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==Online | ===Online Resources=== | ||
*{{RecordSearch|1877095|United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890}} — index and images | |||
{| class=" | *[[United States Census Online Genealogy Records|United States Online Census, 1790-1940]] | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2234 U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820], ($), index. | |||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3550 Louisiana, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1791-1890], ($), index.<br><br> | |||
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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]]. | |||
*For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[Louisiana Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. | |||
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===Online Louisiana indexes and images=== | |||
{{Census Online Louisiana}} | |||
{{Adoption LAGenWeb}} | |||
===Federal population schedules=== | |||
===Microfilm images=== | |||
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|+'''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]''' | |||
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|1940 N/A | |||
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|{{FHL|698899|title-id|disp=1870 }} | |||
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|{{FHL|1036354|title-id|disp=1930}} | |||
|{{FHL|655664|title-id|disp=1900 and Soundex}} | |||
|{{FHL|704546|title-id|disp=1860}} | |||
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|{{ | |{{FHL|571304|title-id|disp=1920 and Soundex}} | ||
|{{FHL|673559|title-id|disp=1880 and Soundex}} | |||
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|+'''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]]''' | |||
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| | |1940 N/A | ||
| | |[http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/part-03.html#louisiana 1910 T624] [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/part-01.html#louisiana Soundex T1267] | ||
|[http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-05.html#louisiana 1870 M593] | |||
|[http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1840 1840 M704] | |||
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|[http://1930census.archives.gov/stateSearch.asp 1930 T626] | |||
|[http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-07.html#louisiana 1900 T623] [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-03.html#louisiana Soundex T1048] | |||
|[http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-04.html#louisiana 1860 M653] | |||
|[http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1830 1830 M19] | |||
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|[http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-08.html#louisiana 1920 T625] [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-03.html#louisiana Soundex M1564] | |||
|[http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-07.html#louisiana 1880 T9] [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-06.html#louisiana Soundex T751] | |||
|[http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-03.html#louisiana 1850 M432] | |||
|[http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1820 1820 M33] | |||
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|[http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1810 1810 M252] | |||
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=== | ====Indexes: fiche, film, or book==== | ||
Federal non-population schedules | |||
{| | For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Louisiana, [[Louisiana Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]] | ||
===Federal non-population schedules=== | |||
===Online indexes and images=== | |||
{| align="center" width="77%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="11" align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" |<font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Louisiana'''</font> | |||
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| colspan="2" bgcolor="#ff9900" |<br> | |||
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" |'''Free''' | |||
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually with library card) | |||
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" |'''Pay''' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" |'''Year''' | |||
| align="center" width="10%" bgcolor="#ff9900" |'''Type''' | |||
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" |'''Record Search''' | |||
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" |'''Census Bureau''' | |||
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" |'''Google Book''' | |||
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''Heritage Quest''' | |||
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''Ancestry FHL''' | |||
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''Ancestry Library''' | |||
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" |'''Ancestry Home''' | |||
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| | |'''1890''' | ||
| | | width="20%" |Veterans | ||
|[https://www.familysearch.org/ | | align="center" |[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1610551 Link] | ||
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| 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] | |||
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| | |'''1880''' | ||
| | | width="20%" |Mortality | ||
| | | align="center" |[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1417683 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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| | |'''1870''' | ||
|Mortality | |Mortality | ||
| | | align="center" |[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1438024 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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|1860 | |'''1860''' | ||
|Slave | |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 | |'''1860''' | ||
|Mortality | |Mortality | ||
|[https://www. | | 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.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 | |Slave owner | ||
| | | 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 | |'''1850''' | ||
|Mortality | |Mortality | ||
| | | 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://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] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|1840 | |'''1840''' | ||
|Pensioners | |Pensioners | ||
|[https://www. | | 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] | |||
| 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] | |||
|} | |} | ||
=== | ====Microfilm images==== | ||
[[Family History Library|'''Family History Library''']]'''Federal Census Non-Population Schedule Microfilms for California''' | |||
*1850 - 1880 Nonpopulation census schedules for Louisiana. Includes Social Statistics, Defective, dependent and delinquent, agricultural and manufacturing schedules {{FHL|589491|item}} Films 1549551-65 | |||
*1850 - 1880 Federal mortality census schedules and related indexes. {{FHL|783169|item}} Films 1421004 and 422428-32. | |||
[[National Archives and Records Administration|'''National Archives''']]'''Federal Census '''[http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census/nonpopulation/louisiana.html '''Non-Population Schedule''']'''Microfilms for Louisiana''' | |||
*1935 Census of Business | |||
* | *1850 - 1880 Federal mortality census schedules | ||
*1850 - 1880 Nonpopulation census schedules including Social Statistics, Dependent, delinquent and defective classes, agriculture and manufacturing. | |||
*1820 - 1880 Manufactures Schedues | |||
== | ====Indexes: fiche, film, or book==== | ||
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Louisiana, [[Louisiana Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]. | |||
== | ===State, territorial, and colonial censuses=== | ||
Censuses were taken in Louisiana 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. | |||
== | *'''1854-1855''', and '''1856-1857''' Orleans Parish (Carrollton only)<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 48.</ref><ref>Carrollton (Louisiana), Commissary of Police, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25501532 Census of inhabitants, 1854-1857]'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. Microfilm of original records at the Orleans Parish courthouse.) [<nowiki>[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=186614&disp=Census+of+Carrollton%2C+1856-1857++ FHL Film 906363 Item 2|#mwt79|mw:ExpandedAttrs|{"attribs":[[{"txt":"href"},{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;titleno=186614&amp;disp=Census+of+Carrollton%2C+1856-1857++\" about=\"#mwt40\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-parsoid='{\"stx\":\"url\",\"dsr\":[12533,12545,null,null],\"pi\":[[]]}' data-mw='{\"parts\":[{\"template\":{\"target\":{\"wt\":\"Carr5457\",\"href\":\"./Template:Carr5457\"},\"params\":{},\"i\":0}}]}'>http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;titleno=186614&amp;disp=Census+of+Carrollton%2C+1856-1857++</a><span about=\"#mwt40\" data-parsoid=\"{}\"> FHL Film 906363 Item 2</span>"}]</nowiki>]}]].</ref> | ||
State | *'''1837''' New Orleans only<ref>New Orleans (Louisiana), Mayor, ''Assessment of property and census of slaves and their owners, 1837'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. Microfilm of original records at the Orleans Parish courthouse.) [<nowiki>[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=187101&disp=Assessment+of+property+and+census+of+sla++ FHL Film 906708 Item 3|#mwt76|mw:ExpandedAttrs|{"attribs":[[{"txt":"href"},{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;titleno=187101&amp;disp=Assessment+of+property+and+census+of+sla++\" about=\"#mwt42\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-parsoid='{\"stx\":\"url\",\"dsr\":[12833,12843,null,null],\"pi\":[[]]}' data-mw='{\"parts\":[{\"template\":{\"target\":{\"wt\":\"NO1837\",\"href\":\"./Template:NO1837\"},\"params\":{},\"i\":0}}]}'>http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;titleno=187101&amp;disp=Assessment+of+property+and+census+of+sla++</a><span about=\"#mwt42\" data-parsoid=\"{}\"> FHL Film 906708 Item 3</span>"}]</nowiki>]}]].</ref> | ||
*'''1805''' A special census of New Orleans was taken. | |||
*'''1804''' New Orleans only<nowiki></ref></nowiki><ref>''Census of New Orleans, Louisiana, 1804'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1981. Microfilm of original records in the New Orleans Public Library.) [<nowiki>[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=250907&disp=Census+of+New+Orleans%2C+Louisiana%2C+18++ FHL Film 1309932|#mwt91|mw:ExpandedAttrs|{"attribs":[[{"txt":"href"},{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;titleno=250907&amp;disp=Census+of+New+Orleans%2C+Louisiana%2C+18++\" about=\"#mwt44\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-parsoid='{\"stx\":\"url\",\"dsr\":[13134,13146,null,null],\"pi\":[[]]}' data-mw='{\"parts\":[{\"template\":{\"target\":{\"wt\":\"CensNO04\",\"href\":\"./Template:CensNO04\"},\"params\":{},\"i\":0}}]}'>http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;titleno=250907&amp;disp=Census+of+New+Orleans%2C+Louisiana%2C+18++</a><span about=\"#mwt44\" data-parsoid=\"{}\"> FHL Film 1309932</span>"}]</nowiki>]}]].</ref> Available at the Louisiana State Archives. | |||
*'''1699-1860''' Territory and State<ref name="HallLA9960">Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43643626 Databases for the study of Afro-Louisiana history and genealogy 1699-1860]'' (Baton Rouge, Louisiana : Louisiana State University Press, c2000) [<nowiki>[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=972198&disp=Databases+for+the+study+of+Afro-Louisi%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL CD-ROM no. 1380|#mwt82|mw:ExpandedAttrs|{"attribs":[[{"txt":"href"},{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;titleno=972198&amp;disp=Databases+for+the+study+of+Afro-Louisi%20%20&amp;columns=*,0,0\" about=\"#mwt46\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-parsoid='{\"stx\":\"url\",\"dsr\":[13468,13478,null,null],\"pi\":[[]]}' data-mw='{\"parts\":[{\"template\":{\"target\":{\"wt\":\"LA9960\",\"href\":\"./Template:LA9960\"},\"params\":{},\"i\":0}}]}'>http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;titleno=972198&amp;disp=Databases+for+the+study+of+Afro-Louisi%20%20&amp;columns=*,0,0</a><span about=\"#mwt46\" data-parsoid=\"{}\"> FHL CD-ROM no. 1380</span>"}]</nowiki>]}]].</ref> | |||
*'''1784-1850''' New Orleans only<ref name="HallLA9960" /> | |||
*'''1722-1803''' Colony<nowiki></ref></nowiki><ref>Elizabeth Shown Mills, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7449746 Natchitoches colonials : censuses, military rolls, and tax lists, 1722-1803]'' (Chicago, Illinois : Adams Press, 1981) [<nowiki>[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=432120&disp=Natchitoches+colonials%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL Book 976.365 X2m|#mwt86|mw:ExpandedAttrs|{"attribs":[[{"txt":"href"},{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;titleno=432120&amp;disp=Natchitoches+colonials%20%20&amp;columns=*,0,0\" about=\"#mwt51\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-parsoid='{\"stx\":\"url\",\"dsr\":[13767,13779,null,null],\"pi\":[[]]}' data-mw='{\"parts\":[{\"template\":{\"target\":{\"wt\":\"MillNatc\",\"href\":\"./Template:MillNatc\"},\"params\":{},\"i\":0}}]}'>http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;titleno=432120&amp;disp=Natchitoches+colonials%20%20&amp;columns=*,0,0</a><span about=\"#mwt51\" data-parsoid=\"{}\"> FHL Book 976.365 X2m</span>"}]</nowiki>]}]].</ref> | |||
*'''1726''' Louisiana Census<ref>"Recensement général de la Louisiane (1726)", digital images, [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/ Library and Archives Canada (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca:] accessed 30 Aug 2020), MIKAN 2319142. </ref> Available at [https://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=2319142 Library and Archives Canada] | |||
*'''1758-1796''' Colony<nowiki></ref></nowiki><ref>Jacqueline K. Voorhies, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/822322 Some Lake Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 1758-1796]'' ([Lafayette, La., University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973]).</ref> | |||
*'''1791''' New Orleans only<nowiki></ref></nowiki> Available at the Louisiana State Archives. | |||
*'''1770-1789''' Colony<ref>Alberte J. Robichaux Jr., [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/741411 ''Louisiana Census and Militia Lists 1770-1789'']. 2 vols. (Harvey, Louisiana.: A. J. Robichaux, 1973 and 1974) [<nowiki>[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=151460&disp=Louisiana+census+and+militia+lists%2C+vo%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL Book 976.3 X2pr; Fiche 6088510-511|#mwt92|mw:ExpandedAttrs|{"attribs":[[{"txt":"href"},{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;titleno=151460&amp;disp=Louisiana+census+and+militia+lists%2C+vo%20%20&amp;columns=*,0,0\" about=\"#mwt57\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-parsoid='{\"stx\":\"url\",\"dsr\":[14298,14312,null,null],\"pi\":[[]]}' data-mw='{\"parts\":[{\"template\":{\"target\":{\"wt\":\"RubiLA7089\",\"href\":\"./Template:RubiLA7089\"},\"params\":{},\"i\":0}}]}'>http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;titleno=151460&amp;disp=Louisiana+census+and+militia+lists%2C+vo%20%20&amp;columns=*,0,0</a><span about=\"#mwt57\" data-parsoid=\"{}\"> FHL Book 976.3 X2pr; Fiche 6088510-511</span>"}]</nowiki>]}]].</ref> | |||
*'''1745''' Pointe Coupee Parish<nowiki></ref></nowiki><ref>Bill Barron, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4070110 Census of Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, 1745]'' (New Orleans, Louisiana : Polyanthos, c1978) [<nowiki>[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=150901&disp=Census+of+Pointe+Coupee%2C+Louisiana%2C+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL Book 976.3454 X2b|#mwt98|mw:ExpandedAttrs|{"attribs":[[{"txt":"href"},{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;titleno=150901&amp;disp=Census+of+Pointe+Coupee%2C+Louisiana%2C+%20%20&amp;columns=*,0,0\" about=\"#mwt60\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-parsoid='{\"stx\":\"url\",\"dsr\":[14510,14524,null,null],\"pi\":[[]]}' data-mw='{\"parts\":[{\"template\":{\"target\":{\"wt\":\"BarrCens45\",\"href\":\"./Template:BarrCens45\"},\"params\":{},\"i\":0}}]}'>http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;titleno=150901&amp;disp=Census+of+Pointe+Coupee%2C+Louisiana%2C+%20%20&amp;columns=*,0,0</a><span about=\"#mwt60\" data-parsoid=\"{}\"> FHL Book 976.3454 X2b</span>"}]</nowiki>]}]].</ref> | |||
*'''1699-1732''' Colony<ref>Charles R. Maduell Jr., ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/369902 The Census Tables for the French Colony of Louisiana from 1699 Through 1732]'' (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publ., 1972)</ref> | |||
===Existing and lost censuses=== | |||
For a list of available and missing Louisiana censuses, [[Louisiana 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=== | ||
[[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 Searching|index searching tips]] | ||
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===Sources and footnotes=== | |||
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Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890 — index and images
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- U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820, ($), index.
- Louisiana, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1791-1890, ($), index.
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Online Louisiana indexes and images[edit | edit source]
Template:Census Online Louisiana
Federal population schedules[edit | edit source]
Microfilm images[edit | edit source]
| 1940 N/A | 1910 and Soundex | 1870 |
| 1930 | 1900 and Soundex | 1860 |
| 1920 and Soundex | 1880 and Soundex | 1850 |
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| 1940 N/A | 1910 T624 Soundex T1267 | 1870 M593 | 1840 M704 |
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| 1920 T625 Soundex M1564 | 1880 T9 Soundex T751 | 1850 M432 | 1820 M33 |
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Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Louisiana, click here
Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]
Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]
| Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Louisiana | ||||||||||
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| Year | Type | Record Search | Census Bureau | Google Book | Heritage Quest | Ancestry FHL | Ancestry Library | Ancestry Home | ||
| 1890 | Veterans | Link | - | - | - | 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 LibraryFederal Census Non-Population Schedule Microfilms for California
- 1850 - 1880 Nonpopulation census schedules for Louisiana. Includes Social Statistics, Defective, dependent and delinquent, agricultural and manufacturing schedules FHL Collection Films 1549551-65
- 1850 - 1880 Federal mortality census schedules and related indexes. FHL Collection Films 1421004 and 422428-32.
National ArchivesFederal Census Non-Population ScheduleMicrofilms for Louisiana
- 1935 Census of Business
- 1850 - 1880 Federal mortality census schedules
- 1850 - 1880 Nonpopulation census schedules including Social Statistics, Dependent, delinquent and defective classes, agriculture and manufacturing.
- 1820 - 1880 Manufactures Schedues
Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Louisiana, click here.
State, territorial, and colonial censuses[edit | edit source]
Censuses were taken in Louisiana 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.
- 1854-1855, and 1856-1857 Orleans Parish (Carrollton only)[2][3]
- 1837 New Orleans only[4]
- 1805 A special census of New Orleans was taken.
- 1804 New Orleans only</ref>[5] Available at the Louisiana State Archives.
- 1699-1860 Territory and State[6]
- 1784-1850 New Orleans only[6]
- 1722-1803 Colony</ref>[7]
- 1726 Louisiana Census[8] Available at Library and Archives Canada
- 1758-1796 Colony</ref>[9]
- 1791 New Orleans only</ref> Available at the Louisiana State Archives.
- 1770-1789 Colony[10]
- 1745 Pointe Coupee Parish</ref>[11]
- 1699-1732 Colony[12]
Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]
For a list of available and missing Louisiana 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.
- ↑ Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[Template:Lainha]], 48.
- ↑ Carrollton (Louisiana), Commissary of Police, Census of inhabitants, 1854-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. Microfilm of original records at the Orleans Parish courthouse.) [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=186614&disp=Census+of+Carrollton%2C+1856-1857++ FHL Film 906363 Item 2|#mwt79|mw:ExpandedAttrs|{"attribs":[[{"txt":"href"},{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=186614&disp=Census+of+Carrollton%2C+1856-1857++\" about=\"#mwt40\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-parsoid='{\"stx\":\"url\",\"dsr\":[12533,12545,null,null],\"pi\":[[]]}' data-mw='{\"parts\":[{\"template\":{\"target\":{\"wt\":\"Carr5457\",\"href\":\"./Template:Carr5457\"},\"params\":{},\"i\":0}}]}'>http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=186614&disp=Census+of+Carrollton%2C+1856-1857++</a><span about=\"#mwt40\" data-parsoid=\"{}\"> FHL Film 906363 Item 2</span>"}]]}]].
- ↑ New Orleans (Louisiana), Mayor, Assessment of property and census of slaves and their owners, 1837 (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. Microfilm of original records at the Orleans Parish courthouse.) [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=187101&disp=Assessment+of+property+and+census+of+sla++ FHL Film 906708 Item 3|#mwt76|mw:ExpandedAttrs|{"attribs":[[{"txt":"href"},{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=187101&disp=Assessment+of+property+and+census+of+sla++\" about=\"#mwt42\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-parsoid='{\"stx\":\"url\",\"dsr\":[12833,12843,null,null],\"pi\":[[]]}' data-mw='{\"parts\":[{\"template\":{\"target\":{\"wt\":\"NO1837\",\"href\":\"./Template:NO1837\"},\"params\":{},\"i\":0}}]}'>http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=187101&disp=Assessment+of+property+and+census+of+sla++</a><span about=\"#mwt42\" data-parsoid=\"{}\"> FHL Film 906708 Item 3</span>"}]]}]].
- ↑ Census of New Orleans, Louisiana, 1804 (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1981. Microfilm of original records in the New Orleans Public Library.) [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=250907&disp=Census+of+New+Orleans%2C+Louisiana%2C+18++ FHL Film 1309932|#mwt91|mw:ExpandedAttrs|{"attribs":[[{"txt":"href"},{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=250907&disp=Census+of+New+Orleans%2C+Louisiana%2C+18++\" about=\"#mwt44\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-parsoid='{\"stx\":\"url\",\"dsr\":[13134,13146,null,null],\"pi\":[[]]}' data-mw='{\"parts\":[{\"template\":{\"target\":{\"wt\":\"CensNO04\",\"href\":\"./Template:CensNO04\"},\"params\":{},\"i\":0}}]}'>http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=250907&disp=Census+of+New+Orleans%2C+Louisiana%2C+18++</a><span about=\"#mwt44\" data-parsoid=\"{}\"> FHL Film 1309932</span>"}]]}]].
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Databases for the study of Afro-Louisiana history and genealogy 1699-1860 (Baton Rouge, Louisiana : Louisiana State University Press, c2000) [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=972198&disp=Databases+for+the+study+of+Afro-Louisi%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL CD-ROM no. 1380|#mwt82|mw:ExpandedAttrs|{"attribs":[[{"txt":"href"},{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=972198&disp=Databases+for+the+study+of+Afro-Louisi%20%20&columns=*,0,0\" about=\"#mwt46\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-parsoid='{\"stx\":\"url\",\"dsr\":[13468,13478,null,null],\"pi\":[[]]}' data-mw='{\"parts\":[{\"template\":{\"target\":{\"wt\":\"LA9960\",\"href\":\"./Template:LA9960\"},\"params\":{},\"i\":0}}]}'>http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=972198&disp=Databases+for+the+study+of+Afro-Louisi%20%20&columns=*,0,0</a><span about=\"#mwt46\" data-parsoid=\"{}\"> FHL CD-ROM no. 1380</span>"}]]}]].
- ↑ Elizabeth Shown Mills, Natchitoches colonials : censuses, military rolls, and tax lists, 1722-1803 (Chicago, Illinois : Adams Press, 1981) [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=432120&disp=Natchitoches+colonials%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL Book 976.365 X2m|#mwt86|mw:ExpandedAttrs|{"attribs":[[{"txt":"href"},{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=432120&disp=Natchitoches+colonials%20%20&columns=*,0,0\" about=\"#mwt51\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-parsoid='{\"stx\":\"url\",\"dsr\":[13767,13779,null,null],\"pi\":[[]]}' data-mw='{\"parts\":[{\"template\":{\"target\":{\"wt\":\"MillNatc\",\"href\":\"./Template:MillNatc\"},\"params\":{},\"i\":0}}]}'>http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=432120&disp=Natchitoches+colonials%20%20&columns=*,0,0</a><span about=\"#mwt51\" data-parsoid=\"{}\"> FHL Book 976.365 X2m</span>"}]]}]].
- ↑ "Recensement général de la Louisiane (1726)", digital images, Library and Archives Canada (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca: accessed 30 Aug 2020), MIKAN 2319142.
- ↑ Jacqueline K. Voorhies, Some Lake Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 1758-1796 ([Lafayette, La., University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973]).
- ↑ Alberte J. Robichaux Jr., Louisiana Census and Militia Lists 1770-1789. 2 vols. (Harvey, Louisiana.: A. J. Robichaux, 1973 and 1974) [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=151460&disp=Louisiana+census+and+militia+lists%2C+vo%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL Book 976.3 X2pr; Fiche 6088510-511|#mwt92|mw:ExpandedAttrs|{"attribs":[[{"txt":"href"},{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=151460&disp=Louisiana+census+and+militia+lists%2C+vo%20%20&columns=*,0,0\" about=\"#mwt57\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-parsoid='{\"stx\":\"url\",\"dsr\":[14298,14312,null,null],\"pi\":[[]]}' data-mw='{\"parts\":[{\"template\":{\"target\":{\"wt\":\"RubiLA7089\",\"href\":\"./Template:RubiLA7089\"},\"params\":{},\"i\":0}}]}'>http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=151460&disp=Louisiana+census+and+militia+lists%2C+vo%20%20&columns=*,0,0</a><span about=\"#mwt57\" data-parsoid=\"{}\"> FHL Book 976.3 X2pr; Fiche 6088510-511</span>"}]]}]].
- ↑ Bill Barron, Census of Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, 1745 (New Orleans, Louisiana : Polyanthos, c1978) [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=150901&disp=Census+of+Pointe+Coupee%2C+Louisiana%2C+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL Book 976.3454 X2b|#mwt98|mw:ExpandedAttrs|{"attribs":[[{"txt":"href"},{"html":"<a rel=\"mw:ExtLink\" href=\"http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=150901&disp=Census+of+Pointe+Coupee%2C+Louisiana%2C+%20%20&columns=*,0,0\" about=\"#mwt60\" typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-parsoid='{\"stx\":\"url\",\"dsr\":[14510,14524,null,null],\"pi\":[[]]}' data-mw='{\"parts\":[{\"template\":{\"target\":{\"wt\":\"BarrCens45\",\"href\":\"./Template:BarrCens45\"},\"params\":{},\"i\":0}}]}'>http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=150901&disp=Census+of+Pointe+Coupee%2C+Louisiana%2C+%20%20&columns=*,0,0</a><span about=\"#mwt60\" data-parsoid=\"{}\"> FHL Book 976.3454 X2b</span>"}]]}]].
- ↑ Charles R. Maduell Jr., The Census Tables for the French Colony of Louisiana from 1699 Through 1732 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publ., 1972)
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