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== Availability == | == Availability == | ||
[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1420441 1850 United States Mortality Schedules index and images:] | [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1420441 1850 United States Mortality Schedules index and images:] Mortality schedules provided nationwide death statistics for one year of each decade 1850-1880. Census enumerators requested information from the head of households about deaths that had occured in the year prior to the census. Key genealogical facts found on all census are: Name, age, sex, color, married or widowed, birthplace, month of death, occupation, cause of death. | ||
You can find mortality schedules at the Family History Library, in state archives, the [http://www.dar.org/library/ DAR Library], | You can find mortality schedules at the Family History Library, in state archives, the [http://www.dar.org/library/ DAR Library], | ||
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'''1880--<br>''' | '''1880--<br>''' | ||
'''1885--'''Mortality schedules exist in 1885 for Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, New Mexico, and North and South Dakota. | '''1885--'''Mortality schedules exist in 1885 for Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, New Mexico, and North and South Dakota. | ||
== <br>Historical Background == | == <br>Historical Background == | ||