Johnson County, Lafayette, Portland, Shelbyville, Shelby, Terre Haute, and Valparaiso.

OHIO: Canton, Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton, East Liverpool, Fremont City, Greenville, Norwalk, Springfield, Toledo, Warren, Trumbel, Youngstown, and Zanesville.

ILLINOIS: Alton, Boone, Evanston, Joliet, Metamora, Rock Island, Moline, Peoria, Quincy, and Sangamon.

IOWA: Creston, Des Moines, Iowa City, Muscatine and Sioux City.

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.