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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[United States Census|U.S. Census ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[South Carolina|South Carolina]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[South_Carolina_Census|Census]]''  
''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Census|U.S. Census]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[South Carolina|South Carolina]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[South_Carolina_Census|Census]]''  


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| valign="middle" | <center><font size="+1">'''Tips'''</font></center>
| valign="middle" | <center><font size="+1">'''Tips'''</font></center>  
*If at first you don't find a name, try again under [[Spelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada|another spelling]].  
*If at first you don't find a name, try again under [[Spelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada|another spelling]].  
*[[Copying Sources|Photocopy]] each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.  
*[[Copying Sources|Photocopy]] each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.  
*Look for an ancestor in '''''every''''' census during her or his lifetime.  
*Look for an ancestor in '''''every''''' census during her or his lifetime.  
*On the [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|family group record]] show&nbsp;each person's census listings.  
*On the [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|family group record]] show each person's census listings.  
*Study&nbsp;others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in [[Research a Family in Community Context|community context]].
*Study others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in [[Research a Family in Community Context|community context]].
 
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*For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[South Carolina Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].
*For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[South Carolina Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].
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==== Microfilm images  ====
==== Microfilm images  ====


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|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]]'''  
|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]]'''  
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| 1940 N/A  
| 1940 N/A  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-08.html#south-carolina 1900 T623]&nbsp;and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-06.html#south-carolina Soundex T1070]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-08.html#south-carolina 1900 T623] and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-06.html#south-carolina Soundex T1070]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-03.html#south-carolina 1850 M432]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-03.html#south-carolina 1850 M432]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1810 1810 M252]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1810 1810 M252]
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| [http://1930census.archives.gov/stateSearch.asp 1930 T626]  
| [http://1930census.archives.gov/stateSearch.asp 1930 T626]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-07.html#south-carolina 1880 T9]&nbsp;and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-06.html#south-carolina Soundex T771]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-07.html#south-carolina 1880 T9] and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-06.html#south-carolina Soundex T771]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1840 1840 M704]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1840 1840 M704]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1800 1800 M32]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1800 1800 M32]
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| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-09.html#south-carolina 1920 T625]&nbsp;<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1282166875437_135" /><span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1282166875453_668" />and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-05.html#south-carolina Soundex M1586]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-09.html#south-carolina 1920 T625] and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-05.html#south-carolina Soundex M1586]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-05.html#south-carolina 1870 M593]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-05.html#south-carolina 1870 M593]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1830 1830 M19]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1830 1830 M19]  
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| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-04.html#south-carolina 1860 M653]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-04.html#south-carolina 1860 M653]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1820 1820 M33]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1820 1820 M33]  
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==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====


For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of South Carolina, [[South Carolina Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]  
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of South Carolina, [[South Carolina Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book]]  


=== Federal non-population schedules  ===
=== Federal non-population schedules  ===


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==== Online indexes and images  ====
==== Online indexes and images  ====


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| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for South Carolina'''</font>
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for South Carolina'''</font>
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| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" colspan="3" | '''Free'''  
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free'''  
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="3" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually&nbsp;with&nbsp;library&nbsp;card)  
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually with library card)  
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Pay'''
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Pay'''
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| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Year'''  
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Year'''  
| align="center" width="10%" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Type'''  
| width="10%" bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Type'''  
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Family Search'''  
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Family Search'''  
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Census Bureau'''  
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Census Bureau'''  
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Google Book'''  
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Google Book'''  
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Heritage Quest'''  
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Heritage Quest'''  
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Ancestry FHL'''  
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry FHL'''  
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Ancestry Library'''  
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry Library'''  
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Ancestry Home'''
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Ancestry Home'''
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| '''1890'''  
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| {{FHL|144150|title-id|disp=1850-1880 Mortality}}  
| {{FHL|144150|title-id|disp=1850-1880 Agriculture}}  
| {{FHL|144150|title-id|disp=1850-1880 Agriculture}}  
| {{FHL|144150|title-id|disp=1850-1880 Industry}}  
| {{FHL|144150|title-id|disp=1850-1880 Industry}}  
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| {{FHL|282860|title-id|disp=1840 Pensioners}}  
| {{FHL|282860|title-id|disp=1840 Pensioners}}  
| {{FHL|280127|title-id|disp=1820 Manufacturers}}  
| {{FHL|280127|title-id|disp=1820 Manufacturers}}  
| {{FHL|230777|title-id|disp=1890 Union Veterans and Widows}}  
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==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====


For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of South Carolina, [[South Carolina Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]].  
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of South Carolina, [[South Carolina Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book]].  


=== State and colonial censuses  ===
=== State and colonial censuses  ===
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South Carolina took censuses in the years between the federal censuses. The dates are listed below. State census records may have columns that were different or more unusual than those found on federal censuses. The responses and years of coverage may give additional information on the family.  
South Carolina took censuses in the years between the federal censuses. The dates are listed below. State census records may have columns that were different or more unusual than those found on federal censuses. The responses and years of coverage may give additional information on the family.  


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| bgcolor="#99cc99" colspan="90" align="center" | '''South Carolina state and colonial censuses'''
| bgcolor="#99cc99" align="center" colspan="90" | '''South Carolina state and colonial censuses'''
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| bgcolor="#99cc99" width="90" align="center" | '''Date'''  
| width="90" bgcolor="#99cc99" align="center" | '''Date'''  
| bgcolor="#99cc99" width="1200" align="center" | '''Population Schedules'''
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| align="left" | No State Census found after 1875.<ref>Henry J. Dubester, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37244714 State Censuses: An Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken After the Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States]'' (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948), 57-58, 72.</ref>
| align="left" | No State Census found after 1875.<ref>Henry J. Dubester, ''{{WorldCat|37244714}} State Censuses: An Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken After the Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States]'' (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948), 57-58, 72.</ref>
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| align="left" | '''1875'''  
| align="left" | '''1875'''  
| align="left" | Agricultural and population returns complete in Clarendon, Newberry, and Marlboro counties; partially complete in Abbeville, Beaufort, Fairfield, Lancaster, and Sumter counties.<ref name="Lainh">Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 102.</ref>
| align="left" | Agricultural and population returns complete in Clarendon, Newberry, and Marlboro counties; partially complete in Abbeville, Beaufort, Fairfield, Lancaster, and Sumter counties.<ref name="Lainh">Ann S. Lainhart, '' {{WorldCat|26517040}} State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 102.</ref>
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| align="left" | '''1869'''  
| align="left" | '''1869'''  
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| align="left" | '''1848'''  
| align="left" | '''1848'''  
| align="left" | City of Charleston.<ref>J. L. Dawson, and H. W. De Saussure, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6048323 Census of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, for the year 1848 : exhibiting the condition and prospects of the city, illustrated by many statistical details]'' (Charleston, South Carolina : J.B. Nixon, 1849)[[{{Charlestow}}]].</ref>
| align="left" | City of Charleston.<ref>J. L. Dawson, and H. W. De Saussure, ''{{WorldCat|6048323}} Census of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, for the year 1848 : exhibiting the condition and prospects of the city, illustrated by many statistical details]'' (Charleston, South Carolina : J.B. Nixon, 1849)[[{{Charlestow}}]].</ref>
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| align="left" | '''1839'''  
| align="left" | '''1839'''  
| align="left" | State census only for Beaufort, Chesterfield, Kershaw, and&nbsp;Lexington&nbsp;districts.<ref name="Lainh" /><ref>"The 1839 State Census of Beaufort District," ''The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research,'' Vol. 36, No. 3 (Summer 2008):139-143. {{FHL|43856|item|disp=FHL Book 975.7 B2sc v. 36}}</ref>
| align="left" | State census only for Beaufort, Chesterfield, Kershaw, and Lexington districts.<ref name="Lainh" /><ref>"The 1839 State Census of Beaufort District," ''The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research,'' Vol. 36, No. 3 (Summer 2008):139-143. {{FHL|43856|item|disp=FHL Book 975.7 B2sc v. 36}}</ref>
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| align="left" | '''1829'''  
| align="left" | '''1829'''  
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*"The 1839 State Census of Beaufort District," ''The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research'', Vol. 36, No. 3 (Summer 2008):139-143; Vol. 36, No. 4 (Fall 2008):193-195; Vol. 37, No. 1 (Winter 2009):29-31; Vol. 37, No. 2&nbsp;(Spring 2009):89-91; Vol. 38, No. 2 (Spring 2009):89-91. {{FHL|43856|item|disp=FHL Books 975.7 B2sc v. 36-v. 38}} [Abstract of [[South Carolina Department of Archives and History|SCDAH]] microfilm CN 656B.]
*"The 1839 State Census of Beaufort District," ''The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research'', Vol. 36, No. 3 (Summer 2008):139-143; Vol. 36, No. 4 (Fall 2008):193-195; Vol. 37, No. 1 (Winter 2009):29-31; Vol. 37, No. 2&nbsp;(Spring 2009):89-91; Vol. 38, No. 2 (Spring 2009):89-91. {{FHL|43856|item|disp=FHL Books 975.7 B2sc v. 36-v. 38}} [Abstract of [[South Carolina Department of Archives and History|SCDAH]] microfilm CN 656B.]


=== Census substitutes ===
=== Census substitutes ===


Hendrix's publication can be used as a census substitute for the late 1770s:
Hendrix's publication can be used as a census substitute for the late 1770s:  


*Hendrix, Ge Lee Corley and Mom McKoy Lindsay. ''The Jury Lists of South Carolina 1778-1779. ''Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1975. [http://www.genealogical.com/ '''Free Name Search''']<ref name="name">Name Search at Genealogical.com is a comprehensive name index to 638 books and CDs published or reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company (now Genealogical.com). For a complete list of the works included, see [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Publications_in_Name_Search_at_Genealogical.com Publications in Name Search at Genealogical.com]</ref>; publisher's bookstore: [http://www.genealogical.com/products/The_Jury_Lists_of_South_Carolina_1778_1779/2685.html Genealogical.com]; {{FHL|197784|item|disp=FHL Book 975.7 P2h}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48258 Ancestry] ($).
*Hendrix, Ge Lee Corley and Mom McKoy Lindsay. ''The Jury Lists of South Carolina 1778-1779. ''Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1975. [http://www.genealogical.com/ '''Free Name Search''']<ref name="name">Name Search at Genealogical.com is a comprehensive name index to 638 books and CDs published or reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company (now Genealogical.com). For a complete list of the works included, see [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Publications_in_Name_Search_at_Genealogical.com Publications in Name Search at Genealogical.com]</ref>; publisher's bookstore: [http://www.genealogical.com/products/The_Jury_Lists_of_South_Carolina_1778_1779/2685.html Genealogical.com]; {{FHL|197784|item|disp=FHL Book 975.7 P2h}}; digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48258 Ancestry] ($).
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=== Existing and lost censuses  ===
=== Existing and lost censuses  ===


For a list of available and missing South Carolina censuses, [[South Carolina Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>
For a list of available and missing South Carolina censuses, [[South Carolina Censuses Existing and Lost]].


=== Why use a census?  ===
=== Why use a census?  ===
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=== More about censuses  ===
=== More about censuses  ===


[[United States Census|Click here]] for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:  
[[United States Census]] for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:  


:*[[United States Census Searching|index searching tips]]  
:*[[United States Census Searching|index searching tips]]  
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