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== Existing and lost censuses  ==
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| 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]].
*[[Copying Sources|Photocopy]] each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
*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.
*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]].


For a list of available and missing Colorado censuses, [[Colorado Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].
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== Location  ==
*For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[Colorado Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].


'''United States Censuses 1870-1920'''—Free Internet census indexes and images to the [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1438024;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable 1870], [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1417683;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable 1880 (index only)], [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1325221 1900], and [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1488411 1920 (partial index only)] can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search. These indexes show every name listed on the census, and except for 1880 and 1920, are also linked to census images including information about each person’s residence, age, birthplace, occupation, other family members, and neighbors.
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== Historical Background ==
=== Online Colorado indexes and images ===


'''1876--'''Colorado became a state. Prior to statehood, Colorado was part of divided among the territories of Kansas, Nebraska, Utah, and New Mexico.
{{Census Online Colorado}}


== Indexes ==
=== Federal population schedules ===


==== Online Indexes ====
==== Microfilm images ====


Use available online indexes to locate your Colorado ancestors.&nbsp; Online indexes are available at:
*<br>


'''United States Census Indexes 1870-1920'''—Free Internet census indexes to the [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1438024;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable 1870], [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1417683;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable 1880], [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1325221 1900], and [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1488411 1920 (partial index only)] can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search.
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====


Ancestry:&nbsp; [http://www.ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.com]  
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Colorado, [[Colorado Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]  


Heritage Quest Online:&nbsp; [http://www.heritagequestonline.com http://www.heritagequestonline.com]
=== Federal non-population schedules  ===


==== Soundex (phonetic) Indexes&nbsp; ====
==== Online indexes and images ====


'''1880--'''partial [[Soundex|Soundex]] index exists
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Colorado'''</font>
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| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Free'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually&nbsp;with&nbsp;library&nbsp;card)
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Pay'''
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Year'''
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" width="10%" | '''Type'''
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Record Search'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Heritage Quest'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry FHL'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry Library'''
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Ancestry Home'''
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| '''1885'''
| width="20%" | Mortality
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8756 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8756 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8756 Link]
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| '''1880'''
| width="20%" | Mortality
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
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| '''1870'''
| Mortality
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
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| '''1860'''
| Mortality
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]  
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
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'''1900--'''Soundex index available
==== Microfilm images  ====


'''1910--'''Use the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=232848&disp=Cross+index+to+selected+city+streets+and%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Denver Street Index] (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=232848&disp=Cross+index+to+selected+city+streets+and++ fiche 6331481])&nbsp;to help locate individuals in the census.
*<br>


'''1920--'''Soundex index available
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====


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


Colorado Historical Society has a card index to the 1860 census. Separate indexes for the Nebraska and New Mexico portions are included in the 1860 indexes for those territories. An index to Arapahoe County, Kansas (where most of Colorado's 1860 population lived) is found in search 7A on the AIS census index on microfiche. An 1870 Colorado Territory census and index are also at the Family History Library. &nbsp;
=== State, territorial, and colonial censuses  ===


== Special Censuses ==
*'''1885'''&nbsp;Garfield county missing<ref>William Thorndale, and William Dollarhide, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16509993 Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1987), 55, says Fremont and Garfield counties missing (from National Archives copy); Colorado State Archives copy includes Fremont, but lacks Garfield and 18 other counties.</ref>
*'''1866''' Logan, Morgan, Sedgwick, Weld and northern parts of Washington and Yuma counties only<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[FHL book 973 X2Lai], 27-28, lists an index, Arliss Shaffer Monk, ''Index to a Weld County Census, Colorado Territory, 1866'' (1978).</ref>


==== Mortality Schedule ====
=== Existing and lost censuses ===


Both the 1860 and 1870 censuses include mortality schedules.  
For a list of available and missing Colorado censuses, [[Colorado Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>


*[http://mortalityschedules.com/ Mortality Schedules 1850-1880]
=== Why use a census?  ===


== State Censuses  ==
A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.


'''1885--'''Colorado took a state census.&nbsp;
=== More about censuses  ===


Family History Library Book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=232848&disp=Cross+index+to+selected+city+streets+and%20%20&columns=*,0,0 978.852 X2c]
[[United States Census|Click here]] for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:


== Territorial Censuses  ==
:*[[United States Census Searching|index searching tips]]
:*[[United States Census Analyzing Census Data|analyzing and using what you find]]
:*[[United States Census Accuracy|census accuracy]]
:*[[United States Census Historical Background|historical background]]
:*[[United States Census#Contents_of_Federal_Censuses|contents of various census years and types]]


An 1860 federal territorial census was taken in the four territories from which Colorado was created.&nbsp;
=== Sources and footnotes  ===


'''Northeastern Section-- '''enumerated with Nebraska 1860 census schedules designated "unorganized territory."
{{reflist}}
 
'''Central Eastern section--'''&nbsp;enumerated with Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory.
 
'''Southeast section--''' enumerated in parts of Taos and Mora Counties of New Mexico Territory.Since&nbsp;half of the state of Colorado,&nbsp;included in the Utah Territory was not settled, no census was taken in that area.<br>
 
== Web Sites  ==
 
[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=allCollections;r=0 FamilySearch Record Search] has free indexes and images for 1870, and 1900; but indexes only for 1880, and 1920.
 
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/CO/ http://www.census-online.com/links/CO/]
 
Genealogy Today:&nbsp; [http://dir.genealogytoday.com/usa/co/census.html http://dir.genealogytoday.com/usa/co/census.html]
 
Access Genealogy:&nbsp; [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/census/colorado.htm http://www.accessgenealogy.com/census/colorado.htm]


Census Finder:&nbsp; http://www.censusfinder.com/colorado.htm
{{Place|Colorado}} {{stub}}  
 
RootsWeb:&nbsp; http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/colorado/census/1930/
 
RootsWeb:&nbsp; http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/colorado/census/1870/&nbsp;use with:
 
Colorado State Archives:&nbsp; http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/1870/index.htm
 
Colorado Historical Society: http://www.coloradohistory.org/chs_library/research_coll_files/rc_genealogy.htm
 
Mortality Schedules:&nbsp; [http://mortalityschedules.com/ http://mortalityschedules.com/]
 
== Sources  ==
 
{{reflist}}  


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Tips
  • If at first you don't find a name, try again under another spelling.
  • Photocopy each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
  • Look for an ancestor in every census during her or his lifetime.
  • On the family group record show each person's census listings.
  • Study others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in community context.


  • For a list of the exact date of each federal census, click here.

Online Colorado indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Template:Census Online Colorado

Federal population schedules[edit | edit source]

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]


Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]

For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Colorado, click here

Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]

Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Colorado

Free Free at Some Libraries (usually with library card) Pay
Year Type Record Search Heritage Quest Ancestry FHL Ancestry Library Ancestry Home
1885 Mortality - - Link Link Link
1880 Mortality - - Link Link Link
1870 Mortality - - Link Link Link
1860 Mortality - - Link Link Link

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]


Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]

For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Colorado, click here.

State, territorial, and colonial censuses[edit | edit source]

  • 1885 Garfield county missing[1]
  • 1866 Logan, Morgan, Sedgwick, Weld and northern parts of Washington and Yuma counties only[2]

Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]

For a list of available and missing Colorado censuses, click here.

Why use a census?[edit | edit source]

A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.

More about censuses[edit | edit source]

Click here for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:

Sources and footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ William Thorndale, and William Dollarhide, Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1987), 55, says Fremont and Garfield counties missing (from National Archives copy); Colorado State Archives copy includes Fremont, but lacks Garfield and 18 other counties.
  2. ↑ Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[FHL book 973 X2Lai], 27-28, lists an index, Arliss Shaffer Monk, Index to a Weld County Census, Colorado Territory, 1866 (1978).
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