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==Online Federal Censuses==
=== Online Resources ===
===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>
Mississippi became the twentieth state admitted to the United States on December 10, 1817. It was first included on the 1800 U.S. Census as Mississippi Territory.


======United States Federal Censuses with Online Links======
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1125 Mississippi, State and Territorial Census Collection, 1792-1866] Index and images ($)
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*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3556 Mississippi, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1805-1890], ($), index
*{{RecordSearch|1877095|United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890}} — index and images
*{{RecordSearch|1856425|Mississippi, Enumeration of Educable Children, 1850-1892; 1908-1957}} Images.<br><br>
 
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1790|1790]]
| width="44%" | __TOC__
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1800|1800]]
| valign="middle" | <center><font size="+1">'''Tips'''</font></center>
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1810|1810]]
*If at first you don't find a name, try again under [[Spelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada|another spelling]].
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1820|1820]]
*[[Copying Sources|Photocopy]] each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1830|1830]]
*Look for an ancestor in '''''every''''' census during her or his lifetime.  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1840|1840]]
*On the [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|family group record]] show&nbsp;each person's census listings.
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*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]].
|Mississippi not enumerated.
 
|{{RecordSearch|1804228|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7590/ Ancestry.com]
<br>  
|{{RecordSearch|1803765|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7613/ Ancestry.com]
*Territorial and state censuses were taken at frequent intervals between 1792 and 1880 for various counties. Few are complete and the information in the censuses varies. For example, maiden names are included in the 1792 census. These censuses are available online in {{RecordSearch|1919687|Mississippi State Archives, Various Records, 1820-1951}}, as well as onsite at the [http://www.mdah.state.ms.us/ Mississippi Department of Archives and History] and at the [[Family History Library]] ({{FHL|899868}}-870]).
|{{RecordSearch|1803955|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7734/ Ancestry.com]
*For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[Mississippi Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].
|{{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:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1850|1850]]
=== Online Mississippi indexes and images  ===
!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]]
{{Census Online Mississippi}}  
!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]]
=== Federal population schedules  ===
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1900|1900]]
 
=== Microfilm images  ===
 
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" width="700" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]'''
|-
|-
|{{RecordSearch|1401638|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ Ancestry.com]
| 1940 N/A
|{{RecordSearch|1473181|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/ Ancestry.com]
| {{FHL|636815|title-id|disp=1900 and Soundex}}  
|{{RecordSearch|1438024|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/ Ancestry.com]
| {{FHL|705426|title-id|disp=1860&nbsp;}}
|{{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]
|-
|-
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1910|1910]]
| {{FHL|1037434|title-id|disp=1930}}
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1920|1920]]
| {{FHL|676477|title-id|disp=1880 and Soundex}}
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1930|1930]]
| {{FHL|744487|title-id|disp=1850}}
!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]]
|-
|-
|{{RecordSearch|1727033|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7884/ Ancestry.com]
| {{FHL|574724|title-id|disp=1920&nbsp;and Soundex}}  
|{{RecordSearch|1488411|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6061/ Ancestry.com]
| {{FHL|676504|title-id|disp=1880 and Soundex}}  
|{{RecordSearch|1810731|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6224/ Ancestry.com]
| &nbsp;
|{{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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|-
| {{FHL|638141|title-id|disp=1910 and Soundex}}
| {{FHL|698905|title-id|disp=1870}}
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===Non-Population Schedules for Mississippi===
<br>
Federal non-population schedules included such things mortality schedules, agriculture schedules, slave schedules, and manufacturing schedules.
 
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|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]]'''
! 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
|-
|1890
|Veterans
|{{FSC|548496|item|disp=FamilySearch}}
[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8667/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|1880
|Mortality
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|-
|1870
| 1940 N/A
|Mortality
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/part-03.html#mississippi 1910 T624]&nbsp;and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/part-01.html#mississippi Soundex T1269]
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry] ($)
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-05.html#mississippi 1870 M593]
|-
|-
|1860
| [http://1930census.archives.gov/beginSearch.asp 1930 T626]
|Slave owner
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-07.html#mississippi 1900 T623]&nbsp;and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-04.html#mississippi Soundex T1054]  
|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/3161105 FamilySearch]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-04.html#mississippi 1860 M653]
[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7668/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|-
|1850
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-08.html#mississippi 1920 T625]&nbsp;<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1282155234914_935" /><span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1282155234914_56" />and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-03.html#mississippi Soundex M1570]  
|Mortality
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-07.html#mississippi 1880 T9] and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-06.html#mississippi Soundex T757]  
|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1420441 FamilySearch]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-03.html#mississippi 1850 M432]
[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|1840
|Pensioners
|[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/857237 FamilySearch]
[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7678/ Ancestry] ($)
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===Existing and Lost Censuses===
=== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ===
*[[Mississippi Censuses Existing and Lost|List of existing and lost federal censuses for Mississippi]]


==Online State and Territorial Censuses==
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Mississippi, [[Mississippi Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]  
State censuses are census records that were taken at the state-level rather than at the federal. Often, but not always, a state took their census in ten year increments 5 years from when the Federal Census was taken, such as 1885. State censuses can even serve as substitutes for missing federal censuses. For more information on state censuses, visit [https://www.census.gov/history/www/genealogy/other_resources/state_censuses.html United States Census Bureau].<br><br>
 
Territorial censuses were taken by the federal government to count the population in federal territories. The government needed to count the population in the territory to see if it could qualify for statehood. For more information on territorial censuses, visit the [[United States Census Territorial|US Territorial Census page]].<br><br>
=== Federal non-population schedules  ===
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=== Online indexes and images  ===
 
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|-
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Year
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Mississippi'''</font>
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;"| Links
|-
|-
|1866
| bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="2" | <br>
|State (select counties), head of household
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free'''
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1919687 FamilySearch]
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually&nbsp;with&nbsp;library&nbsp;card)  
at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1125/ Ancestry] ($)
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Pay'''
|-
|-
|1860
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Year'''
|State (Choctaw County), head of household
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" width="10%" | '''Type'''
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1919687 FamilySearch]
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Record Search'''
at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1125/ Ancestry] ($)
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Census Bureau'''
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Google Book'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Heritage Quest'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry FHL'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry Library'''
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Ancestry Home'''
|-
|-
|1853
| '''1890'''
|State (select counties), head of household
| width="20%" | Veterans
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1919687 FamilySearch]
| align="center" | -
at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1125/ Ancestry] ($)
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]  
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
|-
|-
|1845
| '''1880'''
|State (select counties), head of household
| width="20%" | Mortality
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1919687 FamilySearch]
| align="center" | -
at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1125/ Ancestry] ($)
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| 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]
|-
|-
|1837
| '''1870'''
|State (select counties), head of household
| Mortality
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1919687 FamilySearch]
| align="center" | -
at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1125/ Ancestry] ($)
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]  
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
|-
|-
|1833
| '''1860'''
|State (Amite and Franklin counties- statistical only)
| Slave owner
|[http://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/amite/sos/100/1833/detail/41394  Amite County] at Mississippi Department of Archives and History
| align="center" | -
[http://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/sos/100/franklin/1833  Franklin County] at Mississippi Department of Archives and History
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -  
| align="center" | [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/census/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bcensus%3B8457527%3B-1%3B8%3B18&searchtype=3&offset=1&locthreadid=4479091&hitcount=5479 Link]<ref name="HQSlave">HeritageQuest has slave owner schedule images only.</ref>
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=7668&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]  
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=7668&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=7668&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
|-
|-
|1830
| '''1860'''
|State (select counties- some are statistical only), head of household
| Mortality
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1919687 FamilySearch]
| align="center" | -
at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1125/ Ancestry] ($)
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -  
| 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]
|-
|-
|1825
| '''1850'''
|State (select counties- some are statistical only), head of household
| Slave owner
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1919687 FamilySearch]
| align="center" | [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1420440;t=browsable;w=0 Link]
at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1125/ Ancestry] ($)
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/census/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bcensus%3B12159696%3B-1%3B7%3B18&searchtype=3&offset=1&locthreadid=8194799&hitcount=4245 Link]<ref name="HQSlave" />
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8055&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]  
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8055&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8055&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
|-
|-
|1824
| '''1850'''
|State (select counties- some are statistical only, some births and deaths), head of household
| Mortality
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1919687 FamilySearch]
| align="center" | [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1420441 Link]
at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1125/ Ancestry] ($)
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| 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]
|-
|-
|1823
| '''1840'''
|State (select counties- some are statistical only, some births and deaths), head of household
| Pensioners
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1919687 FamilySearch]
| align="center" | -  
at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1125/ Ancestry] ($)
| align="center" | [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf BookLink]  
|-
| align="center" | [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ&dq=1840+census+pensioners&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=W0XUmfgahX&sig=WRyMIVwiePLwKmlxhbchJl1ZeeA&hl=en&ei=SJ0MSvSrBqOMtgf19I2FCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10#PPA61,M1 BookLink]  
|1822
| align="center" | -  
|State (select counties- some are statistical only, some births and deaths), head of household
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]  
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1919687 FamilySearch]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]  
at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1125/ Ancestry] ($)
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]
|-
|}
|1820
 
|State (select counties), head of household
=== Microfilm images  ===
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1919687 FamilySearch]
 
at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1125/ Ancestry] ($)
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" width="100%" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
|-
|1818
|State (Adams County), head of household
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1919687 FamilySearch]
at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1125/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|1816
|Territorial (select counties), head of household
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1125/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|-
|1813
| {{FHL|494619|title-id|disp=Indian census rolls, Choctaw, 1926-1939}}
|Territorial (Wilkinson County), head of household
| {{FHL|1050256|title-id|disp=Agricultural census, 1860}}
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1125/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|1810
|Territorial (select counties), head of household
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1125/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|1808
|Territorial (Jefferson and Washington Counties), head of household
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1125/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|1805
|Territorial (Jefferson and Wilkinson counties), head of household
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1125/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|1792
|Territorial (Natchez District - now Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson, Warren and Wilkinson counties) , head of household (In Spanish)
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1125/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|-
| {{FHL|422723|title-id|disp=Mortality schedule for 1850,1860,1870,1880}}
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==Why Use the Census?==
<br>
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
*'''1850-1880'''--Mortality schedules are at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
*Street or Avenue, or number Rural Free Delivery
 
*Sex
=== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ===
*Age
 
*Color
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Mississippi, [[Mississippi Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]].
*Nativity
 
*Place of birth of this person
=== State, territorial, and colonial censuses  ===
*Place of birth of Father of this person
 
*Place of birth of Mother of this person
Censuses were taken in Mississippi 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.
*Period of Residence
 
*How long a resident of this State (years and months)
Some of these censuses have been indexed and can be searched:<br>[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1125 Ancestry.com] - $ (need to be a member)<br>[http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1125 AncestryInstitution.com] (free if you are in a Family History Center)
*How long a resident of this enumeration district (years and months)
 
*Regular occupation
*'''1818-1880''' State census returns are available online: {{RecordSearch|1919687|1818-1880 State Census Returns}}, courtesy: [http://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch] - free.
*Military service
 
*'''1866''' State census.<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 70-73.</ref> Bolivar, Claiborne, Holmes, Issaquena, Jasper, Jefferson, Marion, Simpson, Smith, and Wayne<ref name="StriWayne">Jean Strickland, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49993767 Records of Wayne County, Mississippi : state census 1816, 1820, 1841, 1845, 1853, 1866]'' (Milton, FL (72 Simpson Lane, Milton 32570) : J. Strickland, 1981) as cited in Lainhart, 73.</ref> counties.
*'''1860''' State census.</ref> Choctaw County.
*'''1853''' State census.</ref> Adams (excluding Natchez), Amite, Clarke, Copiah, Greene,<ref name="StrickGreene">Ben Strickland, and Jean Strickland, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6145077 Records of Greene County, Mississippi]'' ( Moss Point, Mississippi : [s.n.], c1980- ) [[{{StriGree}}]], 1:11-17 includes 1816; 3:83-90 includes 1853.</ref> Hancock, Itawamba, Jefferson, Jones,<ref name="StriJones">Ben Strickland, and Jean Strickland, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8111997 Records of Jones County, Mississippi : 1827-1841 tax rolls, 1837, 1841, 1853 state census]'' (Moss Point, Mississippi : [s.n.], c1983) [[{{StriJonesMS}}]].</ref> Lauderdale, Noxubee, Panola, Perry,<ref name="StriPerry">Ben Strickland, and Jean Strickland, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5423980 Records of Perry County, Mississippi]'' (Milton, Fla. : Strickland, 1979-) [[{{StriPerry53}}]].</ref> Rankin, and Wayne<ref name="StriWayne" /> counties.
*'''1850''' State census.</ref> Hinds County.
*'''1845''' State census.</ref> Amite, Neshoba, Newton,<ref>"Newton County, Mississippi - 1845 State Census Record," ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4448417 Mississippi Genealogical Exchange]'' [[{{MissGeneExch}}]] 26 (1980):2-7.</ref> Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Panola, Perry,<ref name="StriPerry" /> Pike, Pontotoc, Rankin, Scott, Simpson (totals), Smith, Sunflower,<ref>"Sunflower County, Mississippi - 1845 State Census Record," ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4448417 Mississippi Genealogical Exchange]'' [[{{MissGeneExch}}]] 24 (1978):81-82.</ref> Tallahatchie, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Warren, Washington, Wayne,<ref name="StriWayne" /> Wilkinson, Winston (totals), Yalobusha, and Yazooo (totals) counties.
*'''1841''' State census.</ref> Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Chickasaw, Clarke (totals), Coahoma, Copiah, Covington, DeSoto (totals), Franklin, Greene (totals), Hinds (totals), Itawamba, Jackson (totals), Jefferson (totals), Jones,<ref name="StriJones" /> Kemper (totals), Lauderdale (totals), Lawrence, Leake, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Monroe, Neshoba, Noxubee (totals), Oktibbeha, Panola, Perry (totals), Pike (totals), Scott, Simpson, Smith, Tallahatchie, Tippah, Tishomingo (totals), Tunica,<ref>"1841 State Census - Tunica County, Mississippi," ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4448417 Mississippi Genealogical Exchange]'' [[{{MissGeneExch}}]] 16 (1970):11-12.</ref> Washington, Wayne,<ref name="StriWayne" /> and Yazooo counties.
*'''1840''' State census.</ref> Choctaw (totals) County.
*'''1837''' State census.</ref> Chickasaw, Choctaw, Itawamba, Jones,<ref name="StriJones" /><ref>"Jones County, Mississippi - 1837 State Census Record," ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4448417 Mississippi Genealogical Exchange]'' [[{{MissGeneExch}}]] 16 (1970):39-42 +.</ref> Kemper,<ref>"Kemper County, Mississippi - 1837 State Census Record," ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4448417 Mississippi Genealogical Exchange]'' [[{{MissGeneExch}}]] 18 (1972):31-36 +.</ref> Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Panola,<ref>"Panola County, Mississippi - 1837 State Census Record," ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4448417 Mississippi Genealogical Exchange]'' [[{{MissGeneExch}}]] 19 (1973):11-12 +.</ref> Pontotoc,<ref>"Pontotoc County, Mississippi - 1837 State Census Record," ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4448417 Mississippi Genealogical Exchange]'' [[{{MissGeneExch}}]] 25 (1979):29-31.</ref> Simpson, Tishomingo,<ref>"Tishomingo County, Mississippi - 1837 State Census Record," ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4448417 Mississippi Genealogical Exchange]'' [[{{MissGeneExch}}]] 17 (1971):11-14 +.</ref> and Winston counties.
*'''1833''' State census.</ref> Amite (totals), and Franklin counties.
*'''1830''' State census.</ref> Adams (Natchez only), Amite (totals), Hancock, and Lawrence counties.
*'''1825''' State census.</ref> Claiborne (totals), Copiah (totals), Greene (totals), Hancock (totals), Hinds (totals), Jackson, Jefferson (totals), Lawrence (totals), Marion (totals), Perry (totals), Pike (totals), Simpson (totals), Warren (totals), Wilkinson, and Yazooo (totals) counties.
*'''1824''' State census.</ref> Amite (totals), Copiah, Hinds, Lawrence, Simpson (births and deaths), and Yazooo (totals) counties.
*'''1823''' State census.</ref> Adams (births and deaths), Bainbridge (now Covington), Claiborne (births and deaths), Covington, Hancock, Jefferson, Lawrence, Marion, Perry, and Wilkinson counties.
*'''1822''' State census.</ref> Claiborne (births and deaths), Copiah (totals), and Wilkinson and counties.
*'''1820''' State census.</ref> Amite, Franklin, Marion, Pike, Wayne,<ref name="StriWayne" /> and Wilkinson counties.
*'''1818''' State census.</ref> Adams County.
*'''1816''' Territorial census.</ref> Adams,<ref name="GillisEarly">Norman E. Gillis, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/959578 Early Inhabitants of Natchez District]'' (Baton Rouge, Louisiana : N. Gillis, c1963) [[{{GillisEIND}}]].</ref><ref>"Adams County, Mississippi, Census, 1816," [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1759226 National Genealogical Society Quarterly] [[{{NGSQ37}}]] 37 (1949): 95-99 +.</ref> Amite,<ref name="GillisEarly" /><ref>Mrs. Jerome A. Esker, "Census of 1816, Amite County, Mississippi Territory," [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1759226 National Genealogical Society Quarterly] [[{{NGSQ33}}]] 33 (1945): 104-106.</ref> Baldwin (territorial county), Claiborne,<ref name="GillisEarly" /> Clarke (territorial county), Franklin,<ref name="GillisEarly" /> Greene,<ref name="StrickGreene" /> Jefferson,<ref name="GillisEarly" /> Marion,<ref>Ernest Russ Williams Jr., ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13758613 Records of Marion County, Mississippi]'' (Bogalusa, La. : [s.n.], 1962-1965) [[{{WilliMario16}}]]. Includes 1816 census.</ref> Monroe (territorial county), Pike, Warren,<ref name="GillisEarly" /> Wayne,<ref name="StriWayne" /> Wilkinson,<ref name="GillisEarly" /> and Winston counties.
*'''1813''' Territorial census.</ref> Wilkinson County.
*'''1811''' Territorial census. Available online: {{RecordSearch|1919687|1811 Territory Census Returns}}, courtesy: [http://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch] - free.
*'''1810''' Territorial census.</ref> Adams,<ref name="GillisEarly" /> Amite,<ref name="GillisEarly" /> Baldwin (territorial county), Claiborne,<ref name="GillisEarly" /> Franklin,<ref name="GillisEarly" /> Jefferson,<ref name="GillisEarly" /> Warren,<ref name="GillisEarly" /> Washington (territorial county), and Wilkinson<ref name="GillisEarly" /> counties. Available online: {{RecordSearch|1919687|1810 Territory Census Returns}}, courtesy: [http://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch] - free.
*'''1809''' Territorial census. Available online: {{RecordSearch|1919687|1809 Territory Census Returns}}, courtesy: [http://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch] - free.
*'''1808''' Territorial census.</ref> Jefferson, and Washington counties.
*'''1805''' Territorial census.</ref> Jefferson, and Wilkinson counties.
*'''1801''' Territorial census. Available online: {{RecordSearch|1919687|1801 Territory Census Returns}}, courtesy: [http://www.familysearch.org FamilySearch] - free.
*'''1792''' Colonial census.</ref> Natchez District<ref name="GillisEarly" /> (now Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson, Warren and Wilkinson counties)  
*'''1788''' Colonial census.</ref><ref name="Roscoe">Roscoe R. Hill, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/414130 Descriptive catalogue of the documents relating to the history of the United States in the Papeles procedentes de Cuba deposited in the Archivo general de Indias at Seville]'', Carnegie Institution of Washington. Publication no. 234. Papers of the Dept. of Historical Research (Washington, D.C., Carnegie institution of Washington, 1916). Describes Spanish colonial censuses of 1784, 1787, and 1788 as cited in Lainhart, 72.</ref>
*'''1787''' Colonial census.</ref><ref name="Roscoe" />
*'''1784''' Colonial census.</ref><ref name="Roscoe" />
*'''1723''' Colonial census.</ref> Natchez.<ref>Winston DeVille, "Natchez 1723 Census," [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1759226 National Genealogical Society Quarterly] [[{{NGSQ}}]] 59 (1971): 94-95.</ref>
 
Most of the original state, territorial, and colonial censuses are available at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.</ref>
 
=== Existing and lost censuses  ===
 
For a list of available and missing Mississippi censuses, [[Mississippi Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>
 
=== Why use a census?  ===
 
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  ===
=== More about censuses  ===


See [[United States Census|United States Census]] for more information about censuses, such as:
[[United States Census|Click here]] for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:  


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Online Resources[edit | edit source]

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.


Online Mississippi indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Template:Census Online Mississippi

Federal population schedules[edit | edit source]

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Federal Census Microfilms Available from the Family History Library
1940 N/A 1900 and Soundex 1860 
1930 1880 and Soundex 1850
1920 and Soundex 1880 and Soundex  
1910 and Soundex 1870


Federal Census Microfilms Available from the National Archives
1940 N/A 1910 T624 and Soundex T1269 1870 M593
1930 T626 1900 T623 and Soundex T1054 1860 M653
1920 T625 and Soundex M1570 1880 T9 and Soundex T757 1850 M432
 

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

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

Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]

Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Mississippi

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1860 Slave owner - - - Link[1] Link Link Link
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Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Indian census rolls, Choctaw, 1926-1939 Agricultural census, 1860
Mortality schedule for 1850,1860,1870,1880


  • 1850-1880--Mortality schedules are at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

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

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

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

Censuses were taken in Mississippi 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.

Some of these censuses have been indexed and can be searched:
Ancestry.com - $ (need to be a member)
AncestryInstitution.com (free if you are in a Family History Center)

  • 1866 State census.[2] Bolivar, Claiborne, Holmes, Issaquena, Jasper, Jefferson, Marion, Simpson, Smith, and Wayne[3] counties.
  • 1860 State census.</ref> Choctaw County.
  • 1853 State census.</ref> Adams (excluding Natchez), Amite, Clarke, Copiah, Greene,[4] Hancock, Itawamba, Jefferson, Jones,[5] Lauderdale, Noxubee, Panola, Perry,[6] Rankin, and Wayne[3] counties.
  • 1850 State census.</ref> Hinds County.
  • 1845 State census.</ref> Amite, Neshoba, Newton,[7] Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Panola, Perry,[6] Pike, Pontotoc, Rankin, Scott, Simpson (totals), Smith, Sunflower,[8] Tallahatchie, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Warren, Washington, Wayne,[3] Wilkinson, Winston (totals), Yalobusha, and Yazooo (totals) counties.
  • 1841 State census.</ref> Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Chickasaw, Clarke (totals), Coahoma, Copiah, Covington, DeSoto (totals), Franklin, Greene (totals), Hinds (totals), Itawamba, Jackson (totals), Jefferson (totals), Jones,[5] Kemper (totals), Lauderdale (totals), Lawrence, Leake, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Monroe, Neshoba, Noxubee (totals), Oktibbeha, Panola, Perry (totals), Pike (totals), Scott, Simpson, Smith, Tallahatchie, Tippah, Tishomingo (totals), Tunica,[9] Washington, Wayne,[3] and Yazooo counties.
  • 1840 State census.</ref> Choctaw (totals) County.
  • 1837 State census.</ref> Chickasaw, Choctaw, Itawamba, Jones,[5][10] Kemper,[11] Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Panola,[12] Pontotoc,[13] Simpson, Tishomingo,[14] and Winston counties.
  • 1833 State census.</ref> Amite (totals), and Franklin counties.
  • 1830 State census.</ref> Adams (Natchez only), Amite (totals), Hancock, and Lawrence counties.
  • 1825 State census.</ref> Claiborne (totals), Copiah (totals), Greene (totals), Hancock (totals), Hinds (totals), Jackson, Jefferson (totals), Lawrence (totals), Marion (totals), Perry (totals), Pike (totals), Simpson (totals), Warren (totals), Wilkinson, and Yazooo (totals) counties.
  • 1824 State census.</ref> Amite (totals), Copiah, Hinds, Lawrence, Simpson (births and deaths), and Yazooo (totals) counties.
  • 1823 State census.</ref> Adams (births and deaths), Bainbridge (now Covington), Claiborne (births and deaths), Covington, Hancock, Jefferson, Lawrence, Marion, Perry, and Wilkinson counties.
  • 1822 State census.</ref> Claiborne (births and deaths), Copiah (totals), and Wilkinson and counties.
  • 1820 State census.</ref> Amite, Franklin, Marion, Pike, Wayne,[3] and Wilkinson counties.
  • 1818 State census.</ref> Adams County.
  • 1816 Territorial census.</ref> Adams,[15][16] Amite,[15][17] Baldwin (territorial county), Claiborne,[15] Clarke (territorial county), Franklin,[15] Greene,[4] Jefferson,[15] Marion,[18] Monroe (territorial county), Pike, Warren,[15] Wayne,[3] Wilkinson,[15] and Winston counties.
  • 1813 Territorial census.</ref> Wilkinson County.
  • 1811 Territorial census. Available online: 1811 Territory Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.
  • 1810 Territorial census.</ref> Adams,[15] Amite,[15] Baldwin (territorial county), Claiborne,[15] Franklin,[15] Jefferson,[15] Warren,[15] Washington (territorial county), and Wilkinson[15] counties. Available online: 1810 Territory Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.
  • 1809 Territorial census. Available online: 1809 Territory Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.
  • 1808 Territorial census.</ref> Jefferson, and Washington counties.
  • 1805 Territorial census.</ref> Jefferson, and Wilkinson counties.
  • 1801 Territorial census. Available online: 1801 Territory Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.
  • 1792 Colonial census.</ref> Natchez District[15] (now Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson, Warren and Wilkinson counties)
  • 1788 Colonial census.</ref>[19]
  • 1787 Colonial census.</ref>[19]
  • 1784 Colonial census.</ref>[19]
  • 1723 Colonial census.</ref> Natchez.[20]

Most of the original state, territorial, and colonial censuses are available at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.</ref>

Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]

For a list of available and missing Mississippi 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]

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Mississippi State Archives, Various Records (FamilySearch HIstorical Recoords)

  1. 1.0 1.1 HeritageQuest has slave owner schedule images only.
  2. Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[Template:Lainha]], 70-73.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Jean Strickland, Records of Wayne County, Mississippi : state census 1816, 1820, 1841, 1845, 1853, 1866 (Milton, FL (72 Simpson Lane, Milton 32570) : J. Strickland, 1981) as cited in Lainhart, 73.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Ben Strickland, and Jean Strickland, Records of Greene County, Mississippi ( Moss Point, Mississippi : [s.n.], c1980- ) [[Template:StriGree]], 1:11-17 includes 1816; 3:83-90 includes 1853.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ben Strickland, and Jean Strickland, Records of Jones County, Mississippi : 1827-1841 tax rolls, 1837, 1841, 1853 state census (Moss Point, Mississippi : [s.n.], c1983) [[Template:StriJonesMS]].
  6. 6.0 6.1 Ben Strickland, and Jean Strickland, Records of Perry County, Mississippi (Milton, Fla. : Strickland, 1979-) [[Template:StriPerry53]].
  7. "Newton County, Mississippi - 1845 State Census Record," Mississippi Genealogical Exchange [[Template:MissGeneExch]] 26 (1980):2-7.
  8. "Sunflower County, Mississippi - 1845 State Census Record," Mississippi Genealogical Exchange [[Template:MissGeneExch]] 24 (1978):81-82.
  9. "1841 State Census - Tunica County, Mississippi," Mississippi Genealogical Exchange [[Template:MissGeneExch]] 16 (1970):11-12.
  10. "Jones County, Mississippi - 1837 State Census Record," Mississippi Genealogical Exchange [[Template:MissGeneExch]] 16 (1970):39-42 +.
  11. "Kemper County, Mississippi - 1837 State Census Record," Mississippi Genealogical Exchange [[Template:MissGeneExch]] 18 (1972):31-36 +.
  12. "Panola County, Mississippi - 1837 State Census Record," Mississippi Genealogical Exchange [[Template:MissGeneExch]] 19 (1973):11-12 +.
  13. "Pontotoc County, Mississippi - 1837 State Census Record," Mississippi Genealogical Exchange [[Template:MissGeneExch]] 25 (1979):29-31.
  14. "Tishomingo County, Mississippi - 1837 State Census Record," Mississippi Genealogical Exchange [[Template:MissGeneExch]] 17 (1971):11-14 +.
  15. 15.00 15.01 15.02 15.03 15.04 15.05 15.06 15.07 15.08 15.09 15.10 15.11 15.12 15.13 15.14 Norman E. Gillis, Early Inhabitants of Natchez District (Baton Rouge, Louisiana : N. Gillis, c1963) [[Template:GillisEIND]].
  16. "Adams County, Mississippi, Census, 1816," National Genealogical Society Quarterly [[Template:NGSQ37]] 37 (1949): 95-99 +.
  17. Mrs. Jerome A. Esker, "Census of 1816, Amite County, Mississippi Territory," National Genealogical Society Quarterly [[Template:NGSQ33]] 33 (1945): 104-106.
  18. Ernest Russ Williams Jr., Records of Marion County, Mississippi (Bogalusa, La. : [s.n.], 1962-1965) [[Template:WilliMario16]]. Includes 1816 census.
  19. 19.0 19.1 19.2 Roscoe R. Hill, Descriptive catalogue of the documents relating to the history of the United States in the Papeles procedentes de Cuba deposited in the Archivo general de Indias at Seville, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Publication no. 234. Papers of the Dept. of Historical Research (Washington, D.C., Carnegie institution of Washington, 1916). Describes Spanish colonial censuses of 1784, 1787, and 1788 as cited in Lainhart, 72.
  20. Winston DeVille, "Natchez 1723 Census," National Genealogical Society Quarterly [[Template:NGSQ]] 59 (1971): 94-95.