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| | 1890 Ascension Parish Census » Genealogy Blog |
 | | Ascension Parish is about 40 miles up the Mississippi River from New Orleans, just south of West Baton Rouge Parish, and straddles both sides of the Mississippi. |
 | | From the book’s preface: “In 1890, Ascension parish consisted of eight wards, with Wards 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the west side of the Mississippi River and Wards 5, 6, 7, and 8 on the east side. |
 | | Since the last of the burned and water damaged 1890 census schedule fragments were ordered destroyed by Congress in the 1930s, it appears that Ascension Parish, Louisiana and Washington County, Georgia are the only two in the U.S. with a full copy of their 1890 census name lists. |
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