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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Census|U.S. Census ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[District of Columbia|District of Columbia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[District_of_Columbia_Census|Census]]'' | |||
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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 each person's census listings. | |||
*Study 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]]. | |||
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*For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[District of Columbia Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. | |||
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=== | === Online District of Columbia indexes and images === | ||
Federal | |||
{{Census Online District of Columbia}} | |||
=== Federal population schedules === | |||
==== Microfilm images ==== | |||
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==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book ==== | |||
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of District of Columbia, [[District of Columbia Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]] | |||
=== Federal non-population schedules === | |||
==== Online indexes and images ==== | |||
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| | | bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for the District of Columbia'''</font> | ||
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| | | bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free''' | ||
|at | | bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free at Some Libraries '''(usually with library card) | ||
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Pay''' | |||
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| | | bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Year''' | ||
| | | width="10%" bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Type''' | ||
| | | bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Record Search''' | ||
| 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''' | |||
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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''' | ||
|Slave owner | | Slave owner | ||
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| 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] | |||
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| | | '''1860''' | ||
|Mortality | | 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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|1850 | | '''1850''' | ||
| | | Slave owner | ||
| | | align="center" | [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1420440;t=browsable;w=0 Link] | ||
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| 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] | |||
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|1850 | | '''1850''' | ||
| | | Mortality | ||
| | | align="center" | [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1420441 Link] | ||
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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 | |||
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| 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] | |||
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| 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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==== Microfilm images ==== | |||
*'''1890 D.C. veterans schedules for military forts, prisons, posts, etc.''' This does '''not''' include veterans living off their post among the civilians of D.C. whose schedules were destroyed. The veterans military posts schedule for 1890 (FHL [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=230777&disp=Schedules+enumerating+Union+veterans+and++ film 0338277]). | |||
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book ==== | |||
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of District of Columbia, [[District of Columbia Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]. | |||
=== Federal district and colonial censuses === | |||
*'''1919''' police census<ref name="GFRNA">"351.5 Records of the Metropolitan [D.C.] Police 1851-1970" in ''Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States'' (web version based on a paper version with the same title compiled by Robert B. Matchette ''et. al.'' in 1995) at http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/351.html#351.5 (accessed 12 January 2010).</ref><ref name="GenToday">"Colonial, Territorial, and State Census Records" in ''Genealogy Today" at http://www.genealogytoday.com/genealogy/enoch/census.html (accessed 12 January 2010).</ref><ref name="CBoyd">"State Censuses" in ''Clan Boyd Society International'' at http://clanboyd.info/research/stcensus/ (accessed 12 January 2010), says this census is available at the Maryland State Archives.</ref> | |||
*'''1915''' police census<ref name="GFRNA" /><ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" /> | |||
*'''1913''' police census<ref name="GFRNA" /><ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" /> | |||
*'''1912''' police census<ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" /> | |||
*'''1905-1909''' police census<ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" /> | |||
*'''1897''' police census<ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" /> | |||
*'''1888''' police census<ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" /> | |||
*'''1885''' police census<ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" /> | |||
*'''1878''' District census<ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" /> | |||
*'''1867''' District census<ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" /> | |||
*'''1818''' District census<ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" /> | |||
*'''1807''' District census<ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" /> | |||
*'''1803''' District census<ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" /> | |||
*'''1798''' District census<ref name="GenToday" /> | |||
=== Existing and lost censuses === | === Existing and lost censuses === | ||
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For a list of available and missing District of Columbia censuses, [[District of Columbia Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br> | For a list of available and missing District of Columbia censuses, [[District of Columbia 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 === | |||
[[United States Census|Click here]] for additional details about how to use censuses, such as: | |||
:*[[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 === | === Sources and footnotes === | ||
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Online District of Columbia indexes and images[edit | edit source]
Template:Census Online District of Columbia
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 District of Columbia, click here
Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]
Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]
Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for the District of Columbia | ||||||||||
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 | Slave owner | - | - | - | Link[1] | Link | Link | Link | ||
1860 | Mortality | - | - | - | - | Link | Link | Link | ||
1850 | Slave owner | Link | - | - | Link[1] | Link | Link | Link | ||
1850 | Mortality | Link | - | - | - | Link | Link | Link | ||
1840 | Pensioners | - | BookLink | BookLink | - | Link | Link | Link |
Microfilm images[edit | edit source]
- 1890 D.C. veterans schedules for military forts, prisons, posts, etc. This does not include veterans living off their post among the civilians of D.C. whose schedules were destroyed. The veterans military posts schedule for 1890 (FHL film 0338277).
Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of District of Columbia, click here.
Federal district and colonial censuses[edit | edit source]
- 1919 police census[2][3][4]
- 1915 police census[2][3][4]
- 1913 police census[2][3][4]
- 1912 police census[3][4]
- 1905-1909 police census[3][4]
- 1897 police census[3][4]
- 1888 police census[3][4]
- 1885 police census[3][4]
- 1878 District census[3][4]
- 1867 District census[3][4]
- 1818 District census[3][4]
- 1807 District census[3][4]
- 1803 District census[3][4]
- 1798 District census[3]
Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]
For a list of available and missing District of Columbia 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]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 HeritageQuest has slave owner schedule images only.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "351.5 Records of the Metropolitan [D.C.] Police 1851-1970" in Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States (web version based on a paper version with the same title compiled by Robert B. Matchette et. al. in 1995) at http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/351.html#351.5 (accessed 12 January 2010).
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 "Colonial, Territorial, and State Census Records" in Genealogy Today" at http://www.genealogytoday.com/genealogy/enoch/census.html (accessed 12 January 2010).
- ↑ 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 "State Censuses" in Clan Boyd Society International at http://clanboyd.info/research/stcensus/ (accessed 12 January 2010), says this census is available at the Maryland State Archives.
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