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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>
Maryland was the seventh state admitted to the United States on April 28, 1788. It was included on the 1790 Census.
======United States Federal Censuses with Online Links======
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1790|1790]]
| valign="middle" | <center><font size="+1">'''Tips'''</font></center>
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1800|1800]]
*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 1810|1810]]
*[[Copying Sources|Photocopy]] each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1820|1820]]
*Look for an ancestor in '''''every''''' census during her or his lifetime.  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1830|1830]]
*On the [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|family group record]] show&nbsp;each person's census listings.  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1840|1840]]
*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, [[Maryland Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].
 
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=== Online Maryland indexes and images  ===
 
{{Census Online Maryland}}
 
=== Federal population schedules  ===
 
==== Microfilm images  ====
 
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| 1940 N/A
|{{RecordSearch|1803959|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5058/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/part-03.html#maryland 1910 T624]  
|{{RecordSearch|1804228|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7590/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-05.html#maryland 1870 M593]  
|{{RecordSearch|1803765|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7613/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1840 1840 M704]  
|{{RecordSearch|1803955|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7734/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1810 1810 M252]
|{{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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| [http://1930census.archives.gov/stateSearch.asp 1930 T626]  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1850|1850]]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-07.html#maryland 1900 T623] and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-03.html#maryland Soundex T1050]  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1860|1860]]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-04.html#maryland 1860 M654]  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1870|1870]]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1830 1830 M19]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1880|1880]]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1800 1800 M32]
!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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| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-08.html#maryland 1920 T625] and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-03.html#maryland Soundex M1566]  
|{{RecordSearch|1401638|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-07.html#maryland 1880&nbsp;T9]&nbsp;&nbsp;and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-06.html#maryland Soundex T753]  
|{{RecordSearch|1473181|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-03.html#maryland 1850 M432]  
|{{RecordSearch|1438024|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1820 1820 M33]  
|{{RecordSearch|1417683|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1790 1790 M637]
|{{RecordSearch|1610551|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5445/ Ancestry.com]
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|{{RecordSearch|1325221|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/ Ancestry.com]
 
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==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
 
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Maryland, [[Maryland Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]
 
=== 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 Maryland'''</font>
!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|4464515|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2442/ Ancestry.com]<br> [https://1950census.archives.gov/search/ NARA] 
|Release Date <br> April 1, 2032
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Year'''
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" width="10%" | '''Type'''
 
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Record Search'''
===Non-Population Schedules for Maryland===
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Census Bureau'''
Federal non-population schedules included such things mortality schedules, agriculture schedules, slave schedules, and manufacturing schedules.
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Google Book'''
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| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry FHL'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry Library'''
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Ancestry Home'''
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| '''1890'''
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Year
| width="20%" | Veterans
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
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| '''1880'''
|1890
| width="20%" | Mortality
|Veterans
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|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8667/ at Ancestry] ($)
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| '''1870'''
|1880
| Mortality  
|Mortality
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|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ at Ancestry] ($)
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| align="center" | -
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
|-
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| '''1860'''
|1870
| Slave owner
|Mortality
| align="center" | -
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ at Ancestry] ($)
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/census/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bcensus%3B8457527%3B-1%3B8%3B18&searchtype=3&offset=1&locthreadid=4479091&hitcount=5479 Link]<ref name="HQSlave">HeritageQuest has slave owner schedule images only.</ref>
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=7668&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
|-
|-
| '''1860'''
|1860
| Mortality
|Slave Owner
| align="center" | -
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7668/ at Ancestry] ($)
| 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'''
|1860
| Slave owner
|Mortality
| align="center" | [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1420440;t=browsable;w=0 Link]
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ at Ancestry] ($)
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/census/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bcensus%3B12159696%3B-1%3B7%3B18&searchtype=3&offset=1&locthreadid=8194799&hitcount=4245 Link]<ref name="HQSlave" />
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8055&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
|-
|-
| '''1850'''
|1850
| Mortality
|Slave Owner
| align="center" | [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1420441 Link]
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8055/ at Ancestry] ($)
| align="center" | -
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
|-
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| '''1840'''
|1850
| Pensioners
|Mortality
| align="center" | -
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ at Ancestry] ($)
| 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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==== Microfilm images  ====
 
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" align="center" width="745" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
|+ '''Family History Library Federal Census Non-Population Schedule Microfilms for Maryland'''
|-
|-
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?first=7&display=titlefilmnotes&titleno=230777&disp=Schedules%2525252525252Benumerating%2525252525252BUnion%2525252525252Bveterans%2525252525252Band%2525252525252B%2525252525252B&last=106&columns=*%2C0%2C0 1890 Veteran]  
|1840
| 1870 Mortality
|Pensioners
| 1860 Slave owner
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7678/ at Ancestry] ($)
| 1850&nbsp;Slave owner&nbsp;
| 1840&nbsp;Pensioners
|-
|-
| 1880 Mortality
| 1870&nbsp;Agricultural
| 1860 Mortality
| 1850 Mortality
| <br>1820 Manufacturers
|-
| 1880&nbsp;Agricultural
| 1870&nbsp;Industrial
| 1860 Agricultural
| 1850 Agricultural
| <br>
|-
| 1880 Industrial
| 1870 Social Statistics
| 1860 Industrial
| 1850 Industrial
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|-
| 1880 Defective
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| 1860 Social Statistics
| 1850 Social Statistics
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<br>
===Existing and Lost Censuses===
*[[Maryland Censuses Existing and Lost|List of existing and lost federal censuses for Maryland]]


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==Online State and Territorial Censuses==
|+ '''National Archives Federal Census Non-Population Schedule Microfilms for Maryland'''
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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| 1890 Veteran
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Year
| 1860 Slave owner
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
| 1860 Industrial
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;"| Links
| 1850 Agricultural
| 1820 Manufactuer
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|-
| 1880 Mortality
|1776
| 1860 Mortality
|Colonial, head of household and some household members
| 1850 Slave owner
|[http://guide.msa.maryland.gov/pages/series.aspx?action=viewseries&id=s1419 at Maryland State Archives]
| 1850 Industrial
[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4247/ at Ancestry] ($)
| <br>
|-
|-
| 1870 Mortality
| 1860 Agricultural
| 1850 Mortality
| 1840 Pensioner
| <br>
|}
|}


<br>
== Other Census Images ==
 
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====


For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Maryland, [[Maryland Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]].


=== State and colonial censuses  ===
==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:
Maryland made in '''1778''' a list of citizens who had taken an oath of fidelity which list is sometimes called a census.
*Name of each person in the family at the time the census was taken
 
*Street or Avenue, or number Rural Free Delivery
Maryland took a census in '''1776''':
*Sex
 
*Age
*Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11019085&referer=brief_results Maryland Records, Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church from Original Sources]'', 2 vols. (1915-1928; reprint, Baltimore:Genealogical Publ.,&nbsp;1975) [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=444406&disp=Maryland+records++ FHL book&nbsp;975.2 D29b; fiche&nbsp;6046943]]
*Color
*Bettie Stirling Carothers, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13665718&referer=brief_results ''1776 Census of Maryland'' ](Lutherville, Md.: B.S. Carothers, 1972) [[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=253505&disp=1776+census+of+Maryland%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL book&nbsp;975.2 X2p 1776; film&nbsp;928227 Item 2]]
*Nativity
 
*Place of birth of this person
An '''online index to both '''is found in&nbsp; [http://guide.mdsa.net/series.cfm?action=viewSeries&ID=S1419 MARYLAND INDEXES (Census Index) 1776-1778 [MSA S1419]].
*Place of birth of Father of this person
 
*Place of birth of Mother of this person
=== Existing and lost censuses  ===
*Period of Residence
 
*How long a resident of this State (years and months)
For a list of available and missing Maryland censuses, [[Maryland Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>
*How long a resident of this enumeration district (years and months)
 
*Regular occupation
=== Why use a census?  ===
*Military service
 
{{Template:Pros-MD}}
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  ===
=== More about censuses  ===
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:*[[United States Census#Contents_of_Federal_Censuses|contents of various census years and types]]
:*[[United States Census#Contents_of_Federal_Censuses|contents of various census years and types]]


=== Sources and footnotes  ===
{{reflist}}


{{Place|Maryland}} {{stub}}  
{{USCensus}}  


[[Category:Maryland|Census]]
[[Category:Maryland Census Records]]

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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.

Maryland was the seventh state admitted to the United States on April 28, 1788. It was included on the 1790 Census.

United States Federal Censuses with Online Links
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Non-Population Schedules for Maryland

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

Year Type of Census Links
1890 Veterans at Ancestry ($)
1880 Mortality at Ancestry ($)
1870 Mortality at Ancestry ($)
1860 Slave Owner at Ancestry ($)
1860 Mortality at Ancestry ($)
1850 Slave Owner at Ancestry ($)
1850 Mortality at Ancestry ($)
1840 Pensioners at Ancestry ($)

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
1776 Colonial, head of household and some household members at Maryland State Archives

at Ancestry ($)

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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