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Newberry Library. [http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp/images/samp-cens-tb.pdf ''Territorial, State, and Federal Censuses in Michigan'']. List of dates and census description including counties involved, and repository.  
Newberry Library. [http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp/images/samp-cens-tb.pdf ''Territorial, State, and Federal Censuses in Michigan'']. List of dates and census description including counties involved, and repository.  


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| bgcolor="#99cc99" align="center" colspan="90" | '''Wisconsin state, territorial, and colonial censuses'''<ref name="Lainh">Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 113-15.</ref><ref name="Dubes">Henry J. Dubester, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37244714 State Censuses: An Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken After the Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States]'' (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948)[[{{Dubes}}]], 62-65, 72-73.</ref>
| bgcolor="#99cc99" colspan="90" align="center" | '''Wisconsin state, territorial, and colonial censuses'''<ref name="Dubes">Henry J. Dubester, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37244714 State Censuses: An Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken After the Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States]'' (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948)[[{{Dubes}}]], 62-65, 72-73.</ref>
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| align="left" | '''1905'''  
| align="left" | '''1905''' <ref name="Lainh">Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 113-15.</ref>
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  • 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 Wisconsin indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Template:Census Online Wisconsin

Federal population schedules[edit | edit source]

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Two manuscripts exist for the 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses. One set of manuscripts exists at the National Archives and another at the Wisconsin Historical Society. The information on each set is supposed to be the same, but it can be beneficial to check both. Transcription errors might exist. The two might differ in the legibility of the handwriting, the condition of the manuscript, and the quality of the microfilm.[1] The Family History Library has microfilms of the set in the possession of the National Archives.

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

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

Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]

Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Wisconsin

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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 Wisconsin, click here.

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

Newberry Library. Territorial, State, and Federal Censuses in Michigan. List of dates and census description including counties involved, and repository.

Wisconsin state, territorial, and colonial censuses[2]
1905 [3]  Exist
1895  Exist[3]
1885  Exist [3]
1875  Exist
1865  Lost, except for the counties of Dunn, Green, Jackson, Kewaunee, Ozaukee, and Sheboygan. 
1855  Exist, except for Kewaunee County, which was not enumerated.
1847  Exist, except for the counties of Rock, Sheboygan, Washington, Waukesha, and Chippewa. 
1846  Exist, except for the counties of Crawford, Fond du Lac, Grand Rapids in Portage, Sheboygan, Chippewa, LaPointe, and Richland. 
1842  Exist
1838  Lost, except for the counties of Brown, Calumet, Crawford, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green,  Jefferson, Manitowoc, Marquette, Milwaukee, Portage, Sheboygan, and Washington. 
1836  Exist
1834  Exist for Crawford County[4] (In 1834 far western part of Michigan Territory).

The existing records of Wisconsin Territorial and state censuses are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society, and microfilm copies of most of them are at the Family History Library.

Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]

For a list of available and missing Wisconsin 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. "Local Genealogy," McMillan Memorial Library (http://www.scls.lib.wi.us/mcm/local/local_genealogy.html : accessed 2 October 2009).
  2. Henry J. Dubester, State Censuses: An Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken After the Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948)[[Template:Dubes]], 62-65, 72-73.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[FS Catalog book 973 X2Lai ]], 113-15.
  4. LeRoy Barnett, "State Censuses of Michigan: A Tragedy of Lost Treasurers" and Appendices in Family Trails [[Template:BarnettL]] 6 no. 1 (Summer-Fall 1978): 3, 21. Original census at Michigan State Archives, Lancing. In 1834 Crawford County was part of Michigan Territory. Lists heads of house by name, and age categories for others.
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