FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Colorado Census
Purpose[edit | edit source]
Adding census information to the county pages.
Task List[edit | edit source]
Instructions[edit | edit source]
1. Copy and paste the following onto the page directly below the Population template and the Census Intro template in the Census heading:
====State and Territory Census Records====
*'''1885''' - [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807096 Colorado State Census, 1885] at [https://www.familysearch.org/hr/search FamilySearch] - Index and images<br>
*'''1885''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6837 Colorado State Census, 1885] at [http://search.ancestry.com Ancestry] - ($), Index and images<br>
==== Federal Census Records ====
In 1860, present-day Colorado was enumerated in the Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Utah Territories. Colorado Territory was created in 1861 and was enumerated as such in the 1870 Census. The 1880 Census was the first federal census after Colorado became a state in 1876. <ref>William Thorndale and William Dollarhide, Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses (Bountiful, UT: American Genealogical Lending Library, 1985), page 51-54.</ref> For links to Federal census indexes, see [[Colorado Census]]<br>
2. If there are additional links on the page, put them in the appropriate heading and in chronological order.
3. If the link is already there, delete that link from the page and paste the one above.
4. Enter "added census records" to the edit summary box and save your work.
5. Check the page to be sure your work looks correct (no wikitext showing, no duplicate records).
6. Move on to the next county.
Examples[edit | edit source]
State and Territory Census Records[edit | edit source]
- 1885 - Colorado State Census, 1885 at FamilySearch - Index and images
- 1885 - Colorado State Census, 1885 at Ancestry - ($), Index and images
Federal Census Records[edit | edit source]
In 1860, present-day Colorado was enumerated in the Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Utah Territories. Colorado Territory was created in 1861 and was enumerated in the 1870 Census. The 1880 Census was the first Federal Census after Colorado became a state in 1876. [1] For links to Federal Census indexes, see Colorado Census.
- ↑ William Thorndale and William Dollarhide, Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses (Bountiful, UT: American Genealogical Lending Library, 1985), page 51-54.