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==Online Federal Censuses==
== Availability  ==
===Population Schedules===
Starting in 1790, federal population schedules were taken every 10 years in the United States. [[United States Census|'''Click here for more information''']] about federal census records. <br><br>


======United States Federal Censuses with Online Links======
Federal census records are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal and state archives. The United States Research Outline provides more detailed information about these records.  
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1790|1790 (a part of Maryland)]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1800|1800]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1810|1810]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1820|1820]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1830|1830]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1840|1840]]
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|{{RecordSearch|1803959|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5058/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1804228|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7590/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1803765|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7613/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1803955|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7734/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1803958|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8058/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1786457|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8057/ Ancestry.com]
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1850|1850]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1860|1860]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1870|1870]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1880|1880]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1890|1890]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1900|1900]]
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|{{RecordSearch|1401638|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1473181|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1438024|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1417683|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1610551|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5445/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1325221|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/ Ancestry.com]
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1910|1910]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1920|1920]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1930|1930]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1940|1940]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1950|1950]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1960|1960]]
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|{{RecordSearch|1727033|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7884/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1488411|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6061/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1810731|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6224/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|2000219|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2442/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|4464515|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62308/ Ancestry.com]<br> [https://1950census.archives.gov/search/ NARA] 
|Release Date <br> April 1, 2032
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|}


===Non-Population Schedules for District of Columbia===
'''1790--''' Residents living east of the Potomac in what is now the District of Columbia were in Prince George&nbsp;and Montgomery Counties of Maryland. The census for Maryland is indexed. The area west of the Potomac was included in the Virginia census, which is missing.  
Federal non-population schedules included such things mortality schedules, agriculture schedules, slave schedules, and manufacturing schedules.
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! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Year
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;"| Links
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|1890
|Veterans
| at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8667/ Ancestry]
|-
|1880
|Defective
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1634/ Ancestry]
|-
|1880
|Mortality
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
|-
|1880
|Industry
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
|-
|1880
|Agriculture
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
|-
|1870
|Mortality
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
|-
|1870
|Industry
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
|-
|1870
|Agriculture
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
|-
|1860
|Slave owner
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7668/ Ancestry]
|-
|1860
|Mortality
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
|-
|1860
|Industry
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
|-
|1860
|Agriculture
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
|-
|1850
|Social Statistics
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
|-
|1850
|Slave owner
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8055/ Ancestry]
|-
|1850
|Mortality
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
|-
|1850
|Industry
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
|-
|1850
|Agriculture
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
|-
|1840
|Pensioners
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7678/ Ancestry]
|-
|}


=== Existing and lost censuses  ===
'''1800--'''The Eastern Portion exists.<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1216410819489_836"></span>


For a list of available and missing District of Columbia censuses, [[District of Columbia Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>
'''1810--'''Lost or Destroyed.  


== Online Federal District and Colonial Censuses  ==
'''1820-1930--'''The Family History Library has the U.S. federal censuses of the District of Columbia.&nbsp;


In addition to the federal censuses, district censuses were taken beginning in 1803. Those for 1803, 1807, and 1818 have little information, but those for 1867 and 1878 are quite detailed. They provide name, age, sex, marital status, color, length of residence, occupation, and nativity of parents. These are at the Maryland State Archives. Police censuses were also taken in 1885, 1894, 1897, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1915, 1917, 1919, and 1925 (the 1925 census is missing). These are similar in content to the 1820 federal census and were published in the Annual Reports of the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, which are available at the National Archives.
'''1890--''' The enumerations of a few streets in 1890 are on FHL [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=231212&disp=Population+schedules+of+the+eleventh+cen++ film 926498] and all the names have been indexed (FHL[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=393337&disp=1890+U%2ES%2E+census%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 973 X2na 1890]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=227543&disp=Index+to+the+eleventh+census+of+the+Unit++ films 543341-<span id="1216410293840S" style="display: none">&nbsp;</span>42]).  


*'''1919''' Police Census
== Historical Background  ==
*'''1915''' Police Census
*'''1913''' Police Census
*'''1912''' Police Census
*'''1905-1909''' Police Census
*'''1897''' Police Census
*'''1888''' Police Census
*'''1885''' Police Census
*'''1878''' District Census
*'''1867''' District Census
*'''1818''' District Census
*'''1807''' District Census
*'''1803''' District Census
*'''1798''' District Census


==Other Census Images==
During the War of 1812, The British captured Washington and burned most of the public buildings and records. In 1871 Congress changed the city's status to that of a federal territory.&nbsp;
*'''1890 D.C. veterans schedules for military forts, prisons, posts, etc.''' This does '''not''' include veterans living off their post among the civilians of D.C. whose schedules were destroyed. The veterans military posts schedule for 1890 (FS Library {{FSC|230777|title-id|disp=film 0338277}}).


==Why Use the Census?==
== Indexes  ==
State census records can be one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. Information varies based on year and location, but information that may be included in a census can include:
*Name of each person in the family at the time the census was taken
*Street or Avenue, or number Rural Free Delivery
*Sex
*Age
*Color
*Nativity
*Place of birth of this person
*Place of birth of Father of this person
*Place of birth of Mother of this person
*Period of Residence
*How long a resident of this State (years and months)
*How long a resident of this enumeration district (years and months)
*Regular occupation
*Military service


=== Sources and footnotes  ===
'''1890--'''The veterans schedule for 1890 (FHL [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=230777&disp=Schedules+enumerating+Union+veterans+and++ film 0338277]) and an index (FHL [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=263427&disp=1890+District+of+Columbia+census+index%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 975.3 X22j 1890]) are also at the&nbsp;Family History Library.
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{{District of Columbia|District of Columbia}}{{USCensus}}
== Special Censuses  ==


[[Category:Washington, D.C., United States]][[Category:District of Columbia Census Records‎]]
==== Mortality Schedules  ====
 
1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 are on FHL [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=343721&disp=Federal+mortality+census+schedules+and+r++ films 1549978-9]. All have been indexed.
 
:[http://mortalityschedules.com/ Mortality Schedules 1850-1880]
 
==== District Censuses  ====
 
'''1803, 1807, 1818--'''District censuses were taken,but have little information.
 
'''1867-1878--'''District censuses&nbsp;are quite detailed. They provide name, age, sex, marital status, color, length&nbsp;of&nbsp;residence, occupation, and nativity of parents. These are at the '''Maryland State Archives'''.  
 
==== '''Police Censuses'''  ====
 
Police censuses&nbsp;exist for the following&nbsp;years:&nbsp;
 
'''1885, 1894, 1897, 1905-1909, 1912, 1915, 1917, 1919'''
 
'''1925--'''The 1925 census is missing.  
 
These are similar in content to the 1820 federal census and were published in the Annual Reports of the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, which are available at the National Archives.
 
== State Censuses  ==
 
No state censuses exist for the District of Columbia.<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1216411935739_140"></span>
 
== Web Sites  ==
 
Ancestry:&nbsp; [http://www.ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.com]  
 
Heritage Quest Online:&nbsp; [http://www.heritagequestonline.com http://www.heritagequestonline.com]  
 
Census Online:&nbsp; [http://www.census-online.com/links/DC/ http://www.census-online.com/links/DC/]
 
Genealogy Today:&nbsp; [http://dir.genealogytoday.com/usa/dc/census.html http://dir.genealogytoday.com/usa/dc/census.html]
 
Access Genealogy:&nbsp;[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/census/washdc.htm http://www.accessgenealogy.com/census/washdc.htm]
 
Mortality Schedules:&nbsp; [http://mortalityschedules.com/ http://mortalityschedules.com/]
 
== References  ==
 
''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=District_of_Columbia.ASP District of Columbia Research Outline]''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.
 
[[Category:District_of_Columbia]]

Revision as of 16:56, 10 November 2008

Portal:United States Census >District of Columbia

Availability[edit | edit source]

Federal census records are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal and state archives. The United States Research Outline provides more detailed information about these records.

1790-- Residents living east of the Potomac in what is now the District of Columbia were in Prince George and Montgomery Counties of Maryland. The census for Maryland is indexed. The area west of the Potomac was included in the Virginia census, which is missing.

1800--The Eastern Portion exists.

1810--Lost or Destroyed.

1820-1930--The Family History Library has the U.S. federal censuses of the District of Columbia. 

1890-- The enumerations of a few streets in 1890 are on FHL film 926498 and all the names have been indexed (FHLbook 973 X2na 1890; films 543341-42).

Historical Background[edit | edit source]

During the War of 1812, The British captured Washington and burned most of the public buildings and records. In 1871 Congress changed the city's status to that of a federal territory. 

Indexes[edit | edit source]

1890--The veterans schedule for 1890 (FHL film 0338277) and an index (FHL book 975.3 X22j 1890) are also at the Family History Library.

Special Censuses[edit | edit source]

Mortality Schedules[edit | edit source]

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 are on FHL films 1549978-9. All have been indexed.

Mortality Schedules 1850-1880

District Censuses[edit | edit source]

1803, 1807, 1818--District censuses were taken,but have little information.

1867-1878--District censuses are quite detailed. They provide name, age, sex, marital status, color, length of residence, occupation, and nativity of parents. These are at the Maryland State Archives.

Police Censuses[edit | edit source]

Police censuses exist for the following years: 

1885, 1894, 1897, 1905-1909, 1912, 1915, 1917, 1919

1925--The 1925 census is missing.

These are similar in content to the 1820 federal census and were published in the Annual Reports of the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, which are available at the National Archives.

State Censuses[edit | edit source]

No state censuses exist for the District of Columbia.

Web Sites[edit | edit source]

Ancestry:  http://www.ancestry.com

Heritage Quest Online:  http://www.heritagequestonline.com

Census Online:  http://www.census-online.com/links/DC/

Genealogy Today:  http://dir.genealogytoday.com/usa/dc/census.html

Access Genealogy: http://www.accessgenealogy.com/census/washdc.htm

Mortality Schedules:  http://mortalityschedules.com/

References[edit | edit source]

District of Columbia Research Outline. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.

Family History Library (FHL); now called, FamilySearch Library (FSL)

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