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=== Key U.S. Census Indexes and Images Internet Links  ===
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==Beginners' Corner==
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*[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/United_States_Census_Online_Genealogy_Records United States Census Online Genealogy Records] Internet links by year for FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, FindMyPast, and MyHeritage
| width="20%" colspan="2" |<center>[[United States Census#Contents of Federal Censuses|'''Federal Census Contents''']]</center>
*[https://archive.org/details/us_census Internet Archive]images 1790-1930  
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*[http://www.footnote.com/ <font color="#0066cc">Fold3.com</font>] ($) index &amp; images 1860 and 1930
| width="20%" | Names, ages, birthplaces
*[http://www.censusrecords.com/ CensusRecords.com] ($) indexes &amp; images 1790-1940
| width="20%" | 1850–1950
*[http://www.myfreecensus.com My Free Census] Find your ancestors in the U.S. census, and International census records
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*[http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com New Horizons Genealogy] Specializing in State Census Records.
| width="20%" | Birthplaces of parents
*[http://www.censusfinder.com Census Finder] free census links and how to use census records for genealogical research.
| width="20%" | 1880–1950
*[http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html <font color="#0066cc">U.S. Census Bureau</font>] images of published transcriptions of 1790 census for 12 states
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*[http://www.archives.gov/research/census/nonpopulation/#intro Nonpopulation Census Records] Agriculture, mortality, and social statistics schedules are available for the census years of 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. Manufacturing schedules are available for 1820, 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880.  Schedules of business are available for 1935 for these industries: advertising agencies, banking and financial institutions, miscellaneous enterprises, motor trucking for hire, public warehousing, and radio broadcasting stations.
| width="20%" | Relationships
 
| width="20%" | 1880–1950
=== Value of Censuses ===
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| width="20%" | Family and Neighbors
| width="20%" | All years
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| width="20%" | Immigration year
| width="20%" | 1900–1930
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| width="20" | Citizenship
| width="20%" | 1910–1940
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*[[Beginning Research in United States Census Records#What are the United States census records? |What are the U.S. census records?]]
A census is a count and description of the population of a country,state, county, or city for a given date. Census lists are also called “schedules." In the United States a nationwide census has been taken every ten years since 1790. A well-indexed census is one of the '''easiest ways to locate where an ancestor lived''' and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to:
*[[Beginning Research in United States Census Records#What time periods do they cover?|What time periods do they cover?]]
*[[Beginning Research in United States Census Records#What can I find in them?|What can I find in them?]]
*[[Beginning Research in United States Census Records#How do I access them?|How do I access them?]]
*[[Beginning Research in United States Census Records#Search strategies|Search strategies]]


For a more complete beginning introduction, see [[U. S. Census Records Class Handout|U. S. Census Records Class Handout]].
:*Follow the family over time.
:*Determine family relationships.
:*Find clues to other locations where the family lived
:*[[Using the Census to find other records about ancestors|Show clues for finding other records]].


==Value of Censuses==
=== Contents of Federal Censuses ===
A census is a count and description of the population of a country, state, county, or city for a given date. Census lists are also called “schedules." In the United States a nationwide census has been taken every ten years since 1790. A well-indexed census is one of the '''easiest ways to locate where an ancestor lived''' and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to:
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1_1g7j-PaGAZWVTeHFMaHctdms/view Headings of census records 1790=1930]
<ul>
*[http://lh3.ggpht.com/-CDeRU2BC5FU/UD7XyuaWVuI/AAAAAAAADUQ/5pO2EWndUJ4/s1600-h/What%252520You%252527ll%252520Learn%252520in%252520the%252520Census%25252C%252520Year%252520by%252520Year%25255B5%25255D.png What You'll Learn in the Census Year by Year] Ancestry.com ($) Comparison table of census headings
<li>Follow the family over time</li>
*[http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/ Historical Census Browser 1790-1960] (University of Virginia Library)
<li>Determine family relationships (more recent than 1880 as shown above)</li>
==== '''Contents by Federal Census Years'''  ====
<li>Find clues to other locations where the family lived</li>
<li>[[Using the Census to find other records about ancestors|Show clues for finding other records]]</li>
</ul>


==United States Federal Censuses with Online Links==
{|-  
{| class="wikitable" width= "55%" style="display: inline-table;"
|style="width:20%"|[[Federal Censuses after 1940|'''after 1940''']]
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|style="width:20%"| [[United States Census 1910|'''1910''']]
! style="background:eeeeee; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1790|'''1790''']]
| style="width:20%"|[[United States Census 1870|'''1870''']]
! style="background:eeeeee; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1800|'''1800''']]
| style="width:20%"|[[United States Census 1840|'''1840''']]
! style="background:eeeeee; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1810|'''1810''']]
| style="width:20%"|[[United States Census 1810|'''1810''']]
! style="background:eeeeee; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1820|'''1820''']]
! style="background:eeeeee; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1830|'''1830''']]
! style="background:eeeeee; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1840|'''1840''']]
|-
|{{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]
|-
|-
!style="background:eeeeee; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1850|'''1850''']]
| [[United States Census 1940|'''1940''']]</center>
!style="background:eeeeee; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1860|'''1860''']]
| [[United States Census 1900|'''1900''']]</center>
!style="background:eeeeee; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1870|'''1870''']]
| [[United States Census 1860|'''1860''']]</center>
!style="background:eeeeee; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1880|'''1880''']]
| [[United States Census 1830|'''1830''']]</center>
!style="background:eeeeee; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1890|'''1890''']]
| [[United States Census 1800|'''1800''']]</center>
!style="background:eeeeee; 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]
| [[United States Census 1930|'''1930''']]</center>
|{{RecordSearch|1473181|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/ Ancestry.com]
| [[United States Census 1890|'''1890''']]</center>
|{{RecordSearch|1438024|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/ Ancestry.com]
| [[United States Census 1850|'''1850''']]</center>
|{{RecordSearch|1417683|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/ Ancestry.com]
| [[United States Census 1820|'''1820''']]</center>
|{{RecordSearch|1610551|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5445/ Ancestry.com]
| [[United States Census 1790|'''1790''']]</center>
|{{RecordSearch|1325221|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/ Ancestry.com]
|-
!style="background:eeeeee; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1910|'''1910''']]
!style="background:eeeeee; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1920|'''1920''']]
!style="background:eeeeee; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1930|'''1930''']]
!style="background:eeeeee; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1940|'''1940''']]
!style="background:eeeeee; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1950|'''1950''']]
!style="background:eeeeee; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1960|'''1960''']]
|-
|{{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
|-
|-
| [[United States Census 1920|'''1920''']]</center>
| [[United States Census 1880|'''1880''']]</center>
|}
|}


==Online Resources==
===='''[[United States Census Forms|Blank forms for each U.S. census year]]'''====
<ul>
 
<li>'''1901''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=62874 U.S., Duplicate Chinese Certificates of Residence, 1901] at Ancestry — index & images ($)</li>
=== Finding Census Records  ===
<li>'''1905''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=62873 U..S., Chinese Census Papers, 1905] at Ancestry — index & images ($)</li>
 
<li>[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States_Census_Online_Genealogy_Records United States Census Online Genealogy Records] Internet links by year for FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast, and MyHeritage</li>
==== <center>Censuses in U.S. States</center> ====
<li>[https://www.accessgenealogy.com/ AccessGenealogy] - [https://www.accessgenealogy.com/census-records United States Census Records]</li>
<li>[https://www.fold3.com/ Fold3] ($) index & images; 1860-1930</li>
<li>[https://archive.org/details/us_census Internet Archive] images 1790-1930</li>
<li>[http://www.myfreecensus.com My Free Census] Find your ancestors in the U.S. census, and International census records</li>
<li>[https://www.archives.gov/research/census/1790 National Archives] images of published transcriptions of 1790 census for 12 states</li>
<li>[http://www.archives.gov/research/census/nonpopulation/ Nonpopulation Census Records] Agriculture, mortality, and social statistics schedules are available for the census years of 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. Manufacturing schedules are available for 1820, 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880.  Schedules of business are available for 1935 for these industries: advertising agencies, banking and financial institutions, miscellaneous enterprises, motor trucking for hire, public warehousing, and radio broadcasting stations.</li>
<li>[https://www.archives.gov/research/census/online-resources National Archives]. Search Census Records Online and Other Resources.</li>
<li>[http://www.germanroots.com/censuslinks.html GermanRoots.com]</li>
<li>[https://stevemorse.org/census/unified.html?year=1910 United Census ED Finder] Obtain the Census Enumeration District for an 1870 to 1950 Location in One Step.</li>
</ul>
==Contents of the Censuses==
*{{FSC|548813|item|disp=United States Bureau of the Census. ''200 years of U.S. census taking: population and housing questions, 1790-1990.''}}
*[[United States Census Forms|Blank forms for each U.S. census year]]
{|
|-
|
<ul class="column-spacing-fullscreen" style="padding-right:5px;">
<li>[[United States Census 1790|'''1790''']]</li>
<li>[[United States Census 1800|'''1800''']]</li>
<li>[[United States Census 1810|'''1810''']]</li>
<li>[[United States Census 1820|'''1820''']]</li>
<li>[[United States Census 1830|'''1830''']]</li>
<li>[[United States Census 1840|'''1840''']]</li>
<li>[[United States Census 1850|'''1850''']]</li>
<li>[[United States Census 1860|'''1860''']]</li>
<li>[[United States Census 1870|'''1870''']]</li>
<li>[[United States Census 1880|'''1880''']]</li>
<li>[[United States Census 1890|'''1890''']]</li>
<li>[[United States Census 1900|'''1900''']]</li>
<li>[[United States Census 1910|'''1910''']]</li>
<li>[[United States Census 1920|'''1920''']]</li>
<li>[[United States Census 1930|'''1930''']]</li>
<li>[[United States Census 1940|'''1940''']]</li>
<li>[[United States Census 1950|'''1950''']]</li>
<li>[[Unreleased United States Censuses|'''after 1950''']]</li>
</ul>
|}


==State Census Pages==
{{State Census Records}}  
{|
|-
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<ul class="column-spacing-fullscreen" style="padding-right:5px;">
  <li>[[Alabama Census|Alabama]]</li>
  <li>[[Alaska Census|Alaska]]</li>
  <li>[[Arizona Census|Arizona]]</li>
  <li>[[Arkansas Census|Arkansas]]</li>
  <li>[[California Census|California]]</li>
  <li>[[Colorado Census|Colorado]]</li>
  <li>[[Connecticut Census|Connecticut]]</li>
  <li>[[Delaware Census|Delaware]]</li>
  <li>[[Florida Census|Florida]]</li>
  <li>[[Georgia Census|Georgia]]</li>
  <li>[[Hawaii Census|Hawaii]]</li>
  <li>[[Idaho Census|Idaho]]</li>
  <li>[[Illinois Census|Illinois]]</li>
  <li>[[Indiana Census|Indiana]]</li>
  <li>[[Iowa Census|Iowa]]</li>
  <li>[[Kansas Census|Kansas]]</li>
  <li>[[Kentucky Census|Kentucky]]</li>
  <li>[[Louisiana Census|Louisiana]]</li>
  <li>[[Maine Census|Maine]]</li>
  <li>[[Maryland Census|Maryland]]</li>
  <li>[[Massachusetts Census|Massachusetts]]</li>
  <li>[[Michigan Census|Michigan]]</li>
  <li>[[Minnesota Census|Minnesota]]</li>
  <li>[[Mississippi Census|Mississippi]]</li>
  <li>[[Missouri Census|Missouri]]</li>
  <li>[[Montana Census|Montana]]</li>
  <li>[[Nebraska Census|Nebraska]]</li>
  <li>[[Nevada Census|Nevada]]</li>
  <li>[[New Hampshire Census|New Hampshire]]</li>
  <li>[[New Jersey Census|New Jersey]]</li>
  <li>[[New Mexico Census| New Mexico]]</li>
  <li>[[New York Census|New York]]</li>
  <li>[[North Carolina Census|North Carolina]]</li>
  <li>[[North Dakota Census|North Dakota]]</li>
  <li>[[Ohio Census|Ohio]]</li>
  <li>[[Oklahoma Census|Oklahoma]]</li>
  <li>[[Oregon Census|Oregon]]</li>
  <li>[[Pennsylvania Census|Pennsylvania]]</li>
  <li>[[Rhode Island Census|Rhode Island]]</li>
  <li>[[South Carolina Census|South Carolina]]</li>
  <li>[[South Dakota Census|South Dakota]]</li>
  <li>[[Tennessee Census|Tennessee]]</li>
  <li>[[Texas Census|Texas]]</li>
  <li>[[Utah Census|Utah]]</li>
  <li>[[Vermont Census|Vermont]]</li>
  <li>[[Virginia Census|Virginia]]</li>
  <li>[[Washington Census|Washington]]</li>
  <li>[[West Virginia Census|West Virginia]]</li>
  <li>[[Wisconsin Census|Wisconsin]]</li>
  <li>[[Wyoming Census|Wyoming]]</li>
</ul>
|}
===U. S. Territories===
{|
|-
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<ul class="column-spacing-fullscreen" style="padding-right:5px;">
  <li>[[American Samoa Census|American Samoa]]</li>
  <li>[[District of Columbia Census|District of Columbia]]</li>
  <li>[[Guam|Guam]]</li>
  <li>[[Northern Mariana Islands|Northern Mariana Islands]]</li>
  <li>[[Puerto Rico Census|Puerto Rico]]</li>
  <li>[[United States Virgin Islands Census|Virgin Islands]]</li>
</ul>
|}


== County Copies of Population Schedules ==
==== <center>Censuses in U.S. Territories</center> ====
*[[United States Census, 1850-1880, County Copies - Inventory]]


== Nonpopulation Census Schedules ==
{{U.S. Territories Census Records}}
*[[United States Census Records Nonpopulation Census Schedules-1820,1850-1880]]
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*[[United States Census Agriculture Schedules]]
*[[United States Census Defective Schedules]]
*[[United States Census Manufacturing Schedules]]
*[[United States Census Mortality Schedules]]
*[[United States Census Social Statistics Schedules]]


==Additional Resources==
=== Key Reference Sources  ===
*[http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/fhd/Community/Mid_Continent_Library/State_and_Special_Census_Records/Player.html State and Special Census Records] (36 minute online video)
*[http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/fhd/Community/Mid_Continent_Library/Heads_of_Households_Only/Player.html Heads of Household Only: Analysis of Pre-1850 Federal Census] (19 minute online video)
*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/learning-center-search/?q=United+states+census&show=all United States Census Videos on FamilySearch]
*''Map Guide to U.S. Federal Censuses 1790-1920.''<ref>William Thorndale and William Dollarhide. Baltimore: Genealogical Publ., 1987. {{WorldCat|16509993|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FSC|545087|title-id|disp=FS Catalog book 973 X2th}}.</ref> Shows county boundary changes in each state from 1790 to 1920, and which census areas were lost or still exist.
*''The Census Book: a Genealogist's Guide to Federal Census Facts, Schedules and Indexes: with Master Extraction Forms for Federal Census Schedules, 1790-1930.''<ref>William Dollarhide. Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1999. {{WorldCat|41640325|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}.  {{FSC|829087|title-id|disp=FS Catalog book 973 X27d; also online database}}(*).</ref>  Available online at some libraries through [https://www.heritagequestonline.com/ HeritageQuest Online]. Discusses indexes, regular, and non-population schedules.
*''Censuses and Tax Lists.''<ref> G. David Dilts, "Censuses and Tax Lists" in Kory L. Meyerink, ed., ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38206986 Printed Sources: a Guide to Published Genealogical Records]'' (Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1998), 300-52. [{{FSC|719674|title-id|disp=FS Catalog book 016.9293 P96m}}]</ref> Strategies for finding elusive ancestors, and history of indexing.
*{{FSC|588755|item|disp=Publications of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-1917. NARA T825}}
*{{FSC|588755|item|disp=United States. Bureau of the Census. ''Publications of the Census, 1790-1916''}}.
*{{FSC|1912123|item|disp= ''The history and growth of the United States census: prepared for the Senate Committee on the Census''}}. By Caroll D. Wright.  Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office (United States), 1900.
*{{FSC|121097|item|disp=''The Bureau of the Census: its history, activities, and organization''}}. By William Stull Holt. Washington: Brookings Institution, 1929.reprint.New York, New York: AMS Press, 1974.
*{{FSC|287142|item|disp=''A Century of population growth from the first census of the United States to the twelfth, 1790-1900''}}. United States Bureau of the Census. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office., 1909.
*{{FSC|545087|item|disp=''Map guide to the U.S. Federal censuses, 1790-1920''}}. By William Dollarhide. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1987.
*{{FSC|39595|item|disp=''Preliminary inventory of the records of the Bureau of the Census: record group 29''}}. By Katherine H. Davidson and Charlotte M. Ashby. Washington, D.C.: National Archives & Records Administration, 1964. Digital images.
*{{FSC|665756|item|disp=''The American census: a social history''}}. By Margo Anderson. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1988.


==References==
*Map Guide to U.S. Federal Censuses 1790-1920 <ref>William Thorndale, and William Dollarhide, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16509993 Map Guide to U.S. Federal Censuses 1790-1920]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publ., 1987) [{{FHL|545087|title-id|disp=FHL Book 973 X2th}}]. </ref> Shows county boundary changes in each state from 1790 to 1920, and which census areas were lost or still exist.
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*The Census Book: a Genealogist's Guide to Federal Census Facts, Schedules and Indexes: with Master Extraction Forms for Federal Census Schedules, 1790-1930 <ref>William Dollarhide, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41640325 ''The Census Book: a Genealogist's Guide to Federal Census Facts, Schedules and Indexes: with Master Extraction Forms for Federal Census Schedules, 1790-1930'']. (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1999)[{{FHL|829087|title-id|disp=FHL book 973 X27d}}]. </ref> An online edition is at [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/help/census_book.html HeritageQuestOnline]. Discusses indexes, regular, and non-population schedules.
*Censuses and Tax Lists <ref> G. David Dilts, "Censuses and Tax Lists" in Kory L. Meyerink, ed., ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38206986 Printed Sources: a Guide to Published Genealogical Records]'' (Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1998), 300-52. [{{FHL|719674|title-id|disp=FHL Book 016.9293 P96m}}] </ref> Strategies for finding elusive ancestors, and history of indexing.
*Census Class Video <ref> Tiffany Perkins, ''[http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/fhd/Community/Mid_Continent_Library/Tiff_s_Census_Class/Player.html Tiff's Census Class]'' (27 minute online video) [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/education/frameset_education.asp?PAGE=education_research_series_online.asp%3FActiveTab=2 FamilySearch Research Classes Online, and Mid-Continent Public Library, Midwest Genealogy Center], 2010. </ref>
*State and Special Census Video <ref> Gary Toms, ''[http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/fhd/Community/Mid_Continent_Library/State_and_Special_Census_Records/Player.html State and Special Census Records]'' (36 minute online video) [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/education/frameset_education.asp?PAGE=education_research_series_online.asp%3FActiveTab=2 FamilySearch Research Classes Online, and Mid-Continent Public Library, Midwest Genealogy Center], 2010. </ref>
*Heads of Households Only Video <ref> Angela McComas, ''[http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/fhd/Community/Mid_Continent_Library/Heads_of_Households_Only/Player.html Heads of Household Only: Analysis of Pre-1850 Federal Census]'' (19 minute online video) [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/education/frameset_education.asp?PAGE=education_research_series_online.asp%3FActiveTab=2 FamilySearch Research Classes Online, and Mid-Continent Public Library, Midwest Genealogy Center], 2010. </ref>  
*[[United States Census, 1890 (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]


=== References  ===


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  • United States Census Online Genealogy Records Internet links by year for FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, FindMyPast, and MyHeritage
  • Internet Archiveimages 1790-1930
  • Fold3.com ($) index & images 1860 and 1930
  • CensusRecords.com ($) indexes & images 1790-1940
  • My Free Census Find your ancestors in the U.S. census, and International census records
  • New Horizons Genealogy Specializing in State Census Records.
  • Census Finder free census links and how to use census records for genealogical research.
  • U.S. Census Bureau images of published transcriptions of 1790 census for 12 states
  • Nonpopulation Census Records Agriculture, mortality, and social statistics schedules are available for the census years of 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. Manufacturing schedules are available for 1820, 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. Schedules of business are available for 1935 for these industries: advertising agencies, banking and financial institutions, miscellaneous enterprises, motor trucking for hire, public warehousing, and radio broadcasting stations.

Value of Censuses[edit | edit source]

A census is a count and description of the population of a country,state, county, or city for a given date. Census lists are also called “schedules." In the United States a nationwide census has been taken every ten years since 1790. A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to:

Contents of Federal Censuses[edit | edit source]

Contents by Federal Census Years[edit | edit source]

after 1940 1910 1870 1840 1810
1940 1900 1860 1830 1800
1930 1890 1850 1820 1790
1920 1880

Blank forms for each U.S. census year[edit | edit source]

Finding Census Records[edit | edit source]

Censuses in U.S. States
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Censuses in U.S. Territories
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Key Reference Sources[edit | edit source]

  • Map Guide to U.S. Federal Censuses 1790-1920 [1] Shows county boundary changes in each state from 1790 to 1920, and which census areas were lost or still exist.
  • The Census Book: a Genealogist's Guide to Federal Census Facts, Schedules and Indexes: with Master Extraction Forms for Federal Census Schedules, 1790-1930 [2] An online edition is at HeritageQuestOnline. Discusses indexes, regular, and non-population schedules.
  • Censuses and Tax Lists [3] Strategies for finding elusive ancestors, and history of indexing.
  • Census Class Video [4]
  • State and Special Census Video [5]
  • Heads of Households Only Video [6]
  • United States Census, 1890 (FamilySearch Historical Records)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ William Thorndale, and William Dollarhide, Map Guide to U.S. Federal Censuses 1790-1920 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publ., 1987) [FHL Book 973 X2th].
  2. ↑ William Dollarhide, The Census Book: a Genealogist's Guide to Federal Census Facts, Schedules and Indexes: with Master Extraction Forms for Federal Census Schedules, 1790-1930. (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1999)[FHL book 973 X27d].
  3. ↑ G. David Dilts, "Censuses and Tax Lists" in Kory L. Meyerink, ed., Printed Sources: a Guide to Published Genealogical Records (Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1998), 300-52. [FHL Book 016.9293 P96m]
  4. ↑ Tiffany Perkins, Tiff's Census Class (27 minute online video) FamilySearch Research Classes Online, and Mid-Continent Public Library, Midwest Genealogy Center, 2010.
  5. ↑ Gary Toms, State and Special Census Records (36 minute online video) FamilySearch Research Classes Online, and Mid-Continent Public Library, Midwest Genealogy Center, 2010.
  6. ↑ Angela McComas, Heads of Household Only: Analysis of Pre-1850 Federal Census (19 minute online video) FamilySearch Research Classes Online, and Mid-Continent Public Library, Midwest Genealogy Center, 2010.
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