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===Population Schedules===
===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>
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>


New Jersey was the 3rd state to join the Union on December 18, 1787. New Jersey census records for the first four federal census--1790, 1800 (except for Cumberland County), 1810, and 1820--have not survived. Except for parts of Hudson County, the 1890 (11th census) records were destroyed in a fire at the National Archives in 1921.
New Jersey was the 3rd state to join the Union on December 18, 1787. "New Jersey census records for the first four federal census--1790, 1800 (except for Cumberland County), 1810, and 1820--have not survived. Except for parts of Hudson County, the 1890 (11th census) records were destroyed in a fire at the National Archives in 1921." <ref>Rutgers University Libraries, "New Jersey Genealogy: Census," https://libguides.rutgers.edu/c.php?g=337082&p=2268653, accessed 3 November 2021.</ref>


======'''United States Federal Censuses with Online Links'''======
======United States Federal Censuses with Online Links======
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=== Online Resources ===
===Non-Population Schedules for New Jersey===
 
Federal non-population schedules included such things mortality schedules, agriculture schedules, slave schedules, and manufacturing schedules.  
{{Census Online New Jersey}}
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*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3562 New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890], ($), index
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Year
*[[United States Census Online Genealogy Records|United States Online Census, 1790-1940]]
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
*{{RecordSearch|2469955|New Jersey, State Census, 1855}} — index and images
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;"| Links
*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61553 New Jersey, State Census, 1855], ($) index and images
*{{RecordSearch|2475024|New Jersey, State Census, 1865}} — images
*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61554 New Jersey, State Census, 1865] ($) index and images
*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61555 New Jersey, State Census, 1875] ($) index and images
*{{RecordSearch|1803972|New Jersey, State Census, 1885}} Index and Images.
*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61556 New Jersey, State Census, 1885] ($) index and images
*{{RecordSearch|1877095|United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890}} — index and images
*{{RecordSearch|2659407|New Jersey State Census, 1895}} — index and images
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1054 New Jersey, State Census, 1895], ($) index/images
*{{RecordSearch|1928107|New Jersey, State Census, 1905}} Index and Images.
*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61557 New Jersey, State Census, 1905] ($) index and images
*{{RecordSearch|2061544|New Jersey State Census, 1915}} — index and images
*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61558 New Jersey, State Census, 1915] ($) index and images
 
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|Veterans
*If at first you don't find a name, try again under [[Spelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada|another spelling]].
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8667/ Ancestry]  
*[[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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*For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[New Jersey Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].
 
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==== Microfilm images  ====
 
Copies of these censuses can be found in the following repositories: National Archives and all of its regional centers, Family History Library, New Jersey Historical Society, New Jersey State Archives, Newark Public Library, Rutgers University Library and the New Jersey State Library.
 
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| 1940 N/A
|1880
| {{FHL|638161|title-id|disp=1910 and Soundex}}
|Defective
| {{FHL|698911|title-id|disp=1870&nbsp;}}
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1634/ Ancestry]
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|-
| {{FHL|1037460|title-id|disp=1930}}
|1880
| {{FHL|638290|title-id|disp=1900 and Soundex}}
|Mortality
| {{FHL|705446|title-id|disp=1860}}
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
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|-
| {{FHL|576584|title-id|disp=1920&nbsp;and Soundex}}
|1870
| {{FHL|676494|title-id|disp=1880 and Soundex}}
|Mortality
| {{FHL|744490|title-id|disp=1850}}
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
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| <br>
|1860
| <br>
|Mortality
| <br>
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
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| 1940 N/A
|1850
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-08.html#new-jersey 1900 T623]and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-04.html#new-jersey Soundex T1060]
|Slave Owner
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-04.html#new-jersey 1860 M653]
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8055/ Ancestry]
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| [http://1930census.archives.gov/beginSearch.asp 1930 T626]
|1850
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-08.html 1890 fragments M407]&nbsp;and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-08.html#ic index M496]
|Mortality
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-03.html#new-jersey 1850 M432]
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
|-
|-
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-08.html#new-jersey 1920 T625]&nbsp;and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-04.html#new-jersey Soundex M1576]
|1840
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-07.html#new-jersey 1880 T9]&nbsp;and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-06.html#new-jersey Soundex T763]
|Pensioners
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1840 1840&nbsp;M704]&nbsp;
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7678/ Ancestry]
|-
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| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/part-03.html#new-jersey 1910 T624]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-05.html 1870 M593]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1830 1830 M19]
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==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
===Existing and Lost Censuses===
 
*[[New Jersey Censuses Existing and Lost|List of existing and lost federal censuses for New Jersey]]
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of New Jersey, [[New Jersey Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]


=== Federal non-population schedules  ===
==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>
==== Online indexes and images  ====
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="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Ancestry Home'''
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| '''1890'''
|1915
| width="20%" | Veterans
|State, all household members
| align="center" | 
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2061544 FamilySearch]
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at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61558/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| 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'''
|1905
| width="20%" | Defective
|State, all household members
| align="center" | -
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1928107 FamilySearch]
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at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61557/ Ancestry]
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| 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]
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| '''1880'''
|1895
| width="20%" | Mortality
|State, head of household
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1417683 Link]  
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2659407 FamilySearch]
| align="center" | -
at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1054/ Ancestry]
| 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'''
|1885
| Mortality
|State, head of household
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1438024 Link]  
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1803972 FamilySearch]
| align="center" | -
at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61556/ Ancestry]
| 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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| '''1860'''
|1875
| Mortality
|State (select counties), all household members
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1473181 Link]
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61555/ 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'''
|1865
| Slave owner
|State (select counties), all household members
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1401638 Link]  
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2475024 FamilySearch]
| align="center" | -
at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61554/ Ancestry]
| 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">HeritageQuest has slave owner schedule images only.</ref>
| 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]
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| '''1850'''
|1855
| Mortality
|State (select counties), mostly head of household
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1401638 Link]  
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2469955 FamilySearch]
| align="center" | -
at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61553/ Ancestry]
| 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
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1786457 Link]
| 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.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  ====
== Other Census Images ==
 
*United States. Census Office. ''11th Census, 1890''. Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. File Microcopies of Records in the National Archives, number 123. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1948. (Family History Library {{FHL|230777|title-id|disp=films 338200-202}}.)
*United States. Census Office. ''Census of New Jersey, 1850-1880''; Third Series (of Persons Who Died During the Years Ending 30 June 1850, 1 June 1860; 1 June 1870; 31 May 1880. Trenton, New Jersey: State Library of Archives and History, Department of Education, 1996. (Family History Library&nbsp;{{FHL|265451|title-id|disp=films 802952-55}}.) The 1880 schedules are for Atlantic to Hudson counties only.
 
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
 
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of New Jersey, [[New Jersey Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]].
 
=== State, territorial, and colonial censuses  ===


New Jersey often took censuses in the years between the federal censuses, the dates are listed below. State census records may have columns that were different or more unusual than those found on federal censuses. The responses and years of coverage may give additional information on the family.


The original records and microfilm copies of state censuses are at the New Jersey State Archives. Copies of the 1905 and 1915 censuses are also at the New Jersey Department of Health. The Newark Public Library, New Jersey State Library, Rutgers University Library, and Family History Library have microfilm copies of all New Jersey state censuses. State censuses were taken beginning in 1855. Some records are missing, as indicated below:
==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


*'''1885, 1895, 1905, 1915 -''' All counties are available.
== References ==
*'''1875''' - Only Essex, Hunterdon, Monmouth, and Sussex counties are available.
*'''1865 -''' Missing Cape May, Mercer, Morris, Ocean, Somerset, and Warren counties and incomplete for the others.
*'''1855''' - Missing Burlington, Cape May, Mercer, Middlesex, Ocean, and Salem counties and incomplete for the others.
*'''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 {{FHL|633634|title-id|disp=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  ===
<references />


For a list of available and missing New Jersey censuses, [[New Jersey 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}}


{{Place|New Jersey}} {{USCensus}} {{New Jersey|New Jersey}}  
{{Place|New Jersey}} {{USCensus}} {{New Jersey|New Jersey}}  


'''Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:'''
*[[New Jersey 1885 State Census - FamilySearch Historical Records]]
*[[New Jersey State Census, 1905 (Family Search Historical Records)|New Jersey State Census, 1905 (Family Search Historical Records)]]<br>


[[Category:New Jersey Census Records|Census]]
[[Category:New Jersey Census Records|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. Click here for more information about federal census records.

New Jersey was the 3rd state to join the Union on December 18, 1787. "New Jersey census records for the first four federal census--1790, 1800 (except for Cumberland County), 1810, and 1820--have not survived. Except for parts of Hudson County, the 1890 (11th census) records were destroyed in a fire at the National Archives in 1921." [1]

United States Federal Censuses with Online Links
1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840
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1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900
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NARA 		Release Date
April 1, 2032

Non-Population Schedules for New Jersey

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 Defective at Ancestry
1880 Mortality at Ancestry
1870 Mortality 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
1915 State, all household members at FamilySearch

at Ancestry

1905 State, all household members at FamilySearch

at Ancestry

1895 State, head of household at FamilySearch

at Ancestry

1885 State, head of household at FamilySearch

at Ancestry

1875 State (select counties), all household members at Ancestry
1865 State (select counties), all household members at FamilySearch

at Ancestry

1855 State (select counties), mostly head of household at FamilySearch

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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

References

  1. ↑ Rutgers University Libraries, "New Jersey Genealogy: Census," https://libguides.rutgers.edu/c.php?g=337082&p=2268653, accessed 3 November 2021.


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