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==Online Federal Censuses==
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===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>
Pennsylvania was the 2nd state to ratify the Constitution on 12 Dec 1787. It was included in every federal census.
======United States Federal Censuses with Online Links======
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1790|1790]]
| width="44%" | __TOC__
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1800|1800]]
| valign="middle" | <center><font size="+1">'''Tips'''</font></center>
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1810|1810]]
*If at first you don't find a name, try again under [[Spelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada|another spelling]].
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1820|1820]]
*[[Copying Sources|Photocopy]] each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1830|1830]]
*Look for an ancestor in '''''every''''' census during her or his lifetime.  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1840|1840]]
*On the [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|family group record]] show&nbsp;each person's census listings.
*Study&nbsp;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, [[Pennsylvania Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].
 
|}
 
=== Online Pennsylvania indexes and images  ===
 
{{Census Online Pennsylvania}}
 
=== Federal population schedules  ===
 
==== Microfilm images  ====
 
{| class="FCK__ShowTableBorders" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="745"
|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]'''
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|-
|{{RecordSearch|1803959|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5058/ Ancestry.com]
| 1940 N/A
|{{RecordSearch|1804228|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7590/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=640358&disp=Pennsylvania%2C++1910++federal++census++%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1910 ]and [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=640358&disp=Pennsylvania%2C++1910++federal++census++%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Soundex]  
|{{RecordSearch|1803765|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7613/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=706187&disp=Pennsylvania%2C++1860++federal++census++%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1860&nbsp;]
|{{RecordSearch|1803955|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7734/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1803958|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8058/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1786457|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8057/ Ancestry.com]
|-
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1850|1850]]
| 1930 {{FHL|2341693}}
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1860|1860]]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=641949&disp=Pennsylvania%2C++1900++federal++census++%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1900 and Soundex]  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1870|1870]]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=744496&disp=Pennsylvania%2C++1850++federal++census++%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1850]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1880|1880]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1890|1890]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1900|1900]]
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|-
|{{RecordSearch|1401638|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=534334&disp=Pennsylvania%2C++1920++federal++census++%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1920&nbsp;and Soundex]  
|{{RecordSearch|1473181|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=676510&disp=Pennsylvania%2C++1880++federal++census++%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1880 and Soundex]  
|{{RecordSearch|1438024|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=745503&disp=Pennsylvania%2C++1800++thru++1840++feder%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1800-1840]
|{{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]
|{{RecordSearch|1325221|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/ Ancestry.com]
|-
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1910|1910]]
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1920|1920]]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=698917&disp=Pennsylvania%2C++1870++federal++census++%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1870]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1930|1930]]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=121535&disp=Census++schedules%2C++1790%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1790]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1940|1940]]
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1950|1950]]
 
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1960|1960]]
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{| class="FCK__ShowTableBorders" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="745"
|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]]'''
|-
| 1940 N/A
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/part-04.html#pennsylvania 1910 T624]&nbsp;and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/part-02.html#pennsylvania Soundex T1274]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-04.html#pennsylvania 1860 M653]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1820 1820 M33]
|-
| [http://1930census.archives.gov/beginSearch.asp 1930 T626]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-08.html#pennsylvania 1900 T623]&nbsp;and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-05.html#pennsylvania Soundex T1068]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-03.html#pennsylvania 1850 M432]&nbsp;  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1810 1810 M252]
|-
|-
|{{RecordSearch|1727033|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7884/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-09.html#pennsylvania 1920 T625]&nbsp;<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1282155234914_935" /><span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1282155234914_56" />and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-05.html#pennsylvania Soundex M1584]  
|{{RecordSearch|1488411|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6061/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-07.html#pennsylvania 1880 T9] and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-06.html#pennsylvania Soundex T769]  
|{{RecordSearch|1810731|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6224/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1840 1840 M704]  
|{{RecordSearch|2000219|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2442/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1800 1800 M32]
|{{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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| &nbsp;
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-05.html#pennsylvania 1870 M593]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1830 1830 M19]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1790 1790 M637&nbsp;]
| &nbsp;
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===Non-Population Schedules for Pennsylvania===
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
Federal non-population schedules included such things mortality schedules, agriculture schedules, slave schedules, and manufacturing schedules.
 
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For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Pennsylvania, [[Pennsylvania Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]
 
=== Federal non-population schedules ===
 
==== Online indexes and images  ====
 
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! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Year
| bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="11" align="center" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Pennsylvania'''</font>
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;"| Links
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|1890
| bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="2" | <br>
|Veterans
| bgcolor="#ff9966" colspan="4" align="center" | '''Free'''
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8667/ Ancestry]
| bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="2" align="center" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually&nbsp;with&nbsp;library&nbsp;card)
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Pay'''
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|1880
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Year'''
|Agricultural
| bgcolor="#ff9900" width="10%" align="center" | '''Type'''
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Record Search'''
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Census Bureau'''
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Google Book'''
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''PA&nbsp;Historical &amp; Museum Commission'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry FHL'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry Library'''
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Ancestry Home'''
|-
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|1880
| '''1927'''
|Mortality
| Agricultural
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/census_manuscripts/2959 Link]  
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
|-
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|1870
| '''1890'''
|Social Statistics
| width="20%" | Veterans
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| 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]
|-
|-
|1870
| '''1880'''
|Mortality
| Agricultural
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=2958&&SortOrder=100&level=5&parentCommID=2606&menuLevel=Level_5&mode=2 Link]  
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
|-
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|1860
| '''1880'''
|Social Statistics
| width="20%" | Mortality
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| 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]
|-
|-
|1860
| '''1870'''
|Mortality
| Mortality  
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| 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]
|-
|-
|1850
| '''1860'''
|Social Statistics
| Mortality
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| 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]
|-
|-
|1850
| '''1850'''
|Agricultural
| Agricultural  
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=2957&&SortOrder=100&level=5&parentCommID=2604&menuLevel=Level_5&mode=2 Link]  
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
|-
|-
|1850
| '''1850'''
|Mortality
| Mortality  
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1420441 Link]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| 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  
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7678/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| 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  ====
 
{| class="FCK__ShowTableBorders" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="745"
|-
|-
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=230777&disp=Schedules+enumerating+Union+veterans+and%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Union Veterans and Widows, 1890]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=91109&disp=Persons++who++died++during++the++year++e%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Mortality Schedule, 1860]
|-
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=589398&disp=Nonpopulation++census++schedules++for++P%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Agricultural Schedule, 1850-1880]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=92658&disp=Schedule++5%3A++Products++of++industry++%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Schedule 5: Products of industry in PA, 1860]
|-
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=589445&disp=Nonpopulation++census++schedules++for++P%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Manufacturers Schedule, 1850-1880]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=92650&disp=Persons++who++died++during++the++year++e%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Mortality Schedule, 1870]
|-
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=589409&disp=Nonpopulation++census++schedules++for++P%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Social Statistics Schedule, 1850-1880]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=92668&disp=Persons++who++died++during++the++year++e%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Mortality Schedule, 1880]
|-
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=91128&disp=Persons++who++died++during++the++year++e%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Mortality Schedule, 1850]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=116182&disp=Indian++census++rolls%2C++Carlisle++Scho%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Indian census rolls, Carlisle School, 1911]
|}
|}


===Existing and Lost Censuses===
<br>
*[[Pennsylvania Censuses Existing and Lost|List of existing and lost federal censuses for Pennsylvania]]
 
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
 
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Pennsylvania, [[Pennsylvania Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]].
 
=== State and colonial censuses  ===
 
Pennylvania took a few censuses in the years before and between the federal censuses were taken. The dates are listed below. State census records may have columns that were different or more unusual than those found on federal censuses. The responses and years of coverage may give additional information on the family.
 
*'''1857''' Chester County only: a list of taxable inhabitants by Township.<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), no Pennsylvania listing.</ref><ref>Henry J. Dubester, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37244714 State Censuses: An Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken After the Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States]'' (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948), 54.</ref>
*'''1671''' Philadelphia and Delaware counties in Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware, and Burlington County, New Jersey.<ref>Peter Stebbins Craig, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43441025 1671 Census of the Delaware]'' (Philadelphia, Pa.: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1999)[FHL Book 974 X2c 1671].</ref>
 
=== Existing and lost censuses  ===
 
For a list of available and missing Pennsylvania censuses, [[Pennsylvania 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.


==Online State and Territorial Censuses==
=== More about censuses  ===
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>


Pennsylvania never took a state census.
[[United States Census|Click here]] for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:


== Other Census Images ==
:*[[United States Census Searching|index searching tips]]
*{{FSC|116182|title-id|disp=Indian census rolls, Carlisle School, 1911}}
:*[[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]]


==Why Use the Census?==
=== Sources and footnotes ===
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
==Sources and footnotes==


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[[Category:Pennsylvania|Census]] [[Category:Census_by_State|{{PAGENAME}}]]

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  • 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.

Online Pennsylvania indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Template:Census Online Pennsylvania

Federal population schedules[edit | edit source]

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Federal Census Microfilms Available from the Family History Library
1940 N/A 1910 and Soundex 1860 
1930 FHL 2341693 1900 and Soundex 1850
1920 and Soundex 1880 and Soundex 1800-1840
1870 1790


Federal Census Microfilms Available from the National Archives
1940 N/A 1910 T624 and Soundex T1274 1860 M653 1820 M33
1930 T626 1900 T623 and Soundex T1068 1850 M432  1810 M252
1920 T625 and Soundex M1584 1880 T9 and Soundex T769 1840 M704 1800 M32
  1870 M593 1830 M19 1790 M637   

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

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

Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]

Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Pennsylvania

Free Free at Some Libraries (usually with library card) Pay
Year Type Record Search Census Bureau Google Book PA Historical & Museum Commission Ancestry FHL Ancestry Library Ancestry Home
1927 Agricultural - - - Link - - -
1890 Veterans - - - - Link Link Link
1880 Agricultural - - - Link - - -
1880 Mortality - - - - Link Link Link
1870 Mortality - - - - Link Link Link
1860 Mortality - - - - Link Link Link
1850 Agricultural - - - Link - - -
1850 Mortality Link - - - Link Link Link
1840 Pensioners - BookLink BookLink - Link Link Link

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Union Veterans and Widows, 1890 Mortality Schedule, 1860
Agricultural Schedule, 1850-1880 Schedule 5: Products of industry in PA, 1860
Manufacturers Schedule, 1850-1880 Mortality Schedule, 1870
Social Statistics Schedule, 1850-1880 Mortality Schedule, 1880
Mortality Schedule, 1850 Indian census rolls, Carlisle School, 1911


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

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

State and colonial censuses[edit | edit source]

Pennylvania took a few censuses in the years before and between the federal censuses were taken. The dates are listed below. State census records may have columns that were different or more unusual than those found on federal censuses. The responses and years of coverage may give additional information on the family.

  • 1857 Chester County only: a list of taxable inhabitants by Township.[1][2]
  • 1671 Philadelphia and Delaware counties in Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware, and Burlington County, New Jersey.[3]

Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]

For a list of available and missing Pennsylvania 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. ↑ Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), no Pennsylvania listing.
  2. ↑ Henry J. Dubester, State Censuses: An Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken After the Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948), 54.
  3. ↑ Peter Stebbins Craig, 1671 Census of the Delaware (Philadelphia, Pa.: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1999)[FHL Book 974 X2c 1671].
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