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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. | ||
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*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]]. | *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, [[Michigan Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. | *For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[Michigan Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. | ||
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| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Michigan'''</font> | | align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Michigan'''</font> | ||
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| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" colspan="3" | '''Free''' | | align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" colspan="3" | '''Free''' | ||
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="3" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually with library card) | | align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="3" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually with library card) | ||
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=== State, territorial, and colonial censuses === | === State, territorial, and colonial censuses === | ||
Michigan took censuses in different years than the federal censuses. These censuses may have different data compared to federal censuses. Check these censuses for more information on a family. | Michigan took censuses in different years than the federal censuses. These censuses may have different data compared to federal censuses. Check these censuses for more information on a family. | ||
*'''1843-1969''' Statewide annual county census of school age children.<ref name="Barnett">LeRoy Barnett, "State Censuses of Michigan: A Tragedy of Lost Treasures" and Appendices in ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1355643 Family Trails]'' [[{{BarnettL}}]] 6, no. 1 (Summer-Fall 1978): 10.</ref> | *'''1843-1969''' Statewide annual county census of school age children.<ref name="Barnett">LeRoy Barnett, "State Censuses of Michigan: A Tragedy of Lost Treasures" and Appendices in ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1355643 Family Trails]'' [[{{BarnettL}}]] 6, no. 1 (Summer-Fall 1978): 10.</ref> | ||
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*'''1888''' Civil War veterans only<ref name="Lainh" /><ref>Barnett, 12.</ref> | *'''1888''' Civil War veterans only<ref name="Lainh" /><ref>Barnett, 12.</ref> | ||
*'''1862-1886''' Military levy annual statewide county censuses mostly lost; a few rarely at county clerks' offices.<ref>Barnett, 12.</ref> | *'''1862-1886''' Military levy annual statewide county censuses mostly lost; a few rarely at county clerks' offices.<ref>Barnett, 12.</ref> | ||
*'''1884''' State census<ref name="Lainh" /><ref>Barnett, 6-8, 21-23.</ref> Includes population, mortality, agricultural, industrial, or social statistics schedules in Barry, Bay, Benzie, Emmet, Hillsdale, Ingham, Isabella, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kent,<ref>Western Michigan Genealogical Society (Grand Rapids, Michigan), ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23274798 Index to the 1884 state census of Kent County, Michigan]'' (Grand Rapids, MI : Western Michigan Genealogical Society, ©1990) [[{{WMGSKent84}}]].</ref> Keweenaw, Lake, Lapeer, Leelanau, Lenawee, Menominee, Montcalm,<ref name="SpoonerB" /> Muskegon, Newaygo,<ref>Evelyn M. Sawyer, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37765164 Index to the 1884 Newaygo County, Michigan state census]'' ([Hudsonville, Mich.] : E.M. Sawyer, 1997) [[{{SawyNewa84}}]].</ref> Ottawa, Roscommon, St. Clair, St. Joseph, Van Buren (Paw Paw Twp.), Washtenaw, Wayne,<ref>1884 Wayne County censuses for the townships of Greenfield, Dearborn, Livonia, Huron, Ecorse, Grosse Pointe, and Hamtramck, and more are being published a few pages at a time in ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27721039 Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine]'' [[{{DSGRM}}]] starting in volume 44 to the present.</ref> and Wexford counties. For details see Barnett.<br> | *'''1884''' State census<ref name="Lainh" /><ref>Barnett, 6-8, 21-23.</ref> Includes population, mortality, agricultural, industrial, or social statistics schedules in Barry, Bay, Benzie, Emmet, Hillsdale, Ingham, Isabella, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kent,<ref>Western Michigan Genealogical Society (Grand Rapids, Michigan), ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23274798 Index to the 1884 state census of Kent County, Michigan]'' (Grand Rapids, MI : Western Michigan Genealogical Society, ©1990) [[{{WMGSKent84}}]].</ref> Keweenaw, Lake, Lapeer, Leelanau, Lenawee, Menominee, Montcalm,<ref name="SpoonerB" /> Muskegon, Newaygo,<ref>Evelyn M. Sawyer, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37765164 Index to the 1884 Newaygo County, Michigan state census]'' ([Hudsonville, Mich.] : E.M. Sawyer, 1997) [[{{SawyNewa84}}]].</ref> Ottawa, Roscommon, St. Clair, St. Joseph, Van Buren (Paw Paw Twp.), Washtenaw, Wayne,<ref>1884 Wayne County censuses for the townships of Greenfield, Dearborn, Livonia, Huron, Ecorse, Grosse Pointe, and Hamtramck, and more are being published a few pages at a time in ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27721039 Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine]'' [[{{DSGRM}}]] starting in volume 44 to the present.</ref> and Wexford counties. For details see Barnett.<br> | ||
*'''1874''' State census<ref name="Lainh" /><ref>Barnett, 6, 21-23.</ref> Only males over 21 years by name, and females in age cagegories in population schedules for Eaton and Houton counties only. Eaton also includes agricultural and industrial schedules. For details see Barnett. | *'''1874''' State census<ref name="Lainh" /><ref>Barnett, 6, 21-23.</ref> Only males over 21 years by name, and females in age cagegories in population schedules for Eaton and Houton counties only. Eaton also includes agricultural and industrial schedules. For details see Barnett. | ||
*'''1864''' State census<ref name="Lainh" /><ref>Barnett, 5, 21-23.</ref> Only males over 21 years by name, and females in age cagegories in population, agricultural and industrial schedules in Clinton, Eaton, (Houghton population only), and Newaygo counties. For details see Barnett. | *'''1864''' State census<ref name="Lainh" /><ref>Barnett, 5, 21-23.</ref> Only males over 21 years by name, and females in age cagegories in population, agricultural and industrial schedules in Clinton, Eaton, (Houghton population only), and Newaygo counties. For details see Barnett. | ||
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*'''1805/1806''' Territorial census, Detroit<ref name="Barnett28">Barnett, 28.</ref><ref>"Inhabitants of Detroit in the year 1806" ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12322597 Detroit Daily Post]'' [newspaper] May 9, 1876, p. 4 as cited in Barnett, 28.</ref><ref>Russell, 83-86.</ref> | *'''1805/1806''' Territorial census, Detroit<ref name="Barnett28">Barnett, 28.</ref><ref>"Inhabitants of Detroit in the year 1806" ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12322597 Detroit Daily Post]'' [newspaper] May 9, 1876, p. 4 as cited in Barnett, 28.</ref><ref>Russell, 83-86.</ref> | ||
*'''1796''' Colonial census, Detroit<ref name="Lainh" /><ref name="Barnett28" /><ref>"A State of the Number of Male Inhabitants From 16 to 50 Years of Age in the Town of Detroit" Original in the Winthrop Sargent Papers at the Ohio Historical Society as cited in Barnett, 28.</ref><ref>Russell, 59-74.</ref><ref>Donna Valley Stuart, "Detroit 1796 Census," ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1759226 National Genealogical Society Quarterly]'', 69 (1981): 185. [[{{NGSQbook}}]].</ref> | *'''1796''' Colonial census, Detroit<ref name="Lainh" /><ref name="Barnett28" /><ref>"A State of the Number of Male Inhabitants From 16 to 50 Years of Age in the Town of Detroit" Original in the Winthrop Sargent Papers at the Ohio Historical Society as cited in Barnett, 28.</ref><ref>Russell, 59-74.</ref><ref>Donna Valley Stuart, "Detroit 1796 Census," ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1759226 National Genealogical Society Quarterly]'', 69 (1981): 185. [[{{NGSQbook}}]].</ref> | ||
*'''1792''' Colonial census, Petite Côte (south shore of Detroit River)<ref>Russell, 57-58.</ref><br> | *'''1792''' Colonial census, Petite Côte (south shore of Detroit River)<ref>Russell, 57-58.</ref><br> | ||
*'''1782''' Colonial census, Detroit,<ref name="Barnett27">Barnett, 27.</ref><ref>"A Survey of the Settlement of Detroit made by Order of Major De Peyster the 16th Day of July 1782" ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1757295 Michigan historical collections]'' (Publisher varies) [[{{MichHistColl69}}]], 10 (1908): 601-13.</ref><ref>Russell, 49, 52-56.</ref> and south shore of Detroit River<ref>Russell, 49-52.</ref> | *'''1782''' Colonial census, Detroit,<ref name="Barnett27">Barnett, 27.</ref><ref>"A Survey of the Settlement of Detroit made by Order of Major De Peyster the 16th Day of July 1782" ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1757295 Michigan historical collections]'' (Publisher varies) [[{{MichHistColl69}}]], 10 (1908): 601-13.</ref><ref>Russell, 49, 52-56.</ref> and south shore of Detroit River<ref>Russell, 49-52.</ref> | ||
*'''1780''' Colonial census, Fort St. Joseph (now Niles)<ref name="Barnett27" /><ref>"Census of Every Woman, Child and Slave Resident of the Post of St. Joseph" ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1757295 Michigan historical collections]'' (Publisher varies) [[{{MichHistColl69}}]], 10 (1908): 406-407.</ref><ref>Russell, 47-48.</ref> | *'''1780''' Colonial census, Fort St. Joseph (now Niles)<ref name="Barnett27" /><ref>"Census of Every Woman, Child and Slave Resident of the Post of St. Joseph" ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1757295 Michigan historical collections]'' (Publisher varies) [[{{MichHistColl69}}]], 10 (1908): 406-407.</ref><ref>Russell, 47-48.</ref> | ||
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*'''1710''' Colonial census, Detroit<ref name="Barnett27" /><ref>C.M. Burton, "Census of Detroit de Pontchartrain in the Year 1710" ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1757295 Michigan historical collections]'' (Publisher varies) [[{{MichHistColl80}}]], 33 (1903): 492-94. Includes extensive biographical annotations.</ref><ref>Russell, 3-12.</ref> | *'''1710''' Colonial census, Detroit<ref name="Barnett27" /><ref>C.M. Burton, "Census of Detroit de Pontchartrain in the Year 1710" ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1757295 Michigan historical collections]'' (Publisher varies) [[{{MichHistColl80}}]], 33 (1903): 492-94. Includes extensive biographical annotations.</ref><ref>Russell, 3-12.</ref> | ||
Most state, territorial, and colonial censuses are at the Michigan State Archives. Further archives cited in Barnett, pages 21-23. | Most state, territorial, and colonial censuses are at the Michigan State Archives. Further archives cited in Barnett, pages 21-23. | ||
=== Existing and lost censuses === | === Existing and lost censuses === | ||
For a list of available and missing Michigan censuses, [[Michigan Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br> | For a list of available and missing Michigan censuses, [[Michigan Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br> | ||
=== Why use a census? === | === Why use a census? === | ||
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:*[[United States Census Historical Background|historical background]] | :*[[United States Census Historical Background|historical background]] | ||
:*[[United States Census#Contents_of_Federal_Censuses|contents of various census years and types]] | :*[[United States Census#Contents_of_Federal_Censuses|contents of various census years and types]] | ||
=== FamilySearch Historical Record Collections === | |||
An online collection containing this record is located in [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1825187 FamilySearch.org.] | |||
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[[Michigan_1894_State_Census_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)|Michigan 1894 Census (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | |||
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