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U. S. Census Records Class Handout (view source)
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*Censuses are readily available on the internet at several websites, are indexed, and usually easy to search. | *Censuses are readily available on the internet at several websites, are indexed, and usually easy to search. | ||
===INFORMATION FOUND IN CENSUS RECORDS=== | |||
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| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid green; align:center" | <center>'''Basic Family Information Found in the U.S.Census by Year'''<br> (other smaller details also given but not listed here)</center> | |||
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! style="border:1px solid green; text-align:center; width:25%" | <center>Year of census</center> | |||
! style="border:1px solid green; text-align:center; width:75%" | <center>Useful Information </center> | |||
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| style="border:1px solid green; text-align:center" | 1850 | |||
| rowspan="1" style="border-top:1px solid green; border-right:1px solid green;border-left:1px solid green" | | |||
*Name, age, and gender of each family member | |||
*Occupation | |||
*Birthplace | |||
*If married that year | |||
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| style="border:1px solid green; text-align:center" | 1860 | |||
| style="border-left:1px solid green; border-right:1px solid green; left; border-bottom:1px solid green" | | |||
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| style="border:1px solid green; text-align:center" | 1870 | |||
| style="border:1px solid green;" | Adds: | |||
*Whether father and mother are of foreign birth | |||
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| style="border:1px solid green; text-align:center" | 1880 | |||
| style="border:1px solid green;" | Adds: | |||
*Marital status | |||
*Relationship to head of household | |||
*Place of birth for father and mother | |||
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| style="border:1px solid green; text-align:center" | 1900 | |||
| style="border:1px solid green; align:center" | Adds: | |||
*Number of years in current marriage | |||
*Month and year of birth | |||
*Mother of how many children | |||
*Number of children living | |||
*Naturalization status: alien, papers submitted, or naturalized | |||
*Year of immigration to U.S. | |||
*How many years lived in U.S. | |||
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| style="border:1px solid green; text-align:center" | 1910 | |||
| style="border:1px solid green; align:center" | Drops: | |||
*Month and year of birth | |||
*Number of years in U.S. | |||
Adds: | |||
*Whether Civil War Veteran | |||
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| style="border:1px solid green; text-align:center" | 1920 | |||
| style="border:1px solid green; align:center" | Drops: | |||
*Number of years married | |||
*Mother of how many children and number of children living | |||
*Whether Civil War Veteran | |||
Adds: | |||
*Year of naturalization | |||
*Native language | |||
*Native language of father and mother | |||
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| style="border:1px solid green; text-align:center" | 1930 | |||
| style="border:1px solid green; align:center" | Drops: | |||
*Native language of father and mother | |||
Adds: | |||
*Age at first marriage | |||
*Military veteran, which war | |||
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| style="border:1px solid green; text-align:center" | 1940 | |||
| style="border:1px solid green; align:center" | Drops: | |||
*Age at first marriage | |||
*Father's and mother's birthplaces | |||
*Military veteran, which war | |||
*Year of immigration | |||
*Native language | |||
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===='''WHERE TO FIND ONLINE CENSUSES'''==== | ===='''WHERE TO FIND ONLINE CENSUSES'''==== | ||