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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[United States Census|U.S. Census ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[California|California]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[California_Census|Census]]'' {{Adoption_CA_State_Genealogical_Alliance}}  
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==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>
California became the thirty-first state admitted to the Union in September 9, 1850. It was not included in the federal census before that date.
======United States Federal Censuses with Online Links======
{| class="wikitable" width= "70%" style="display: inline-table;"
|-
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1850|1850]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1860|1860]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1870|1870]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1880|1880]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1890|1890]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1900|1900]]
|-
|{{RecordSearch|1401638|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ Ancestry.com]
|{{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]
|{{RecordSearch|1325221|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/ Ancestry.com]
|-
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1910|1910]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1920|1920]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1930|1930]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1940|1940]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1950|1950]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1960|1960]]
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| width="44%" | __TOC__
| 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&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]].
<br>
*For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[California Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].


|{{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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|}


=== Online California indexes and images  ===
===Non-Population Schedules for California===
 
Federal non-population schedules included such things mortality schedules, agriculture schedules, slave schedules, and manufacturing schedules.
{{Census Online California}}
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=== Federal population schedules ===
 
{| class="FCK__ShowTableBorders" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="745"
|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]'''
|-
|-
| 1940 N/A
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Year
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=646949&disp=California%2C+1910+federal+census+%3A+so%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1910 and Soundex]
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=698886&disp=California%2C+1870+federal+census+%3A+po%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1870&nbsp;]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;"| Links
|-
|-
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1034478&disp=California%2C+1930+federal+census%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1930]
| 1850
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=647555&disp=California%2C+1900+federal+census+%3A+so%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1900 and Soundex]
| Agriculture
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=704546&disp=California%2C+1860+federal+census+%3A+po%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1860]
| [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry] ($) — index & images
|-
|-
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=555684&disp=California%2C+1920+federal+census+%3A+so%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1920&nbsp;and Soundex]
| 1850
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=670368&disp=California%2C+1880+federal+census+%3A+so%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1880 and Soundex]
| Industry
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=744471&disp=California%2C+1850+federal+census+%3A+po%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1850]
| [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry] ($) — index & images
|-
|-
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=646949&disp=California%2C+1910+federal+census+%3A+so%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
| 1850
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=704546&disp=California%2C+1860+federal+census+%3A+po%20%20&columns=*,0,0]  
| Mortality
| &nbsp;
| [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry] ($) — index & images
|}
 
<br>
 
{| 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
| 1860
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/part-03.html#california 1910 T624]&nbsp;and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/part-01.html#california Soundex T1261]
| Agriculture
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-05.html#california 1870 M593]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry] ($) — index & images
|-
|-
| [http://1930census.archives.gov/stateSearch.asp 1930 T626]
| 1860
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-07.html#california 1900 T623]&nbsp;and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-02.html#california Soundex T1034]
| Industry
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-04.html#california 1860 M653]
| [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry] ($) — index & images
|-
|-
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-07.html#california 1920 T625]&nbsp;and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-02.html#california Soundex M1551]
| 1860
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-07.html#california 1880 T9] and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-06.html#california Soundex T737]
| Mortality
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-03.html#california 1850 M432]
| [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry] ($) — index & images
|-
|-
| &nbsp;
| 1870
|
| Agriculture
| &nbsp;
| [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry] ($) — index & images
|}
 
<br>
 
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
 
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of California, [[California Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]
 
=== Federal non-population schedules  ===
 
==== Online indexes and images ====
 
{| border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="77%" align="center"
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="11" align="center" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for California'''</font>
| 1870
| Industry
| [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry] ($) — index & images
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="2" | <br>
| 1870
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Free'''
| Mortality
| bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="3" align="center" | '''Free at Some Libraries'''(usually&nbsp;with&nbsp;library&nbsp;card)
| [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry] ($) — index & images
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Pay'''
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Year'''
| 1880
| bgcolor="#ff9900" width="10%" align="center" | '''Type'''
| Agriculture
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Record Search'''
| [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry] ($) — index & images
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Heritage Quest'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry FHL'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry Library'''
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Ancestry Home'''
|-
|-
| '''1880'''
| 1880
| width="20%" | Defective  
| Defective
| align="center" | -
| [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1634/ Ancestry] ($) — index & images
| align="center" | -
| 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]
|-
|-
| '''1880'''
| 1880
| width="20%" | Mortality
| Industry
| align="center" | -
| [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry] ($) — index & images
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
|-
|-
| '''1870'''
| 1880
| Mortality  
| Mortality
| align="center" | -
| [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry] ($) — index & images
| 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'''
| Mortality
| 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'''
| Mortality
| align="center" | [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1420441 Link]
| 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]
|}
|}


==== Microfilm images  ====
===Existing and Lost Censuses===
*[[California Censuses Existing and Lost|List of existing and lost federal censuses for California]]


'''[[Family History Library|Family History Library]] Federal Census Non-Population Schedule Microfilms for California'''
==Online State and Territorial 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>
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=321807&disp=Special+census+of+Indians%2C+1880%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1880 Special census of Indians]
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>
 
{| class="wikitable" width= flexible="display: inline-table;"
<br>'''[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] Federal Census [http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census/nonpopulation/california.html Non-Population Schedule ]Microfilms for California'''
|-
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Year
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;"| Links
|-
|1852
|State, head of household
|{{RecordSearch|1771089|FamilySearch}} — index & images<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1767/ Ancestry.com] ($) — index & images
|-
|}


*1935 Census of Business
== Other Census Images ==


:Schedules of Advertising Agencies
*Pre-statehood lists (called padrons) of Spanish, Mexican, and Indian residents have been published in The Quarterly (Historical Society of Southern California), Volumes 15, 18, 41-43, 54 (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|979.4 B2s|disp=book 979.4 B2s}}). Especially helpful are the Los Angeles censuses of '''1790, 1836, and 1844'''. The original records are scattered among various archives. The FamilySearch Library has copies on microfilm.
:Schedules of Banking and Financial Institutions
:Schedules of Miscellaneous Enterprises
:Schedules of Motor Trucking for Hire
:Schedules of Public Warehousing
:Schedules of Radio Broadcasting Stations


==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" border="1" width="60%"
 
|+ '''Other California Censuses'''  
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of California, [[California Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]].
 
=== State, territorial, and colonial censuses  ===
 
{| border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="100%"
|+ '''California'''  
|-
|-
| '''1852''' State<ref name="Lain">Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 21-26.</ref>
| '''1844''' Los Angeles<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), 21-26, citing the ''Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, 42 (1960).</ref>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1844''' Los Angeles<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 21-26, citing the ''Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, 42 (1960).</ref>
| '''1837''' Santa Barbara<ref>Mrs. Joseph M. Northrop, ''California Collection'' (Typescript, Los Angeles, Calif.: Northrop, 1958)[FS Library Book 979.4 D4n; Film 1421704 item 12]</ref>
|-
|-
| '''1837''' Santa Barbara<ref name="Nort" />
| '''1836''' Los Angeles<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), 21-26, citing the ''Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, 18 (1936); Catholic Church, Monterey (California), "Extracts of Monterey municipal censuses, 1804-1836" Microfilm of photocopy of original typescript. (Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 197-.)[FS Library Film 944282 Item 12]</ref>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1836''' Los Angeles<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 21-26, citing the ''Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, 18 (1936).</ref>, Monterey<ref name="Cath">Catholic Church, Monterey (California), "Extracts of Monterey municipal censuses, 1804-1836" Microfilm of photocopy of original typescript. (Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 197-.)[FHL Film 944282 Item 12].</ref>
|-
|-
| '''1834''' Santa Barbara<ref>Ancestry.com, "California Census, 1790-1890" at http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3535 (accessed 4 January 2010).</ref>
| '''1834''' Santa Barbara<ref>Ancestry.com, "California Census, 1790-1890" at http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3535 (accessed 4 January 2010).</ref>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1816''' Los Angeles<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 21-26, citing the ''Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, 43 (1961).</ref>
| '''1816''' Los Angeles<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), 21-26, citing the ''Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, 43 (1961).</ref>
|-
|-
| '''1808 '''Monterey<ref name="Cath" />
| '''1808 '''Monterey<ref>Catholic Church, Monterey (California), "Extracts of Monterey municipal censuses, 1804-1836" Microfilm of photocopy of original typescript. (Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 197-.)[FS Library Film 944282 Item 12]</ref>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1804''' Monterey<ref name="Cath" />
| '''1804''' Monterey<ref>Catholic Church, Monterey (California), "Extracts of Monterey municipal censuses, 1804-1836" Microfilm of photocopy of original typescript. (Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 197-.)[FS Library Film 944282 Item 12]</ref>
|-
|-
| '''1798''' San Antonio, and Soledad<ref name="Lain" />
| '''1798''' San Antonio, and Soledad<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), 21-26, citing the ''Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, 42 (1960).</ref>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1797-1798''' San Luis Obispo<ref name="Lain" />
| '''1797-1798''' San Luis Obispo<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), 21-26, citing the ''Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, 42 (1960).</ref>
|-
|-
| '''1796''' San Carlos<ref name="Lain" />
| '''1796''' San Carlos<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), 21-26, citing the ''Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, 42 (1960).</ref>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1790''' Los Angeles, Monterey, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Barbara<ref name="Nort">Mrs. Joseph M. Northrop, ''California Collection'' (Typescript, Los Angeles, Calif.: Northrop, 1958)[FHL Book 979.4 D4n; Film 1421704 item 12].</ref><ref>"1790 Padron (census) of California" (Typescript [photocopy], copied from Las Familias de California section in ''Southern California Historical Society Quarterly''.)[FHL Book 979.4 A1 no. 67; Film 1036747 Item 6].</ref>
| '''1790''' Los Angeles, Monterey, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Barbar<ref>Mrs. Joseph M. Northrop, ''California Collection'' (Typescript, Los Angeles, Calif.: Northrop, 1958)[FS Library Book 979.4 D4n; Film 1421704 item 12]; "1790 Padron (census) of California" (Typescript [photocopy], copied from Las Familias de California section in ''Southern California Historical Society Quarterly''.)[FS Library Book 979.4 A1 no. 67; Film 1036747 Item 6].</ref>
|-
|-
| '''1788''' Los Angeles, Monterey, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Barbara, and Villa Branciforte<ref name="Lain" />
| '''1788''' Los Angeles, Monterey, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Barbara, and Villa Branciforte<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), 21-26, citing the ''Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, 42 (1960).</ref>
|}
|}


*The California State Library and the Family History Library have copies of a state census of '''1852''' {{FHL|909229}}-909234. This census gives information on the entire household, including an individual's state or country of birth and last residence.


*Pre-statehood lists (called padrons) of Spanish, Mexican, and Indian residents have been published in The Quarterly (Historical Society of Southern California), Volumes 15, 18, 41-43, 54 {{FHL|979.4 B2s}}. Especially helpful are the Los Angeles censuses of '''1790, 1836, and 1844'''. The original records are scattered among various archives. The Family History Library has copies on microfilm.
{| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
 
|-
=== Existing and lost censuses  ===
|{{RecordSearch|2761958|United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940}}
 
|{{FSC|2818879|title-id|disp=California, census records : pre-statehood census, 1796-1798}}
For a list of available and missing California censuses, [[California Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>
|-
 
|{{FSC|750693|title-id|disp=Indian census rolls, Colorado River, 1885-1940}}
=== Why use a census?  ===
|{{FSC|750667|title-id|disp=Indian census rolls, Fort Bidwell, 1915-1930}}
 
|-
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.
|{{FSC|750665|title-id|disp=Indian census rolls, Fort Yuma, 1905-1935}}
 
|{{FSC|706349|title-id|disp=Indian census rolls, Hoopa Valley, 1885-1939}}
=== More about censuses  ===
|-
 
|{{FSC|746665|title-id|disp=Indians census rolls, Digger, 1899-1904 and 1915-1920}}
[[United States Census|Click here]] for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:
|{{FSC|750657|title-id|disp=Indians census rolls, Greenville, 1916-1923}}
 
|-
:*[[United States Census Searching|index searching tips]]
|'''1944''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61873/ U.S., Native American, Census of the Ute Tribe, 1944] Ancestry - index ($)
:*[[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]]
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:*[[United States Census#Contents_of_Federal_Censuses|contents of various census years and types]]


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


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