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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[United States Census|U.S. Census ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[District of Columbia|District of Columbia]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[District_of_Columbia_Census|Census]]''
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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>
 
======United States Federal Censuses with Online Links======
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1790|1790 (a part of Maryland)]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1800|1800]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1810|1810]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1820|1820]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1830|1830]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1840|1840]]
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|{{RecordSearch|1803959|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5058/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1804228|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7590/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1803765|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7613/ Ancestry.com]
|{{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]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1860|1860]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1870|1870]]
!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]
|{{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]
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1910|1910]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1920|1920]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1930|1930]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1940|1940]]
!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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|{{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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| 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, [[District of Columbia Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].
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=== Online District of Columbia indexes and images  ===
===Non-Population Schedules for District of Columbia===
 
Federal non-population schedules included such things mortality schedules, agriculture schedules, slave schedules, and manufacturing schedules.
{{Census Online District of Columbia}}
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=== Federal population schedules ===
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Year
 
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
==== Microfilm images  ====
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;"| Links
 
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|1890
 
|Veterans
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
| at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8667/ Ancestry]
 
|-
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of District of Columbia, [[District of Columbia Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]  
|1880
 
|Defective
=== Federal non-population schedules  ===
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1634/ Ancestry]
 
|-
==== Online indexes and images  ====
|1880
 
|Mortality
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="77%" align="center" border="1"
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
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|1880
|Industry
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
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|1880
|Agriculture
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
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|1870
|Mortality
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
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|1870
|Industry
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
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|1870
|Agriculture
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
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|1860
|Slave owner
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7668/ Ancestry]
|-
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| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for the&nbsp;District&nbsp;of&nbsp;Columbia'''</font>
|1860
|Mortality
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="2" | <br>
|1860
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|Industry
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| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Year'''
|1860
| align="center" width="10%" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Type'''
|Agriculture
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Record Search'''
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Census Bureau'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Google Book'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Heritage Quest'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Ancestry FHL'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Ancestry Library'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Ancestry Home'''
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| '''1880'''
|1850
| width="20%" | Mortality
|Social Statistics
| align="center" | -
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
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| '''1870'''
|1850
| Mortality
|Slave owner
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| '''1860'''
|1850
| Slave owner
|Mortality
| align="center" | -
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/census/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bcensus%3B8457527%3B-1%3B8%3B18&searchtype=3&offset=1&locthreadid=4479091&hitcount=5479 Link]<ref name="HQSlave">HeritageQuest has slave owner schedule images only.</ref>
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| '''1860'''
|1850
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|Industry
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| '''1850'''
|1850
| Slave owner
|Agriculture
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|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
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| '''1850'''
|1840
| Mortality
|Pensioners
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| '''1840'''
| Pensioners
| 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]
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]
|}
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==== Microfilm images  ====
*'''1890 D.C. veterans schedules for military forts, prisons, posts, etc.''' This does '''not''' include veterans living off their post among the civilians of D.C. whose schedules were destroyed. The veterans military posts schedule for 1890 (FHL [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=230777&disp=Schedules+enumerating+Union+veterans+and++ film 0338277]).
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of District of Columbia, [[District of Columbia Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]].
=== Federal district and colonial censuses  ===
*'''1919''' police census<ref name="GFRNA">"351.5 Records of the Metropolitan [D.C.] Police 1851-1970" in ''Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States'' (web version based on a paper version with the same title compiled by Robert B. Matchette ''et. al.'' in 1995) at http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/351.html#351.5 (accessed 12 January 2010).</ref><ref name="GenToday">"Colonial, Territorial, and State Census Records" in ''Genealogy Today" at http://www.genealogytoday.com/genealogy/enoch/census.html (accessed 12 January 2010).</ref><ref name="CBoyd">"State Censuses" in ''Clan Boyd Society International'' at http://clanboyd.info/research/stcensus/ (accessed 12 January 2010), says this census is available at the Maryland State Archives.</ref>
*'''1915''' police census<ref name="GFRNA" /><ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" />
*'''1913''' police census<ref name="GFRNA" /><ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" />
*'''1912''' police census<ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" />
*'''1905-1909''' police census<ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" />
*'''1897''' police census<ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" />
*'''1888''' police census<ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" />
*'''1885''' police census<ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" />
*'''1878''' District census<ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" />
*'''1867''' District census<ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" />
*'''1818''' District census<ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" />
*'''1807''' District census<ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" />
*'''1803''' District census<ref name="GenToday" /><ref name="CBoyd" />
*'''1798''' District census<ref name="GenToday" />


=== Existing and lost censuses  ===
=== Existing and lost censuses  ===


For a list of available and missing District of Columbia censuses, [[District of Columbia Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>
For a list of available and missing District of Columbia censuses, [[District of Columbia Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>  


=== Why use a census? ===
== Online Federal District and Colonial Censuses ==


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.  
In addition to the federal censuses, district censuses were taken beginning in 1803. Those for 1803, 1807, and 1818 have little information, but those for 1867 and 1878 are quite detailed. They provide name, age, sex, marital status, color, length of residence, occupation, and nativity of parents. These are at the Maryland State Archives. Police censuses were also taken in 1885, 1894, 1897, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1915, 1917, 1919, and 1925 (the 1925 census is missing). These are similar in content to the 1820 federal census and were published in the Annual Reports of the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, which are available at the National Archives.


=== More about censuses  ===
*'''1919''' Police Census
*'''1915''' Police Census
*'''1913''' Police Census
*'''1912''' Police Census
*'''1905-1909''' Police Census
*'''1897''' Police Census
*'''1888''' Police Census
*'''1885''' Police Census
*'''1878''' District Census
*'''1867''' District Census
*'''1818''' District Census
*'''1807''' District Census
*'''1803''' District Census
*'''1798''' District Census


[[United States Census|Click here]] for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:
==Other Census Images==
*'''1890 D.C. veterans schedules for military forts, prisons, posts, etc.''' This does '''not''' include veterans living off their post among the civilians of D.C. whose schedules were destroyed. The veterans military posts schedule for 1890 (FS Library {{FSC|230777|title-id|disp=film 0338277}}).


:*[[United States Census Searching|index searching tips]]
==Why Use the Census?==
:*[[United States Census Analyzing Census Data|analyzing and using what you find]]
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:  
:*[[United States Census Accuracy|census accuracy]]
*Name of each person in the family at the time the census was taken
:*[[United States Census Historical Background|historical background]]
*Street or Avenue, or number Rural Free Delivery
:*[[United States Census#Contents_of_Federal_Censuses|contents of various census years and types]]
*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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