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== Indexes == | == Indexes == | ||
Master Indexes | Online Sources for census records | ||
Most online census records can be searched much faster than census records on microfilm, because users can search online without having to know the state where an ancestor lived. Some Web sites only have census indexes. Others contain indexes linked to images of the original census sheets. Census sheets show more data than the indexes. | |||
Ancestry at www.ancestry.com allows you to search all available years of the censuses by the name of an ancestor. Digitized images of the census pages are also on the site. Ancestry is a subscription site. Many family history centers have a subscription. Contact the center in your area to ask if they do. If you prefer, you can pay for a personal subscription. | |||
HeritageQuest Online at www.heritagequestonline.com/ has indexes and images for most of the census years. It is a subscription site aimed at libraries and institutions. They do not offer personal subscriptions. The way the census was indexed is different from the way Ancestry was indexed. Check with a public or academic library in your area to ask if they have a subscription. | |||
FamilySearch at www.familysearch.org/ has indexes and transcriptions from the 1880 U.S. census. Each entry includes the Family History Library film number, the U.S. National Archives film number, and a page number. | |||
Census Online at www.census-online.com/links/ contains multiple census links for U.S. states and Canadian provinces. | |||
Genealogy Links U.S. Census at www.warnes.net/Teslacorp/GenealogyLinks/ links to census tools and instructions. Links to some indexes and images are also found here. | |||
Cyndi’s List at www.cyndislist.com/census.htm contains a census section that shows many links. | |||
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~ysbinns/vataxlists/?o_xid=0028727949&o_lid=0028727949&o_xt=28727949 <br>Master Indexes | |||
Some of the indexes mentioned above are combined into composite master indexes of several census years, states, and census types: | Some of the indexes mentioned above are combined into composite master indexes of several census years, states, and census types: | ||
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Slave schedules for 1850 and 1860 list the names of slave owners but do not normally list the names of the slaves. The number of slaves, the gender, and the slaves' age ranges are given. Virginia slave schedules at the Family History Library are cataloged with the census population schedules. | Slave schedules for 1850 and 1860 list the names of slave owners but do not normally list the names of the slaves. The number of slaves, the gender, and the slaves' age ranges are given. Virginia slave schedules at the Family History Library are cataloged with the census population schedules. | ||
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== State Censuses == | == State Censuses == | ||
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Virginia in 1740: A Reconstructed Census. Miami Beach, Florida: T.L.C. Genealogy, 1992. | Virginia in 1740: A Reconstructed Census. Miami Beach, Florida: T.L.C. Genealogy, 1992. | ||
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== Web Sites == | == Web Sites == | ||
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''Virginia Research Outline.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. | ''Virginia Research Outline.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. | ||
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