Virginia Census: Difference between revisions

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*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.  

*Study 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]].

*For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[Virginia Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].

==== Online indexes and images  ====

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| '''1890'''  

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

Virginia took censuses in the years before the first federal census was taken. 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.  

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| align="left" | No statewide&nbsp;state census was taken, but many county censuses were taken at different years from 1782 to 1786.<ref name="Lainh">Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 107-108.</ref><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.</ref>

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| align="left" | '''1785'''  

| align="left" | Counties of Albermarle, Amelia, Amherst, Fairfax, Greenbrier, Halifax, Harrison, Lancaster, New Kent, Norfolk, Orange, Pittsylvania, Prince Edward, Princess Anne, Shenandoah,&nbsp;and Stafford.<ref name="Lainh">Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 107-108.</ref>

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| align="left" | '''1783'''  

| align="left" | Counties of Amherst, Chesterfield, Essex, Gloucester, Greenbrier, Greensville, Lancaster, Middlesex, Nansemond, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Princess Anne, Richmond, and Shenandoah.<ref name="Lainh">Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 107-108.</ref>

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