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 == Availability  ==
-[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1420441 1850 United States Mortality Schedules index and images:]&nbsp; 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.&nbsp;
+[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1420441 1850 United States Mortality Schedules index and images:]&nbsp; Mortality schedules provided nationwide death statistics for the twelve months&nbsp;prior to the 1850 census.&nbsp; Key genealogical facts found on the 1850 mortality&nbsp;schedule are: Name, age, sex, color, married or widowed, birthplace, month of death, occupation, cause of death.&nbsp;
 You can find mortality schedules at the Family History Library, in state archives, the [http://www.dar.org/library/ DAR Library],