I hate to remind tell you but your 2nd paragraph contains some untrue information. I’m STILL waiting for one of the online genealogy database entities to complete the digitization of all the census images. So far, none has. There are other census documents that have been microfilmed by NARA but which have not been made available in a digitized format. These include agricultural schedules, manufacturing/industry schedules, the Defective, Dependent and Delinquent Classes schedules of the 1880 census, social statistics, the Indian schedules, the enumeration district descriptions and maps, and a few other documents. Only then will we have a complete and comprehensive collection of U.S. federal census materials for our research.

I’ve nagged at Ancestry.com for years to “complete” the census collection, but they have not done so. Nor has HeritageQuest, Footnote.com, Familysearch.org, or any other organization approached these important documents. Not everything of importance is on population schedules. Agricultural schedules, for example, paint a detailed picture of a farming family’s livestock, crops, lumber production, mining, and even how much butter and honey they produced. What a tremendous contextual view into the farming family’s life!

Until 100% of the census documents have been digitized, I still visit libraries, the Family history Library, the Allen County Public Library, LDS Family History Centers, NARA, and even NARA when I can.

The census digitization is still far from complete. Help spread the word and exert whatever pressure you can as well!

Thanks!

George