Seeking records about Victor Olsen

Dear Ms. Levinger,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the Population Schedules for the 1880 Census, the Population Schedules for the 1890 Census; the Population Schedules for the 1900 Census, the Population Schedules for the 1910 Census, the Population Schedules for the 1920 Census, the Population Schedules for the 1930 Census, in the Records of the Bureau of the Census (Record Group 29) that may contain information about Victor Olsen in Tennessee and Illinois. For more information about the non-digitized schedules, please contact the National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual Reference (RDT1) via email at archives1reference@nara.gov. 

You may experience a delay in receiving an initial acknowledgment as well as a substantive response to your reference request from RDT1. We apologize for this inconvenience and appreciate your understanding and patience as we balance mission-critical work and the safety of our staff during the pandemic.  Please check NARA’s web page about COVID-19 updates for the latest information.

You may wish to search Ancestry or FamilySearch for the U.S. Census. There may be a fee for using Ancestry. Instead, please check for access at your local library as many library systems subscribe to these sites, making them free for their patrons.

We suggest that you contact the Tennessee Library and Archives to request a search for birth records and to contact the Illinois Department of Public Health, Division of Vital Records to request a search for death records.  You may wish to note any name variants or broaden your search for the surrounding years. In addition, the FamilySearch Research wiki for Tennessee Vital Records and Illinois Vital Records may be useful. 

We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your family research!