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==Online Federal Censuses==
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===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>
Indiana became the sixteenth state admitted to the United States on December 11, 1816. It will not appear on censuses before that date.
======United States Federal Censuses with Online Links======
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1820|1820]]
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1830|1830]]
| valign="middle" | <center><font size="+1">'''Tips'''</font></center>
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1840|1840]]
*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 1850|1850]]
*[[Copying Sources|Photocopy]] each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1860|1860]]
*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]].
 
<br>
 
*For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[Indiana Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].
 
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=== Online Indiana indexes and images  ===
 
{{Census Online Indiana}}
 
=== Federal population schedules  ===
 
==== Microfilm images  ====
 
*
 
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
 
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Indiana, [[Indiana Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]  
 
=== Federal non-population schedules  ===
 
==== Online indexes and images  ====
 
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|{{RecordSearch|1803955|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7734/ Ancestry.com]
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Indiana'''</font>
|{{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]
|{{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]
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1870|1870]]
| bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="2" | <br>
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1880|1880]]
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free'''
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1890|1890]]
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free at Some Libraries '''(usually&nbsp;with&nbsp;library&nbsp;card)
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1900|1900]]
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Pay'''
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1910|1910]]
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Year'''
|{{RecordSearch|1438024|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/ Ancestry.com]
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" width="10%" | '''Type'''
|{{RecordSearch|1417683|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/ Ancestry.com]
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Record Search'''
|{{RecordSearch|1610551|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5445/ Ancestry.com]
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Census Bureau'''
|{{RecordSearch|1325221|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/ Ancestry.com]
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Google Book'''
|{{RecordSearch|1727033|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7884/ Ancestry.com]
| 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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| '''1880'''
| width="20%" | Mortality
| align="center" | -
| 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]
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| '''1870'''
| Mortality
| align="center" | -
| 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]
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1920|1920]]
| '''1860'''
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1930|1930]]
| Mortality
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1940|1940]]
| align="center" | -
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1950|1950]]
| align="center" | -
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1960|1960]]
| align="center" | -
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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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|{{RecordSearch|1488411|FamiySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6061/ Ancestry.com]
| '''1850'''
|{{RecordSearch|1810731|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6224/ Ancestry.com]
| Mortality
|{{RecordSearch|2000219|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2442/ Ancestry.com]
| align="center" | [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1420441 Link]  
|{{RecordSearch|4464515|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62308/ Ancestry.com]<br> [https://1950census.archives.gov/search/ NARA]
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|Release Date <br> April 1, 2032
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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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| '''1840'''
| Pensioners
| align="center" | -
| 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]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]
|}
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===Non-Population Schedules for Indiana===
==== Microfilm images  ====
Federal non-population schedules included such things mortality schedules, agriculture schedules, slave schedules, and manufacturing schedules.
 
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*
 
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
 
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Indiana, [[Indiana Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]].
 
=== State, territorial, and colonial censuses  ===
 
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="center" width="100%"
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! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Year
| bgcolor="#99cc99" align="center" colspan="90" | '''State, territorial, and colonial censuses of Indiana'''
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;"| Links
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|1850
| align="left" | '''1937'''
|Agriculture
| align="left" | Blackford (Licking Twp)<ref name="Licki">''Enumeration of white and colored males over the age of 21, Licking Township, Indiana, 1913-1937'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1961; Microfilm of papers from the collection of Cecil Beeson, Sr.)[[{{BlacCens1337}}]]. Includes the years 1913, 1919, 1925, 1931, and 1937.</ref>, Henry<ref>''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16827602 Enumeration of white and colored males, Henry County, Indiana, 1937]'' ([Indianapolis, Indiana : Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe, 1991?])[[{{HenrCens37}}]]. No circulation to Family History Centers.</ref> counties
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/beta/search-results?creator=Indiana%20State%20Archives&endDate=1850&startDate=1850&page=1 FamilySearch]
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|1860
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1931'''
|Agriculture<br>(Adams-Dekalb<br>counties)
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | Blackford (Licking Twp)<ref name="Licki" />, Hancock<ref>Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26459112 Enumeration of white and colored males over the age of 21, 1931, Hancock County, Indiana]'' (Fort Wayne, Ind. : Public Library, 1968.)[[{{HancCens31}}]].</ref>, Henry<ref name="Lainh">Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 40-41.</ref><ref>''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16827513 Enumeration of white and colored males, Henry County, Indiana, 1931]'' ([Indianapolis, Indiana : Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe, 197-?])[[{{HenrCens31}}]]. No circulation to Family History Centers.</ref>, St Joseph<ref name="StJoe">St. Joseph County (Indiana), Assessor, ''Enumeration of white and colored males over the age of 21, St. Joseph County, Indiana'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990; Microfilm of records located at St. Joseph County Historical Society, South Bend, Indiana.)[[{{SJoeCens31}}]]. Includes 1853, 1883, 1889, 1890, 1895, 1901, 1907, 1913, 1919, 1925, and 1931.</ref> counties
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHJ-RQL4-DCZG?view=explore&groupId=TH-7737-126883-6151-64&grid=on FamilySearch]
|-
|-
|1860
| align="left" | '''1925'''
|Agriculture<br>(Delaware-Hendricks<br>counties)
| align="left" | Blackford (Licking Twp)<ref name="Licki" />, Henry<ref>''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16827469 Enumeration of white and colored males, Henry County, Indiana, 1925]'' ([Indianapolis, Indiana : Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe, 197-?])[[{{HenrCens25}}]]. No circulation to Family History Centers.</ref>, St. Joseph<ref name="StJoe" /> counties
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-HQL4-D3TW?view=explore&groupId=TH-7768-126883-8179-71&grid=on FamilySearch]
|-
|-
|1860
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1919'''
|Agriculture<br>(Henry-Madison<br>counties)
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | Blackford (Licking Twp)<ref name="Licki" />, Hancock (Center Twp)<ref name="Hanco">''Enumeration of white and colored males, Hancock County, Indiana : Green Twp., 1877; Brandywine Twp., 1883; Center Twp., 1883; Sugar Creek Twp., 1883; Brown Twp., 1877, 1889; Center Twp., 1919'' (Typescript [mimeograph, 197-?])[[{{HancCens19}}]].</ref>, Henry<ref>''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16827416 Henry County enumeration of white and colored 1919]'' ([Indianapolis [Indiana] : Filmed by Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe, [1990?])[[{{HenrCens19}}]]. No circulation to Family History Centers.</ref>, Pike, Ripley (Jackson Twp)<ref name="Lainh" />, St Joseph<ref name="StJoe" />, Starke (Center Twp)<ref name="Lainh" /> counties
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-4QLW-VW2M?view=explore&groupId=TH-7770-127052-41398-94&grid=on FamilySearch]
|-
|-
|1860
| align="left" | '''1913'''
|Agriculture<br>(Marion-Porter<br>counties)
| align="left" | Blackford (Licking Twp)<ref name="Licki" />, Henry<ref name="Lainh" /><ref>''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31628288 Enumeration of white and colored males, Henry County, Indiana, 1913]'' ([Indianapolis, Indiana : Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe, 1990?])[[{{HenrCens13}}]]. No circulation to Family History Centers.</ref>, Pike, St. Joseph<ref name="StJoe" />, Starke (Center Twp) counties
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-DQLW-V3QN?view=explore&groupId=TH-7768-127051-15517-46&grid=on FamilySearch]
|-
|-
|1860
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1907'''
|Agriculture<br>(Posey-Switzerland<br>counties)
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | Montgomery, Pike (Lochart Twp), St Joseph<ref name="StJoe" /> counties
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/beta/search-results?imageGroupNumbers=114201881 FamilySearch]
|-
|-
|1860
| align="left" | '''1901'''
|Agriculture<br>(Tippecanoe-Whitley<br>counties)
| align="left" | Pike, St. Joseph<ref name="StJoe" />, Washington (Jackson Twp)<ref name="Lainh" /> counties
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-ZQLW-V7HP?view=explore&groupId=TH-7736-127051-15710-40&grid=on FamilySearch]
|-
|-
|1870
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1897'''
|Agriculture
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | St. Joseph County<ref>''St. Joseph County, Indiana 1897 census'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990; Microreproduction of original manuscript at the Historical Society Museum, South Bend, Indiana.)[[{{SJoeCens97}}]].</ref>
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/beta/search-results?creator=Indiana%20State%20Archives&endDate=1870&startDate=1870&page=1 FamilySearch]
|-
|-
|1880
| align="left" | '''1895'''
|Agriculture<br>(Dubois-Fulton<br>counties)
| align="left" | Pike, St. Joseph<ref name="StJoe" />, Starke counties
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/beta/search-results?imageGroupNumbers=114201881 FamilySearch]
|-
|-
|1850
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1890'''
|Mortality
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | St. Joseph County<ref name="StJoe" />
| at {{RecordSearch|5000098|FamilySearch}}
|-
|-
|1850
| align="left" | '''1889'''
|Mortality
| align="left" | Blackford (scattered twps)<ref name="Lainh" />, Hancock (Brown Twp)<ref name="Hanco" />, Pike County (Jefferson Twp), St. Joseph<ref name="StJoe" /> counties
| at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
|-
|-
|1860
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1883'''
|Mortality
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | Blackford (scattered twps)<ref name="Lainh" />, Hancock (Brandywine, Center, and Sugar Creek twps)<ref name="Hanco" />, St. Joseph<ref name="StJoe" /> counties
| at {{RecordSearch|5000098|FamilySearch}}
|-
|-
|1860
| align="left" | '''1882'''
|Mortality
| align="left" | Whitley (Churubusc) County
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
|-
|-
|1870
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1877'''
|Mortality
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | Blackford (scattered twps)<ref name="Lainh" />, Fayette (five twps.)<ref name="Lainh" />, Hancock (Brown, and Green twps)<ref name="Hanco" /> counties
| at {{RecordSearch|5000098|FamilySearch}}
|-
|-
|1870
| align="left" | '''1871'''
|Mortality
| align="left" | Blackford (scattered twps) County<ref name="Lainh" />
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
|-
|-
|1880
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1866'''
|Mortality
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | Clinton, Kosciusko, Pike, Jefferson counties<br>
| at {{RecordSearch|5000098|FamilySearch}}
|-
|-
|1880
| align="left" | '''1857'''
|Mortality
| align="left" | Blackford, Ohio (Hartford City) counties<ref name="Lainh" />
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
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|-
|1840
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1853'''
|Pensioners
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | Hendricks<ref>Hendricks County (Indiana), County Clerk, ''Male Census, 1853'' (Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1967)[[{{HendCens53}}]].</ref>, Jennings<ref>Jennings County (Indiana), Clerk of the Circuit Court, ''Negro register, 1853-1856'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1981; Microfilm of original records located in the Jennings County Courthouse, Vernon, Indiana.)[[{{JennCens53}}]].</ref>, St. Josesph<ref name="StJoe" /> counties
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7678/ Ancestry]
|-
|-
| align="left" | '''1807'''
| align="left" | Dearborn, Knox, Randolph counties + 1807 voters lists from Clark and Randolph (Kaskaskia) counties.<ref name="Lainh" /><ref>Rebah Morgan Fraustein, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21335526 Census of Indiana Territory for 1807]'' (Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana Historical Society, 1980)[[{{Fraustein}}]].</ref>
|}
|}


===Existing and Lost Censuses===
*According to Lainhart, Indiana county assessors were supposed to take a state census every six years starting in 1853. She also quotes ''Ancestry's Red Book'' saying enumerations were made at various intervals starting in 1820. Most of these incomplete originals are apparently at county archives. The Indiana State Library at Indianapolis has a few for 1931, 1919, 1913, 1901, 1889, 1883, 1877, 1871, and 1857.<ref name="Lainh" /> Many are also published in periodicals.{{cn}}
*[[Indiana Censuses Existing and Lost|List of existing and lost federal censuses for Indiana]]
*John D. Beatty, "Indiana Census Records and Census Substitutes," ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21917402 Indiana Genealogist]'' 8, no.1 (March 1997): 1–17. [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=315425&disp=Indiana+genealogist%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL Book 977.2 D25ig v. 8]].
 
'''1801-1820 census substitute.''' The Indiana part of the 1800 and 1810 censuses are lost. A substitute is:
 
*Charles H. Franklin, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13020431 Indiana Territorial Pioneer Records 1801-1820]'', 3 vols. ([S.l.]&nbsp;: Heritage House, c1983-1992)[[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=201687&disp=Indiana+territorial+pioneer+records%2C+1%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL Book 977.2 N4i]]. Vol 1: 1810–1815; vol 2: 1801–1820; vol 3: 1802-1817.
 
=== Existing and lost censuses  ===
 
For a list of available and missing Indiana censuses, [[Indiana 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 ===


==Online State and Territorial Censuses==
[[United States Census|Click here]] for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:
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>
'''Indiana took state censuses for statistical purposes only.'''


== Other Census Images ==
:*[[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]]


=== Sources and footnotes  ===


==Why Use the Census?==
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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


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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 Indiana indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Template:Census Online Indiana

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 Indiana, click here

Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]

Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Indiana

Free Free at Some Libraries (usually with library card) Pay
Year Type Record Search Census Bureau Google Book Heritage Quest Ancestry FHL Ancestry Library Ancestry Home
1880 Mortality - - - - Link Link Link
1870 Mortality - - - - Link Link Link
1860 Mortality - - - - Link Link Link
1850 Mortality Link - - - Link Link Link
1840 Pensioners - BookLink BookLink - 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 Indiana, click here.

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

State, territorial, and colonial censuses of Indiana
1937 Blackford (Licking Twp)[1], Henry[2] counties
1931 Blackford (Licking Twp)[1], Hancock[3], Henry[4][5], St Joseph[6] counties
1925 Blackford (Licking Twp)[1], Henry[7], St. Joseph[6] counties
1919 Blackford (Licking Twp)[1], Hancock (Center Twp)[8], Henry[9], Pike, Ripley (Jackson Twp)[4], St Joseph[6], Starke (Center Twp)[4] counties
1913 Blackford (Licking Twp)[1], Henry[4][10], Pike, St. Joseph[6], Starke (Center Twp) counties
1907 Montgomery, Pike (Lochart Twp), St Joseph[6] counties
1901 Pike, St. Joseph[6], Washington (Jackson Twp)[4] counties
1897 St. Joseph County[11]
1895 Pike, St. Joseph[6], Starke counties
1890 St. Joseph County[6]
1889 Blackford (scattered twps)[4], Hancock (Brown Twp)[8], Pike County (Jefferson Twp), St. Joseph[6] counties
1883 Blackford (scattered twps)[4], Hancock (Brandywine, Center, and Sugar Creek twps)[8], St. Joseph[6] counties
1882 Whitley (Churubusc) County
1877 Blackford (scattered twps)[4], Fayette (five twps.)[4], Hancock (Brown, and Green twps)[8] counties
1871 Blackford (scattered twps) County[4]
1866 Clinton, Kosciusko, Pike, Jefferson counties
1857 Blackford, Ohio (Hartford City) counties[4]
1853 Hendricks[12], Jennings[13], St. Josesph[6] counties
1807 Dearborn, Knox, Randolph counties + 1807 voters lists from Clark and Randolph (Kaskaskia) counties.[4][14]
  • According to Lainhart, Indiana county assessors were supposed to take a state census every six years starting in 1853. She also quotes Ancestry's Red Book saying enumerations were made at various intervals starting in 1820. Most of these incomplete originals are apparently at county archives. The Indiana State Library at Indianapolis has a few for 1931, 1919, 1913, 1901, 1889, 1883, 1877, 1871, and 1857.[4] Many are also published in periodicals.[citation needed]

1801-1820 census substitute. The Indiana part of the 1800 and 1810 censuses are lost. A substitute is:

Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]

For a list of available and missing Indiana 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.

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Sources and footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Enumeration of white and colored males over the age of 21, Licking Township, Indiana, 1913-1937 (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1961; Microfilm of papers from the collection of Cecil Beeson, Sr.)[[Template:BlacCens1337]]. Includes the years 1913, 1919, 1925, 1931, and 1937.
  2. ↑ Enumeration of white and colored males, Henry County, Indiana, 1937 ([Indianapolis, Indiana : Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe, 1991?])[[Template:HenrCens37]]. No circulation to Family History Centers.
  3. ↑ Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana, Enumeration of white and colored males over the age of 21, 1931, Hancock County, Indiana (Fort Wayne, Ind. : Public Library, 1968.)[[Template:HancCens31]].
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[Template:Lainha]], 40-41.
  5. ↑ Enumeration of white and colored males, Henry County, Indiana, 1931 ([Indianapolis, Indiana : Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe, 197-?])[[Template:HenrCens31]]. No circulation to Family History Centers.
  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 St. Joseph County (Indiana), Assessor, Enumeration of white and colored males over the age of 21, St. Joseph County, Indiana (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990; Microfilm of records located at St. Joseph County Historical Society, South Bend, Indiana.)[[Template:SJoeCens31]]. Includes 1853, 1883, 1889, 1890, 1895, 1901, 1907, 1913, 1919, 1925, and 1931.
  7. ↑ Enumeration of white and colored males, Henry County, Indiana, 1925 ([Indianapolis, Indiana : Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe, 197-?])[[Template:HenrCens25]]. No circulation to Family History Centers.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Enumeration of white and colored males, Hancock County, Indiana : Green Twp., 1877; Brandywine Twp., 1883; Center Twp., 1883; Sugar Creek Twp., 1883; Brown Twp., 1877, 1889; Center Twp., 1919 (Typescript [mimeograph, 197-?])[[Template:HancCens19]].
  9. ↑ Henry County enumeration of white and colored 1919 ([Indianapolis [Indiana] : Filmed by Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe, [1990?])[[Template:HenrCens19]]. No circulation to Family History Centers.
  10. ↑ Enumeration of white and colored males, Henry County, Indiana, 1913 ([Indianapolis, Indiana : Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe, 1990?])[[Template:HenrCens13]]. No circulation to Family History Centers.
  11. ↑ St. Joseph County, Indiana 1897 census (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990; Microreproduction of original manuscript at the Historical Society Museum, South Bend, Indiana.)[[Template:SJoeCens97]].
  12. ↑ Hendricks County (Indiana), County Clerk, Male Census, 1853 (Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1967)[[Template:HendCens53]].
  13. ↑ Jennings County (Indiana), Clerk of the Circuit Court, Negro register, 1853-1856 (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1981; Microfilm of original records located in the Jennings County Courthouse, Vernon, Indiana.)[[Template:JennCens53]].
  14. ↑ Rebah Morgan Fraustein, Census of Indiana Territory for 1807 (Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana Historical Society, 1980)[[Template:Fraustein]].
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