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==== Church Censuses ====

The LDS Church took censuses to track members and Church growth throughout the world. The first Church wide census was taken in 1914. Beginning in 1920, the Church took a census every five years until 1960, except 1945. Film numbers for these census returns are:  

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ''Church Census Records, 1914–1960''. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1962. (On 651 Family History Library films starting with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=126146&disp=Church+census+records%2C+1914-1960+%5B++ 025708].) Arranged alphabetically by the name of the head of the household. The five censuses for 1914 to 1935 were combined and microfilmed. There is a supplement for census cards that were returned late. The 1940 census was filmed separately with two supplemental films. The 1950, 1955, and 1960 censuses were filmed together.  

Information in a Church census is recorded on a family card. Each family member has their gender, age, priesthood office, marital status and the ward/branch, stake/mission where they lived listed. Not every Church unit participated. The years covered are:  

'''1914:''' This census shows the geographical regions where each person was born; the family’s address; the name of the ward or branch, stake, or mission the person attended; and date of the census. <br>'''1920:''' This census added the maiden name of married women, year of birth of each person, and the Church auxiliaries each person attended. <br>'''1925:''' The complete birth date is included. The columns for auxiliaries are deleted. <br>'''1930:''' This census adds the exact place of birth. Cards for the Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and parts of Maryland also provide the baptism date, the name of the person who performed the baptism, and place of baptism. '''1935:''' This census adds&nbsp;a previous ward or branch where a family attended. <br>'''1940:''' This census adds the family’s previous street address, and the date when the family moved to their present address. <br>'''1945:''' No Church census was taken because of World War II. <br>'''1950, 1955, and 1960:''' These censuses show the same information as the 1940 census.&nbsp;&nbsp;