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== Territorial Censuses  ==

<br>Census records can show the following information for each member of the household: name, age, state or country of birth, marital status, occupation, race, citizenship, and immigration information. They can give clues to marriage dates, death dates, migration patterns, previous residence, adoptions, and divorces. Parents or other relatives may have been living with a family when a census was taken. People listed in the census with the same surname may be related. Statewide indexes help to locate families when only their state of residence is known.  

Population Schedules (1790–1930). Many federal census records are at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal and state archives. The United States Research Outline provides detailed information regarding these records.  

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Some of the statewide indexes mentioned previously are combined into composite master indexes of several census years, states, and census types:  

Maps are good tools to use with censuses because of the many boundary changes over the years. A publication that shows county boundary changes during census years in Kentucky is Thorndale and Dollarhide’s ''Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790–1920'', cited in the "[[United States Maps|Maps]]" section of the United States Research Outline under the subheading "Locating Township and County Boundaries."  

Slave schedules for 1850 and 1860 list the names of slave owners but do not normally list the names of the slaves. The numbers of slaves, their sex, and their age ranges are given. Kentucky slave schedules at the Family History Library are cataloged with the population schedules.  

The Kentucky State Archives has mortality schedules, which list persons who died during the 12 months before the 1850 to 1880 federal censuses were taken. In addition to providing the same information about the deceased person that the regular census schedules provided for the living, mortality schedules also state the month of death, cause of death, and the number of days ill. The Family History Library has copies of the schedules:  

United States. Bureau of the Census. ''Federal Mortality Census Schedules and Related Indexes: Kentucky, 1850; 1860; 1870; 1880''. National Archives Microfilm Publications, T0655. Washington, DC: National Archives and Record Service, 1962. (FHL films 422419–27)  

In the 1840 federal census a listing was made of the Revolutionary War veterans, giving their ages, their residences, and the names of the heads of the household. The following index is available, listing these veterans for all states:  

Dilts, Bryan Lee. ''1890 Kentucky Census Index of Civil War Veterans or Their Widows.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Index Pub., 1984 (FHL book 976.9 X22d 1890; fiche 6331355) This does not circulate to Family History Centers. This index contains the name of the veteran or his widow, his county of residence, a supervisor’s district, and an enumeration district number.  

Many counties took school censuses at various times between 1888 and 1932 (mostly 1895 to 1910). These list every person in the household. As of June 1999 the Family History Library has copies of school censuses from 18 counties, such as:  

Monroe County Kentucky. Clerk of the County Court. ''School Census, 1893–1903''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969. (FHL film 589661) This school census lists the children’s name, age, sex, and parents’ names.  

Records that identify a person’s place of residence are often used as substitutes for censuses, especially during colonial times, when censuses were not required or when censuses are missing. Some census substitutes include oaths of allegiance and lists of petitioners. Other substitutes for census records are city directories, tax lists, and voting records, which are described in the "[[Kentucky Directories|Directories]]," "[[Kentucky Taxation|Taxation]]," and "[[Kentucky Voting Registers|Voting Registers]]" sections. These records may be published as statewide census indexes, which often provide only vague references as to the source of the information indexed.  

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