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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]].


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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>
Delaware was one of the 13 original colonies and can be found in all the Federal Censuses.


*For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[Delaware Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].
======United States Federal Censuses with Online Links======
 
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! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| 1790
=== Online Delaware indexes and images  ===
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| 1800
 
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| 1810
{{Census Online Delaware}}
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| 1820
 
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| 1830
=== Federal population schedules  ===
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==== Microfilm images  ====
|Census Substitute:<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3539/ 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]
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
|{{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]
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Delaware, [[Delaware Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]  
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|1850
=== Federal non-population schedules  ===
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|1860
 
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|1870
==== Online indexes and images  ====
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|1880
 
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|1890
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Delaware'''</font>
|{{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]
|style="vertical-align:top"|Census Lost
|{{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%"|1910
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free'''
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|1920
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free at Some Libraries '''(usually&nbsp;with&nbsp;library&nbsp;card)
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|1930
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Pay'''
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|1940
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|1950
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|1960
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Year'''
|{{RecordSearch|1727033|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7884/ Ancestry.com]
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" width="10%" | '''Type'''
|{{RecordSearch|1488411|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6061/ Ancestry.com]
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Record Search'''
|{{RecordSearch|1810731|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6224/ Ancestry.com]
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Evendon'''
|{{RecordSearch|2000219|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2442/ Ancestry.com]
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Google Book'''
|{{RecordSearch|4464515|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2442/ Ancestry.com]<br> [https://1950census.archives.gov/search/ NARA] 
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Heritage Quest'''
|Release Date <br> April 1, 2032
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry FHL'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry Library'''
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Ancestry Home'''
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| '''1880'''
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| width="20%" | Mortality
 
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===Non-Population Schedules for Delaware===
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Federal non-population schedules included such things mortality schedules, agriculture schedules, slave schedules, and manufacturing schedules.
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{| class="wikitable" width= flexible style="display: inline-table;"
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
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|-
| '''1870'''
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Year
| Mortality
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
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! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;"| Links
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
|-
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| '''1860'''
|1840
| Slave owner
|Pensioners
| align="center" | -
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7678/ Ancestry] ($) — index and images
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/census/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bcensus%3B8457527%3B-1%3B8%3B18&searchtype=3&offset=1&locthreadid=4479091&hitcount=5479 Link]<ref name="HQSlave">HeritageQuest has slave owner schedule images only.</ref>
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=7668&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=7668&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=7668&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
|-
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| '''1860'''
|1850
| Mortality  
|Mortality
| align="center" | -
|{{RecordSearch|1420441|FamilySearch}} — index and images
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
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| '''1850'''
|1850
| Slave owner
|Slave
| align="center" | [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1420440;t=browsable;w=0 Link]
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8055/ Ancestry] ($) — index and images
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/census/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bcensus%3B12159696%3B-1%3B7%3B18&searchtype=3&offset=1&locthreadid=8194799&hitcount=4245 Link]<ref name="HQSlave" />
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8055&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8055&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8055&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
|-
|-
| '''1850'''
|1860
| Mortality
|Slave
| align="center" | [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1420441 Link]
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7668/ Ancestry] ($) — index and images
| 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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| '''1840'''
| Pensioners
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| align="center" | [http://www.evendon.net/PGHLookups/Census1840M.htm 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  ====
===Existing and Lost Censuses===
*1790 Census was lost for Delaware. Use [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3539/ tax records] as a substitute.
*1890 Census was lost for Delaware.
*[[Delaware Censuses Existing and Lost|List of existing and lost federal censuses for Delaware]]


*'''1860 slave owners.''' Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=704564&disp=Delaware%2C+1860+federal+census+%3A+popu++ film 803100] <br>
==Online State and Territorial Censuses==
*'''1850 slave owners.''' Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=744473&disp=Delaware%2C+1850+federal+census+%3A+popu++ film 442884]
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>
{| class="wikitable" width= flexible="display: inline-table;"
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! 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
|-
|Various
|Delaware, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3539/ Ancestry] ($) — index and images
|-
|}


==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
== Other Census Images ==
 
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For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Delaware, [[Delaware Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]].
|-
 
|}
=== State, territorial, and colonial censuses  ===
 
*'''1782''' Population schedules for these [http://delgensoc.org/delhund.html "hundreds"] (townships): Branywine, Christiana, St. George's, Duck Creek, Little Creek, and Lewes Town.<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[FHL book 973 X2Lai], 29.</ref> The state census has been reconstructed for the rest of the state from tax lists.
*'''1693''' A special census was taken of Swedes who were associated with the Swedish Lutheran Church and who were living in Pennsylvania, Delaware, west New Jersey, and Cecil County, Maryland. The census and an index to it are in Craig, Peter Stebbins. ''The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware''. Winter Park, Florida: SAG Publications, 1993. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=633634&disp=The+1693+census+of+the+Swedes+on+the+Del%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 973 X4c].) <br>
*'''1671''' New Castle County, Delaware; Philadelphia and Delaware counties in Pennsylvania; 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 Delaware censuses, [[Delaware 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  ===


{{reflist}}
==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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Online Federal Censuses

Population Schedules

Starting in 1790, federal population schedules were taken every 10 years in the United States. Click here for more information about federal census records.

Delaware was one of the 13 original colonies and can be found in all the Federal Censuses.

United States Federal Censuses with Online Links
1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840
Census Substitute:
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1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960
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Ancestry.com
NARA 		Release Date
April 1, 2032

Non-Population Schedules for Delaware

Federal non-population schedules included such things mortality schedules, agriculture schedules, slave schedules, and manufacturing schedules.

Year Type of Census Links
1840 Pensioners Ancestry ($) — index and images
1850 Mortality FamilySearch — index and images
1850 Slave Ancestry ($) — index and images
1860 Slave Ancestry ($) — index and images

Existing and Lost Censuses

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 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.

Year Type of Census Links
Various Delaware, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 Ancestry ($) — index and images

Other Census Images

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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