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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Census|U.S. Census ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Maine|Maine]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Maine_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, [[Maine Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. | |||
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=== | === Online Maine indexes and images === | ||
Federal | |||
{| | {{Census Online Maine}} | ||
=== 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 Maine, [[Maine Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]] | |||
=== Federal non-population schedules === | |||
==== Online indexes and images ==== | |||
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="11" align="center" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Maine'''</font> | |||
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| | | bgcolor="#ff9966" colspan="3" align="center" | '''Free''' | ||
| | | bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="3" align="center" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually with library card) | ||
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Pay''' | |||
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| | | bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Year''' | ||
| | | bgcolor="#ff9900" width="10%" 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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| | | '''1890''' | ||
| | | width="20%" | Veterans | ||
|[ | | align="center" | - | ||
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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 | | '''1880''' | ||
| | | width="20%" | Defective | ||
|[ | | align="center" | - | ||
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1634 Link] | |||
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1634 Link] | |||
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1634 Link] | |||
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|1880 | | '''1880''' | ||
| | | width="20%" | Mortality | ||
|[ | | 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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|1870 | | '''1870''' | ||
| | | Mortality | ||
|[ | | 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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| | | '''1860''' | ||
|Mortality | | Mortality | ||
|[ | | 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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| | | '''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] | |||
| 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 ==== | ||
*[[Maine | |||
*'''1890 Veterans''' United States. Census Office. 11th Census, 1890. Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Washington, D.C.: The National Archives, 1948. (Family History Library films for Maine [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=230777&disp=Schedules+enumerating+Union+veterans+and++ 338165-6]) | |||
*'''1880 Mortality''' (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=36961&disp=1880+mortality+schedule%2C+Maine++ film 1841575]) | |||
*'''1870 Mortality''' (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=292606&disp=Persons+who+died+during+the+year+ending+++ film 0097<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1229461775149_721" />41]) | |||
*'''1860 Mortality''' (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=292601&disp=Persons+who+died+during+the+year+ending+++ film 009740]) | |||
*'''1850 Mortality''' (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=292593&disp=Persons+who+died+during+the+year+ending+++ film 009739]) | |||
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book ==== | |||
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Maine, [[Maine Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]. | |||
=== State, territorial, and colonial censuses === | |||
*'''1905''' Scarboro only, in Cumberland County<ref>H.E. Mitchell, and E.M. Campbell, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18004273The Scarboro Register 1905]'' (1905; reprint, Salem, Massachusetts : Higginson, [1998?]) [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=956815&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=The+Scarboro+register+1905%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 FHL Book 974.191/S1 H2mh]].</ref> | |||
*'''1904''' Kennebunkport only, in York County<ref>H.E. Mitchell, and E.M. Campbell, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4103111 The Kennebunkport Register, 1904]'' (1904; reprint, Salem, Massachusetts : Higginson, [1998?]) [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=837191&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=The+Kennebunkport+Register%2C+1904%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 FHL Book 974.195/K4 E4m]].</ref> | |||
*'''1837''' State (some towns missing).<ref name="Lainh">Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 49-52.</ref> See also "[[Maine Census#Online_Maine_indexes_and_images|Online Federal and State Population Schedules for Maine]]" above. | |||
=== Existing and lost censuses === | |||
For a list of available and missing Maine censuses, [[Maine 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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:*[[United States Census#Contents_of_Federal_Censuses|contents of various census years and types]] | :*[[United States Census#Contents_of_Federal_Censuses|contents of various census years and types]] | ||
=== Sources and footnotes === | |||
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Online Maine indexes and images[edit | edit source]
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 Maine, click here
Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]
Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]
| Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Maine | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| 1890 | Veterans | - | - | - | - | Link | Link | Link | ||
| 1880 | Defective | - | - | - | - | Link | Link | Link | ||
| 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]
- 1890 Veterans United States. Census Office. 11th Census, 1890. Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Washington, D.C.: The National Archives, 1948. (Family History Library films for Maine 338165-6)
- 1880 Mortality (Family History Library film 1841575)
- 1870 Mortality (Family History Library film 009741)
- 1860 Mortality (Family History Library film 009740)
- 1850 Mortality (Family History Library film 009739)
Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Maine, click here.
State, territorial, and colonial censuses[edit | edit source]
- 1905 Scarboro only, in Cumberland County[1]
- 1904 Kennebunkport only, in York County[2]
- 1837 State (some towns missing).[3] See also "Online Federal and State Population Schedules for Maine" above.
Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]
For a list of available and missing Maine 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]
- ↑ H.E. Mitchell, and E.M. Campbell, Scarboro Register 1905 (1905; reprint, Salem, Massachusetts : Higginson, [1998?]) [FHL Book 974.191/S1 H2mh].
- ↑ H.E. Mitchell, and E.M. Campbell, The Kennebunkport Register, 1904 (1904; reprint, Salem, Massachusetts : Higginson, [1998?]) [FHL Book 974.195/K4 E4m].
- ↑ Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[Template:Lainha]], 49-52.
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