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== Online Resources ==
==Online Federal Censuses==
===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>
Florida became a territory in the first half of the 19th Century and won't appear in Federal Censuses before 1830.


======United States Federal Censuses with Online Links======
*'''1783:''' [http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/statewide/census/1783.txt 1783 census of Eastern Florida]
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*[[United States Census Online Genealogy Records|United States Online Census, 1790-1940]]
*'''1820-1890:''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3541 Florida, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1820-1890], ($), index.
*'''1885:''' {{RecordSearch|1457854|Florida, State Census, 1885}} at FamilySearch - [[Florida State Census, 1885 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]], index and images.
*'''1935:''' {{RecordSearch|1457856|Florida, State Census, 1935}} at FamilySearch - [[Florida State Census, 1935 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]], index and images; ''also at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30022/1935-florida-state-census?s=275764761 MyHeritage ($)]''
*'''1945:''' {{RecordSearch|1457855|Florida, State Census, 1945}} at FamilySearch - [[Florida State Census, 1945 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]], index and images.
*'''1867-1945:''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1506 Florida, State Census, 1867-1945] at Ancestry ($), index and images<br><br>
 
 
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| valign="middle" | <center><font size="+1">'''Tips'''</font></center>
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*If at first you don't find a name, try again under [[Spelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada|another spelling]].
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*[[Copying Sources|Photocopy]] each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:7.1%"|1870
*Look for an ancestor in '''''every''''' census during her or his lifetime.
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:7.1%"|1880
*On the [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|family group record]] show each person's census listings.
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:7.1%"|1890
*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, [[Florida Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].
 
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=== <center>Florida State Censuses Online</center>  ===
*{{RecordSearch|1457854|Florida, State Census, 1885}} Index and images.
*{{RecordSearch|1457856|Florida, State Census, 1935}} Index and images.
*{{RecordSearch|1457855|Florida, State Census, 1945}} Index and images.
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1506 Florida, State Census, 1867-1945] Index and images ($)
 
=== Online Florida indexes and images  ===
 
{{Census Online Florida}}
 
=== Federal population schedules  ===
 
{{Adoption FLGenWeb}}
 
==== Microfilm images  ====
 
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|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]'''
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|{{RecordSearch|1803958|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8058/ Ancestry.com]
| 1940 N/A
|{{RecordSearch|1786457|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8057/ Ancestry.com]
| {{FHL|647830|title-id|disp=1910 and Soundex}}  
|{{RecordSearch|1401638|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ Ancestry.com]
| {{FHL|698892|title-id|disp=1870}}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|{{RecordSearch|1473181|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1438024|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/ Ancestry.com]
|{{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]
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:7.1%"|1900
| {{FHL|1035334|title-id|disp=1930}}  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:7.1%"|1910
| {{FHL|648022|title-id|disp=1900 and Soundex}}  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:7.1%"|1920
| {{FHL|704736|title-id|disp=1860}}
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:7.1%"|1930
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:7.1%"|1940
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:7.1%"|1950
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:7.1%"|1960
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|{{RecordSearch|1325221|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1727033|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7884/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1488411|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6061/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1810731|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6224/ Ancestry.com]
|{{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|567664|title-id|disp=1920&nbsp;and Soundex}}
| {{FHL|670384|title-id|disp=1880 and Soundex}}
| {{FHL|744475|title-id|disp=1850}}
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===Non-Population Schedules for Florida===
<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
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! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;"| Links
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| 1850
| 1940 N/A
| Slave
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/part-03.html#florida 1910 T624] [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/part-01.html#florida Soundex T1262]
| {{RecordSearch|1420440|FamilySearch}} — index & images<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8055/ Ancestry ($)] — index & images
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-05.html#florida 1870 M593]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1840 1840 M704]
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| 1860
| [http://1930census.archives.gov/stateSearch.asp 1930 T626]
| Slave
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-07.html#florida 1900 T623] [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-02.html#florida Soundex T1039]  
| {{RecordSearch|3161105|FamilySearch}} — index & images<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7668/ Ancestry ($)] — index & images
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-04.html#florida 1860 M653]
|-
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1830 1830 M19]
| 1885
| Mortality
| [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8756/ Ancestry ($)] — index & images
|-
|-
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-07.html#florida 1920 T625] [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-02.html#florida Soundex M1556]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-07.html#florida 1880 T9] [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-06.html#florida Soundex T743]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-03.html#florida 1850 M432]
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===Existing and Lost Censuses===
<br>
*[[Florida Censuses Existing and Lost|List of existing and lost federal censuses for Florida]]


==Online State and Territorial Censuses==
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
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>
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Florida, [[Florida Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]  
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=== 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 Florida'''</font>
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| '''1885'''
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| 1867
| '''1880'''
| State, head of household
| width="20%" | Mortality
| [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1506/ Ancestry ($)] — index & images
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| 1875
| '''1870'''
| State, head of household
| Mortality
| [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1506/ Ancestry ($)] — index & images
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1438024 Link]
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| 1885
| '''1860'''
| State, houshold members
| Slave owner
| {{RecordSearch|1457854|FamilySearch}} — index & images<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1506/ Ancestry ($)] — index & images
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| align="center" | [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/census/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bcensus%3B8457527%3B-1%3B8%3B18&searchtype=3&offset=1&locthreadid=4479091&hitcount=5479 Link]<ref name="HQSlave">HeritageQuest has slave owner schedule images only.</ref>  
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=7668&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=7668&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
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| 1935, houshold members
| '''1860'''
| State
| Mortality
| {{RecordSearch|1457856|FamilySearch}} — index & images<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1506/ Ancestry ($)] — index & images<br>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/florida-state-census-1935 Findmypast ($)] — index & images
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1473181 Link]
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
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| 1945, houshold members
| '''1850'''
| State
| Slave owner
| {{RecordSearch|1457855|FamilySearch}} — index & images<br>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/florida-state-census-1945 Findmypast ($)] — index & images
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1401638 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'''
| Mortality
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1401638 Link]
| 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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| '''1840'''
| Pensioners
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1786457 Link]
| 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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== Other Census Indexes ==
==== Microfilm images  ====
*'''1830''' [http://genealogytrails.com/fla/1830census.html 1830 Census Transcription for Florida] at Genealogy Trails - index
 
*'''1840''' [http://genealogytrails.com/fla/military/1840pensioners.html 1840 Census of Pensioners] at Genealogy Trails - index
'''[[Family History Library|Family History Library]] Federal Census Non-Population Schedule Microfilms for Florida'''
 
*'''1880 census''' schedule 5, persons who died during year until 31st May, and schedule 7-8 manufactural records. {{FHL|467521|item}} Film 1550797
*'''1860 census''' schedule 3, persons who died during year until 1st June, schedule 4 agriculture production of 15 southern states and schedule 5 production of industry. {{FHL|422729|item}} Film 1550796
 
<br>'''[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] Federal Census [http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census/nonpopulation/florida.html Non-Population Schedule] Microfilms for Florida'''
 
*1850 - 1880 Agriculture census: Alachua - Washington counties
*1850 - 1880 Manufacturing census: Alachua - Washington counties
*1935 Census of Business
 
:Schedules of Banking and Financial Institutions
:Schedules of Miscellaneous Enterprises
:Schedules of Motor Trucking for Hire
:Schedules of Public Warehousing
:Schedules of Radio Broadcasting
 
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
 
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Florida, [[Florida Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]].
 
=== State, territorial, and colonial censuses  ===


==Why Use the Census?==
Censuses were taken in Florida 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.
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


*'''1945''' Missing precincts: Alachua 18; Bay 8, 9, 12; Citrus 13; DeSoto 6, 7; Gadsden 2; Highlands 8; Liberty 3; Orange 1-11; Palm Beach 27, 29, 34; Polk 34; Seminole 15; Volusia 14; Washington 18.<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 30-32.</ref>
*'''1935''' Missing precincts: Alachua 4, 5, 18, 21; Baker 6; Bradford 1; Citrus 13; DeSoto 6-7; Duval 14A, 36; Flagler 2, 6; Lee 20; Levy 12; Liberty 5; Martin 7; Nassau 4; Orange 1-10; Palm Beach 9; Polk 19, 23, 34; St. Johns 19; Sarasota 5; all of Walton.</ref>
*'''1895''' State census.</ref> Manatee<ref>{{Schnei}}</ref> and Nassau<ref>Jacksonville Genealogical Society, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2507618 1895 State Census, Nassau County, Florida]'' (Jacksonville, Fla.: Jacksonville Genealogical Society, 1976)[FHL Book 975.911 X2j].</ref> counties are published.
*'''1885''' Alachua, Clay, Columbia, and Nassau missing</ref><ref>{{Putna}}</ref>
*'''1884-1885''' Franklin County<ref>{{Frankl}}</ref>
*'''1875''' Alachua County only</ref><ref>{{Alachu}}</ref>
*'''1867-1868''' Levi County only</ref><ref>{{Leavit}}</ref>
*'''1867''' Fragments of Franklin, Hernando, Madison, Orange, and Santa Rosa counties only remain</ref>
*'''1866''' Franklin County, families with children only</ref><ref>"1866 Census, Franklin County, Florida" in USGenWeb at http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/franklin/census/1866.txt (accessed 25 January 2010).</ref><ref>"Franklin County Children ages 5-18 in 1866" ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10692596 Florida Armchair Researcher]'' 1, no. 2 (Spring 1984): 7-8. Only a parent's name is listed together with the number of children in the household.</ref>
*'''1856''' Putnam County, families with children only<ref>"School Children Ages 5 to 18 in Putnam County, 1856" ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24093484 Putnam County Genealogical Society Quarterly Journal]'' New Series 1, no. 2 (Fall 1996): 31-32. Only a parent's name is listed together with the number of children in the household.</ref>
*'''1855''' Gadsden, Marion, and Franklin counties only</ref><ref>"Marion County in the 1855 State Census" ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10692596 Florida Armchair Researcher]'' 1, no. 3 (Summer 1984): 24-35, and 1, no. 4 (Fall 1984): 30-40.</ref>
*'''1825''' Leon County only</ref><ref>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/30138477?seq=1 Dorothy Dodd, "The Florida Census of 1825,"] ''Florida Historical Quarterly'', 22 (1943): 34-40.</ref>
*'''1820''' Spanish Escambia River,<ref name="CCISCP">William S. Coker, Polly Coker, and G. Douglas Inglis, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6942453 Spanish Censuses of Pensacola, 1784-1820: a Genealogical Guide to Spanish Pensacola]'' (Pensacola, Fla.: Perdido Bay Press, 1980)[FHL Book 975.999/P1 X2c].</ref> and Pensacola<ref name="CCISCP" /><ref>"Spanish of Pensacola, 1820," ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1569457 Florida Historical Quarterly]'', 24 (1945): 30-38.</ref>
*'''1814''' Spanish outside St. Augustine<ref name="DRMills">Donna Rachal Mills, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26097941 Florida's First Families: Translated Abstracts of Pre-1821 Spanish Censuses]'' (Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Mills Historical Press, 1992)[FHL Book 975.9 X2f].</ref>
*'''1813''' Spanish St. Augustine, St. John's, and Fernandina<ref name="DRMills" />
*'''1793''' Spanish St. Augustine and North River<ref name="DRMills" />
*'''1787''' Spanish East Florida<ref name="DRMills" />
*'''1786''' Spanish St. Augustine and perimeter<ref name="DRMills" />
*'''1784-1785 '''Spanish St. Augustine<ref>Lawrence H. Feldman, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39127725 Last Days of British Saint Augustine, 1784-1785: a Spanish Census of the English Colony of East Florida]'' ([Baltimore, Md.]: Clearfield Co., 1998)[FHL Book 975.918/S1 X2f].</ref>
*'''1784''' Spanish Pensacola<ref name="CCISCP" />
An excellent resource for Florida state censuses is:<br>
*Rhodes, Karen Packard. ''Non-federal Census of Florida, 1784-1945: A Guide to Sources''. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland &amp; Co., 2010. ({{FHL|975.9 X23r}})
=== Existing and lost censuses  ===
For a list of available and missing Florida censuses, [[Florida 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  ===
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*[[Florida 1945 State Census Records - FamilySearch Historical Records]]


[[Category:Florida Census Records|Census]]
[[Category:Florida Census Records|Census]]

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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.

Florida State Censuses Online
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Online Florida indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Template:Census Online Florida

Federal population schedules[edit | edit source]

Template:Adoption FLGenWeb

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

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


Federal Census Microfilms Available from the National Archives
1940 N/A 1910 T624 Soundex T1262 1870 M593 1840 M704
1930 T626 1900 T623 Soundex T1039 1860 M653 1830 M19
1920 T625 Soundex M1556 1880 T9 Soundex T743 1850 M432


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

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

Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]

Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Florida

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
1885 Mortality - - - - Link Link Link
1880 Mortality Link - - - Link Link Link
1870 Mortality Link - - - Link Link Link
1860 Slave owner - - - Link[1] Link Link Link
1860 Mortality Link - - - Link Link Link
1850 Slave owner Link - - Link[1] Link Link Link
1850 Mortality Link - - - Link Link Link
1840 Pensioners Link BookLink BookLink - Link Link Link

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Family History Library Federal Census Non-Population Schedule Microfilms for Florida

  • 1880 census schedule 5, persons who died during year until 31st May, and schedule 7-8 manufactural records. FHL Collection Film 1550797
  • 1860 census schedule 3, persons who died during year until 1st June, schedule 4 agriculture production of 15 southern states and schedule 5 production of industry. FHL Collection Film 1550796


National Archives Federal Census Non-Population Schedule Microfilms for Florida

  • 1850 - 1880 Agriculture census: Alachua - Washington counties
  • 1850 - 1880 Manufacturing census: Alachua - Washington counties
  • 1935 Census of Business
Schedules of Banking and Financial Institutions
Schedules of Miscellaneous Enterprises
Schedules of Motor Trucking for Hire
Schedules of Public Warehousing
Schedules of Radio Broadcasting

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

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

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

Censuses were taken in Florida 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.

  • 1945 Missing precincts: Alachua 18; Bay 8, 9, 12; Citrus 13; DeSoto 6, 7; Gadsden 2; Highlands 8; Liberty 3; Orange 1-11; Palm Beach 27, 29, 34; Polk 34; Seminole 15; Volusia 14; Washington 18.[2]
  • 1935 Missing precincts: Alachua 4, 5, 18, 21; Baker 6; Bradford 1; Citrus 13; DeSoto 6-7; Duval 14A, 36; Flagler 2, 6; Lee 20; Levy 12; Liberty 5; Martin 7; Nassau 4; Orange 1-10; Palm Beach 9; Polk 19, 23, 34; St. Johns 19; Sarasota 5; all of Walton.</ref>
  • 1895 State census.</ref> Manatee[3] and Nassau[4] counties are published.
  • 1885 Alachua, Clay, Columbia, and Nassau missing</ref>[5]
  • 1884-1885 Franklin County[6]
  • 1875 Alachua County only</ref>[7]
  • 1867-1868 Levi County only</ref>[8]
  • 1867 Fragments of Franklin, Hernando, Madison, Orange, and Santa Rosa counties only remain</ref>
  • 1866 Franklin County, families with children only</ref>[9][10]
  • 1856 Putnam County, families with children only[11]
  • 1855 Gadsden, Marion, and Franklin counties only</ref>[12]
  • 1825 Leon County only</ref>[13]
  • 1820 Spanish Escambia River,[14] and Pensacola[14][15]
  • 1814 Spanish outside St. Augustine[16]
  • 1813 Spanish St. Augustine, St. John's, and Fernandina[16]
  • 1793 Spanish St. Augustine and North River[16]
  • 1787 Spanish East Florida[16]
  • 1786 Spanish St. Augustine and perimeter[16]
  • 1784-1785 Spanish St. Augustine[17]
  • 1784 Spanish Pensacola[14]

An excellent resource for Florida state censuses is:

  • Rhodes, Karen Packard. Non-federal Census of Florida, 1784-1945: A Guide to Sources. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2010. (FHL 975.9 X23r)

Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]

For a list of available and missing Florida 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 HeritageQuest has slave owner schedule images only.
  2. ↑ Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[Template:Lainha]], 30-32.
  3. ↑ Mabel Schneider, Extractions from Manatee County Censuses of 1860, 1870, 1880, 1885, 1895 (Bradenton, Fla.: Manasota Genealogical Society, 1985)[FS Library Book 975.962 X28s 1860-1895].
  4. ↑ Jacksonville Genealogical Society, 1895 State Census, Nassau County, Florida (Jacksonville, Fla.: Jacksonville Genealogical Society, 1976)[FHL Book 975.911 X2j].
  5. ↑ Florida, Secretary of State, Schedules of the Florida State Census of 1885, National Archives Microfilm Publications: M0845 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1970)[FS Library Film 88962-74]. Also available online at http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=waypoint;s=waypointsOnly;c=1457854;w=0
  6. ↑ Rose Marie Lovett, Census of Apalachicola, Franklin Co., Florida, 1884-1885, (Typescript, 1884-1885, microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1976)[FS Library Film 988192 Item 3].
  7. ↑ Template:Alachu
  8. ↑ G. S. Leavitt, "Levy County, Florida Census Records, 1867-1868" (Typescript, 1965. Also on microfilm. Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974)[FS Library Book 975.9 A1 no. 153; Film 928527 Item 1].
  9. ↑ "1866 Census, Franklin County, Florida" in USGenWeb at http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/franklin/census/1866.txt (accessed 25 January 2010).
  10. ↑ "Franklin County Children ages 5-18 in 1866" Florida Armchair Researcher 1, no. 2 (Spring 1984): 7-8. Only a parent's name is listed together with the number of children in the household.
  11. ↑ "School Children Ages 5 to 18 in Putnam County, 1856" Putnam County Genealogical Society Quarterly Journal New Series 1, no. 2 (Fall 1996): 31-32. Only a parent's name is listed together with the number of children in the household.
  12. ↑ "Marion County in the 1855 State Census" Florida Armchair Researcher 1, no. 3 (Summer 1984): 24-35, and 1, no. 4 (Fall 1984): 30-40.
  13. ↑ Dorothy Dodd, "The Florida Census of 1825," Florida Historical Quarterly, 22 (1943): 34-40.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 William S. Coker, Polly Coker, and G. Douglas Inglis, Spanish Censuses of Pensacola, 1784-1820: a Genealogical Guide to Spanish Pensacola (Pensacola, Fla.: Perdido Bay Press, 1980)[FHL Book 975.999/P1 X2c].
  15. ↑ "Spanish of Pensacola, 1820," Florida Historical Quarterly, 24 (1945): 30-38.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 Donna Rachal Mills, Florida's First Families: Translated Abstracts of Pre-1821 Spanish Censuses (Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Mills Historical Press, 1992)[FHL Book 975.9 X2f].
  17. ↑ Lawrence H. Feldman, Last Days of British Saint Augustine, 1784-1785: a Spanish Census of the English Colony of East Florida ([Baltimore, Md.]: Clearfield Co., 1998)[FHL Book 975.918/S1 X2f].
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