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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>
Wisconsin was admitted to the Union as the 30th state on 29 May 1848.  It was created from Wisconsin Territory.  <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "List of US States by Date of Admission," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_admission_to_the_Union, accessed 31 Oct 2016.</ref> Residents of Wisconsin can be found in every census from 1820 on. In 1820 and 1830, they will be listed under Michigan territory.
======United States Federal Censuses with Online Links======
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1820|1820]]
| valign="middle" | <center><font size="+1">'''Tips'''</font></center>
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1830|1830]]
*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 1840|1840]]
*[[Copying Sources|Photocopy]] each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1850|1850]]
*Look for an ancestor in '''''every''''' census during her or his lifetime.
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1860|1860]]
*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, [[Wisconsin Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].
 
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=== Online Wisconsin indexes and images  ===
 
{{Census Online Wisconsin}}
 
=== Federal population schedules  ===
 
==== Microfilm images  ====
 
Two manuscripts exist for the 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses. One set of manuscripts exists at the National Archives and another at the Wisconsin Historical Society. The information on each set is supposed to be the same, but it can be beneficial to check both. Transcription errors might exist. The two might differ in the legibility of the handwriting, the condition of the manuscript, and the quality of the microfilm.<ref>"Local Genealogy," ''McMillan Memorial Library'' (http://www.scls.lib.wi.us/mcm/local/local_genealogy.html : accessed 2 October 2009).</ref> The Family History Library has microfilms of the set in the possession of the National Archives.
 
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| 1940 N/A
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| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=698928&disp=Wisconsin%2C+1870+federal+census++ 1870]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=745509&disp=Wisconsin%2C+1840+federal+census++ 1840]  
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|{{RecordSearch|1803955|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7734/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=655060&disp=Wisconsin+1900+federal+census%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1900 and Soundex]  
|{{RecordSearch|1803958|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8058/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=708785&disp=Wisconsin+1860+federal+census+++ 1860]  
|{{RecordSearch|1786457|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8057/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=119992&disp=Census+schedules%2C+1830%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1830]  
|{{RecordSearch|1401638|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ Ancestry.com]
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|{{RecordSearch|1473181|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/ Ancestry.com]
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| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=558337&disp=Wisconsin+1920+federal+census%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1920 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=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=602281&disp=Wisconsin+%26+Minnesota+veterans+census++ 1890 fragments]  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1880|1880]]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=745188&disp=Wisconsin+1850+federal+census++ 1850]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1890|1890]]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=120949&disp=Census+schedules%2C+1820%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1820]  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1900|1900]]
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1910|1910]]
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| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=676542&disp=Wisconsin+1880+federal+census%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1880 and Soundex]
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|{{RecordSearch|1438024|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/ Ancestry.com]
|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]]'''
|{{RecordSearch|1417683|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/ Ancestry.com]
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|{{RecordSearch|1610551|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5445/ Ancestry.com]
| 1940 N/A
|{{RecordSearch|1325221|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/part-04.html#Wisconsin 1910 T624]  
|{{RecordSearch|1727033|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7884/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-07.html#wisconsin 1880 T9] and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-06.html#wisconsin Soundex T779]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-03.html#wisconsin 1850 M432]
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| [http://1930census.archives.gov/stateSearch.asp 1930 T 626]  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1920|1920]]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-08.html#wisconsin 1900 T623]&nbsp;and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-06.html#wisconsin Soundex T1079]  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1930|1930]]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-05.html#wisconsin 1870 M593]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1940|1940]]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1840 1840 M704]
!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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| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-09.html#wisconsin 1920 T625] and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-06.html#wisconsin Soundex M1595]  
|{{RecordSearch|1488411|FamiySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6061/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-08.html#ss 1890 fragments M123]  
|{{RecordSearch|1810731|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6224/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-04.html#wisconsin 1860 M653]  
|{{RecordSearch|2000219|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2442/ Ancestry.com]
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|{{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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==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
===Non-Population Schedules for Wisconsin===
 
Federal non-population schedules included such things mortality schedules, agriculture schedules, slave schedules, and manufacturing schedules.
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Wisconsin, [[Wisconsin Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]
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=== Federal non-population schedules ===
 
==== Online indexes and images  ====
 
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Wisconsin'''</font>
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| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually&nbsp;with&nbsp;library&nbsp;card)
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Pay'''
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Year'''
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Year
| width="10%" bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Type'''
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Record Search'''
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;"| Links
| 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'''
|1840
| width="20%" | Veterans
|Pensioners
| align="center" | -
|[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/857237 FamilySearch]
| align="center" | -
[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7678/ Ancestry] - index & images ($)
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]  
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
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| '''1880'''
|1850
| width="20%" | Mortality  
|Mortality
| align="center" | -
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry] - index ($)
| 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]
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| '''1870'''
|1860
| Mortality  
|Mortality
| align="center" | -
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry] - index ($)
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8756 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8756 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8756 Link]
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| '''1860'''
|1870
| Mortality  
|Mortality
| align="center" | -
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry] - index ($)
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8756 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8756 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8756 Link]
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| '''1850'''
|1880
| Mortality  
|Mortality
| align="center" | [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1420441 Link]
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry] - index ($)
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
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| '''1840'''
|1890
| Pensioners
|Veterans
| align="center" | -
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8667/ Ancestry] - index & images ($)
| 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]
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==== Microfilm images ====
 
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| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=548325&disp=Wisconsin+1850+mortality%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1850 Mortality]
| [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/genealogy/census/federal/ 1850 - 1870 Mortality]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=176498&disp=Schedule+of+persons+who+died+during+the+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1880 Mortality]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=602281&disp=Wisconsin+%26+Minnesota+veterans+census%%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1890 Veterans Census]
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==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
===Existing and Lost Censuses===
 
*[[Wisconsin Censuses Existing and Lost|List of existing and lost federal censuses for Wisconsin]]
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Wisconsin, [[Wisconsin Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]].
 
=== State, territorial, and colonial censuses ===
 
Newberry Library. [http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp/images/samp-cens-tb.pdf ''Territorial, State, and Federal Censuses in Michigan'']. List of dates and census description including counties involved, and repository.


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==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>
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>
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| bgcolor="#99cc99" align="center" colspan="90" | '''Wisconsin state, territorial, and colonial censuses'''<ref name="Dubes">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)[[{{Dubes}}]], 62-65, 72-73.</ref>
! 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
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| align="left" | '''1905'''
|1836
| align="left" | &nbsp;State Census&nbsp;<ref name="Lainh">Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 113-15.</ref><ref name="Wisc 1905">Wisconsin, Secretary of State, ''[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1618 Wisconsin Census Enumeration 1905, Names of Ex-Soldiers and Sailors Residing in Wisconsin, June 1, 1905]'' (Madison, Wisconsin Democrat Printing Company, State Printing 1906) A published document based on information from the census schedules. </ref><ref>Wisconsin Department of State, ''[http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/collection/show?uri=http://10.244.51.214:8080/wcds/container/externalId/org.familysearch.easy.collection_id/1443899 Wisconsin State Census, 1905]'' (Wisconsin, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1952. Microfilm of original records in Wisconsin)[[{{Wisc1905}}]]</ref><ref name="ancestry">Ancestry.com. ''[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1055 Wisconsin State Censuses, 1895 and 1905]'' [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Wisconsin State Census, 1895 Microfilm, 10 reels and 1905 Microfilm, 44 reels. Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin</ref>
|Territory
|Contact the [https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS75 Wisconsin Historical Society]
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1895'''
|1837
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;State Census <ref name="Lainh" /><ref name="WSC 1895">Wisconsin, Secretary of State, ''[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1617 Wisconsin Census Enumeration 1895, Names of Ex-Soldiers and Sailors Residing in Wisconsin, June 1, 1895]'' (Madison, Wisconsin Democrat Printing Company, State Printing 1896.) A published document based on information from the census schedules. </ref><ref>Wisconsin, Department of State, ''[http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/collection/show?uri=http://10.244.51.214:8080/wcds/container/externalId/org.familysearch.easy.collection_id/1443712 Wisconsin State Census, 1895]'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979. Microfilm of original records in the Wisconsin State Historical Society at Madison, Wisconsin.)[[{{Wisc1895}}]]</ref><ref name="ancestry" />
|Territory
|Contact the [https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS75 Wisconsin Historical Society]
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| align="left" | '''1885'''
|1838
| align="left" | &nbsp;State Census&nbsp;<ref name="Lainh" /><ref>Wisconsin, Secretary of State ''[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1539 Enumeration of Soldiers and Sailors of the Late War Residing in Wisconsin June 20, 1885]'' (S.l.:sn,1885)</ref><ref>Wisconsin, Department of State, ''[http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/collection/show?uri=http://10.244.51.214:8080/wcds/container/externalId/org.familysearch.easy.collection_id/1443713 Wisconsin State Census, 1885]'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979. Microfilm of original records at the Wisconsin State Historical Society at Madison, Wisconsin.)[[{{Wisc1885}}]]</ref>
|Territory
|Contact the [https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS75 Wisconsin Historical Society]
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1875'''
|1842
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;State Census&nbsp;<ref name="Lainh" /><ref>Wisconsin, Department of State, ''[http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/collection/show?uri=http://10.244.51.214:8080/wcds/container/externalId/org.familysearch.easy.collection_id/1443778 Wisconsin State Census, 1875]'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979. Microfilm of original records in the Wisconsin State Historical Society at Madison, Wisconsin.) [[{{Wisc1875}}]]</ref>
|Territory
|Contact the [https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS75 Wisconsin Historical Society]
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| align="left" | '''1865'''
|1846
| align="left" | &nbsp;State Census Lost, except for the counties of Dunn, Green, Jackson, Kewaunee, Ozaukee, and Sheboygan.&nbsp;<ref name="Lainh" />
|Territory
|Contact the [https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS75 Wisconsin Historical Society]
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1855'''
|1847
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;State Census, except for Kewaunee County, which was not enumerated.<ref name="Lainh" /><ref>Wisconsin Department of State, ''[http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/collection/show?uri=http://10.244.51.214:8080/wcds/container/externalId/org.familysearch.easy.collection_id/1443825 Wisconsin State Census, 1855]'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979. Microfilm of original records in the Wisconsin State Historical Society at Madison, Wisconsin.) [[{{Wisc1855}}]]</ref><ref name="ancestry1">Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. ''[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3581 Wisconsin Census, 1820-90]'' [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. Ancestry.com Home edition</ref>
|Territory
|Contact the [https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS75 Wisconsin Historical Society]
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| align="left" | '''1847'''
|1855
| align="left" | &nbsp;Territory Census, except for the counties of Rock, Sheboygan, Washington, Waukesha, and Chippewa.&nbsp;<ref name="Lainh" /><ref>Wisconsin Territory, Secretary, ''Wisconsin Territory census for 1847'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1980. Microfilm of original records in the Wisconsin State Historical Society, at Madison, Wisconsin.)[[{{Wisc1847}}]]</ref>
|State; gives name of head of household.
|{{RecordSearch|1443825|FamilySearch}} - index & images
[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1055 Ancestry ($)] - index & images.
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1846'''
|1865
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Territory Census, except for&nbsp;the counties of Crawford, Fond du Lac, Grand Rapids in Portage, Sheboygan,&nbsp; Chippewa, LaPointe, and Richland.&nbsp;<ref name="Lainh" /><ref>Wisconsin Territory, Secretary, ''Wisconsin Territory Census for 1846'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1980. Microfilm of original records in the Wisconsin State Historical Society at Madison, Wisconsin.)[[{{Wisc1846}}]]</ref><ref name="ancestry1" />
|State, partial; gives name of head of household.  
|{{RecordSearch|2058670|FamilySearch}} - index & images, only covers 6 counties.
[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1055 Ancestry ($)] - index & images.
|-
|-
| align="left" | '''1842'''
|1875
| align="left" | &nbsp;Territory Census <ref name="Lainh" /><ref>''Wisconsin Territory Census for 1842'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1980. Microfilm of original records in the Wisconsin State Historical Society at Madison.) [[{{Wisc1842}}]]</ref><ref name="ancestry1" />
|State; gives name of head of household.
|{{RecordSearch|1443778|FamilySearch}} - index & images
[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1055 Ancestry ($)] - index & images.
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1838'''
|1885
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Territory Census Lost, except&nbsp;for the counties of Brown, Calumet, Crawford, Dodge, Fond&nbsp;du Lac, Green, &nbsp;Jefferson, Manitowoc, Marquette, Milwaukee, Portage, Sheboygan,&nbsp;and Washington.&nbsp;<ref name="Lainh" /><ref>''Wisconsin Territorial Census for 1838'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1980. Microfilm of original records in the Wisconsin State Historical Society at Madison.) [[{{Wisc1838}}]]</ref><ref name="ancestry1" />
|State; gives name of head of household.  
|{{RecordSearch|1443713|FamilySearch}} - index & images
[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1055 Ancestry ($)] - index & images.
|-
|-
| align="left" | '''1837'''
|1895
| align="left" | &nbsp;Territory Census <ref name="ancestry1" />
|State; gives name of head of household.
|{{RecordSearch|1443712|FamilySearch}} - index & images
[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1055 Ancestry ($)] - index & images.
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1836'''
|1905
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Territory Census <ref name="Lainh" /><ref>Wisconsin Territorial Census for 1836 (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1980. Microfilm or orginal records in the Wisconsin State Historical Society at Madison, Wisconsin.) [[{{Wisc1836}}]]</ref><ref>Reuben Gold Thwaites, The Territorial Census for 1836 (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1980. Article originally published in Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, v. 13 p. 247-170. Madison : State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1895) [[{{Thwaites1836}}]]</ref><ref>Reuben Gold Thwaites, [{{Thwaites1836Wisc}}] (Democrat Printing Company, State Printer : Madison, Wisconsin 1895)</ref><ref name="ancestry1" />
|State; gives names of all household members.  
|{{RecordSearch|1443899|FamilySearch}} - index & images
[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1055 Ancestry ($)] - index & images.
|-
|-
| align="left" | '''1834'''
| align="left" | &nbsp;Territory Census for, then known as, Crawford, Brown and Iowa Counties&nbsp;located in the far western part of&nbsp;Michigan Territory; now Wisconsin.<ref name="Barnett">LeRoy Barnett, "State Censuses of Michigan: A Tragedy of Lost Treasurers" and Appendices in ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1355643 Family Trails]'' [[{{BarnettL}}]] 6 no. 1 (Summer-Fall 1978): 3, 21. Original census at Michigan State Archives, Lansing. In 1834 Crawford County was part of Michigan Territory. Lists heads of house by name, and age categories for others.</ref><ref>Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&amp;amp;gsfn=&amp;amp;gsln=&amp;amp;sx=&amp;amp;f1=1834&amp;amp;f4=crawford&amp;amp;f7=&amp;amp;gskw=&amp;amp;prox=1&amp;amp;db=micen&amp;amp;ti=0&amp;amp;ti.si=0&amp;amp;gl=&amp;amp;gss=mp-micen&amp;amp;gst=&amp;amp;so=3 ''Michigan Census, 1827-70''] [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.</ref>
|}
|}


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== Other Census Images ==
 
=== Existing and lost censuses  ===
 
For a list of available and missing Wisconsin censuses, [[Wisconsin Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>
 
=== Why use a census?  ===
 
A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.
 
=== More about censuses  ===
 
[[United States Census|Click here]] for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:


:*[[United States Census Searching|index searching tips]]
:*[[United States Census Analyzing Census Data|analyzing and using what you find]]
:*[[United States Census Accuracy|census accuracy]]
:*[[United States Census Historical Background|historical background]]
:*[[United States Census#Contents_of_Federal_Censuses|contents of various census years and types]]


=== Sources and footnotes  ===
==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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Wisconsin was admitted to the Union as the 30th state on 29 May 1848. It was created from Wisconsin Territory. [1] Residents of Wisconsin can be found in every census from 1820 on. In 1820 and 1830, they will be listed under Michigan territory.

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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 United States Census Bureau.

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 US Territorial Census page.

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1855 State; gives name of head of household. FamilySearch - index & images

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1865 State, partial; gives name of head of household. FamilySearch - index & images, only covers 6 counties.

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1875 State; gives name of head of household. FamilySearch - index & images

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1885 State; gives name of head of household. FamilySearch - index & images

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1895 State; gives name of head of household. FamilySearch - index & images

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1905 State; gives names of all household members. FamilySearch - index & images

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Other Census Images[edit | edit source]

Why Use the Census?[edit | edit source]

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

Reference List[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "List of US States by Date of Admission," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_admission_to_the_Union, accessed 31 Oct 2016.
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