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 '''''1850 United States Census'''''—A free Internet index and images to the 1850 United States Census can be viewed on the [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1401638 FamilySearch Record Search – Pilot Site]. This index includes every name listed on the census and is linked to an image including information about each person’s residence and age in 1850, birthplace, occupation, other family members, and neighbors.
-'''1860 United States Census'''''—A free Internet index and images to the 1860 United States Census can be viewed on the [http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1473181 FamilySearch Record Search – Pilot Site.] This index includes every name listed on the census and is linked to an image including information about each person’s residence and age in 1860, birthplace, occupation, other family members, whether married or single, and neighbors.''
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+'''''1855 Massachusetts State Census'''''—A free Internet index and images to the [http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1459985 1855&nbsp;Massachusetts&nbsp;State Census] can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search – Pilot Site. This index includes every name listed on the census and is linked to an image including information about each person’s residence and age in 1855, birthplace, occupation, other family members, whether married or single, and neighbors.&nbsp;For a description of this collection, see [[Massachusetts 1855 State Census|Massachusetts 1855 State Census]].<br><br>'''1860 United States Census'''''—A free Internet index and images to the 1860 United States Census can be viewed on the [http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1473181 FamilySearch Record Search – Pilot Site.] This index includes every name listed on the census and is linked to an image including information about each person’s residence and age in 1860, birthplace, occupation, other family members, whether married or single, and neighbors.''
 '''&nbsp;1870 United States Census---'''A free internet index and images can be viewed on [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1438024 FamilySearch Record Pilot site]. This index includes the full name, age, sex, race, birthplace, occupation, month if born in census year, month if married in census year, birth place of father and mother, if born in a foreign country.
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 '''1890 Census--'''Census was destroyed, except for a list of Civil War Union soldiers, which has a published index.
-<br> '''1900 Federal Census''' - A free Internet index and images to the 1900 United States Census can be viewed on the&nbsp; [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start FamilySearch Record Search – Pilot Site<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1236863911171_679" />]. Important additions to this census are month and year of birth of each household member, number of years married for each married person, number of children born to each mother and the number of those still living, year of immigration, and number of years in the United States.
+<br>'''1900 Federal Census''' - A free Internet index and images to the 1900 United States Census can be viewed on the&nbsp; [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start FamilySearch Record Search – Pilot Site<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1236863911171_679" />]. Important additions to this census are month and year of birth of each household member, number of years married for each married person, number of children born to each mother and the number of those still living, year of immigration, and number of years in the United States.
 == Historical Background  ==
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 '''Book Indexes:''' 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860
 :1790–1850: microfiche indexes<br>
 :1870 Hampden County: book index<br>
 :1880 (partial), 1900, 1920 and 1930: Soundex (phonetic) indexes on microfilm<br>
 :1910: no index for Massachusetts
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 *Kirkham, E. Kay. A Handy Guide to Record- Searching in the Larger Cities of the United States. Logan, Utah: Everton, 1974. ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=216818&disp=A+handy+guide+to+record-searching+in+t++ Family History Library book 973 D27kc; fiche 6010059-60].) Includes ward maps and street indexes for Boston for 1850–1855, 1860, and 1877.
 United States. Census Office. Census Descriptions of Geographic Subdivisions and Enumeration Districts.<br>
 :1870 ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=464745&disp=Descriptions+of+census+geographic+subdiv++ Family History Library film 1402859])<br>1880 ([[1402861|Family History Library film 1402861]])<br>1900 ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=59389&disp=Census+enumeration+district+descriptions++ Family History Library film 1303022])<br>1910 ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=297379&disp=Census+descriptions+of+geographic+subdiv++ Family History Library film 1374005])<br>1920 ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=622083&disp=Census+descriptions+of+geographic+subdiv++ Family History Library film 1842708])