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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[United States Census|U.S. Census ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[ | ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[United States Census|U.S. Census ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Pennsylvania Census|Census]]'' {{Adoption PARoots}} <br> | ||
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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, [[Pennsylvania Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. | *For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[Pennsylvania Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. | ||
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==== Microfilm images ==== | ==== Microfilm images ==== | ||
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|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]''' | |+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]''' | ||
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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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==== 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 Pennsylvania'''</font> | | align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Pennsylvania'''</font> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="2" | <br> | | bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="2" | <br> | ||
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" colspan="4" | '''Free''' | | align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" colspan="4" | '''Free''' | ||
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="2" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually with library card) | | align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="2" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually with library card) | ||
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==== Microfilm images ==== | ==== Microfilm images ==== | ||
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| {{FHL|230777|title-id|disp=Union Veterans and Widows, 1890}} | | {{FHL|230777|title-id|disp=Union Veterans and Widows, 1890}} | ||
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==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book ==== | ==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book ==== | ||
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=== State and colonial censuses === | === State and colonial censuses === | ||
Pennylvania took a | Pennylvania never took a state census. Records indicated as state censuses are in reality reconstructed tax lists. | ||
*'''1857''' Chester County only: a list of taxable inhabitants by Township.<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), no Pennsylvania listing.</ref><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), 54.</ref> | *'''1857''' Chester County only: a list of taxable inhabitants by Township.<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), no Pennsylvania listing.</ref><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), 54.</ref> | ||
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=== Existing and lost censuses === | === Existing and lost censuses === | ||
For a list of available and missing Pennsylvania censuses, [[Pennsylvania Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br> | For a list of available and missing Pennsylvania censuses, [[Pennsylvania Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br> | ||
=== Why use a census? === | === Why use a census? === | ||