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== Colonial, Provincial, and Local Censuses == | == Colonial, Provincial, and Local Censuses == | ||
Colonial, provincial, and local governments also took censuses. Content varied by time period and by locality. Censuses taken in the 1600s under the French regime sometimes included much more family information than those taken in British North America in the early 1800s. (See research outlines of the provinces.)<br><br>Fifteen partial censuses of New France and nine of Acadia were taken between 1666 and 1754. Find microfilm numbers of Acadian censuses and book call numbers of published transcriptions in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:<br> | Colonial, provincial, and local governments also took censuses. Content varied by time period and by locality. Censuses taken in the 1600s under the French regime sometimes included much more family information than those taken in British North America in the early 1800s. (See research outlines of the provinces.)<br><br>Fifteen partial censuses of New France and nine of Acadia were taken between 1666 and 1754. Find microfilm numbers of Acadian censuses and book call numbers of published transcriptions in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:<br> | ||
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'''1861 New Brunswick Census'''--A free Internet index and images to the 1861 New Brunswick Census can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search Site. [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Guidance_1861_New_Brunswick_census For a description of this collection, see 1861 New Brunswick Census.] <br> | '''1861 New Brunswick Census'''--A free Internet index and images to the 1861 New Brunswick Census can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search Site. [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Guidance_1861_New_Brunswick_census For a description of this collection, see 1861 New Brunswick Census.] <br> | ||
'''1861 Prince Edward Island''' '''Census'''--A free Internet index and images to the 1861 Prince Edward Island Census can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search Site.[ | '''1861 Prince Edward Island''' '''Census'''--A free Internet index and images to the 1861 Prince Edward Island Census can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search Site. For a description of this collection see [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Prince_Edward_Island_Census_1861 1861 Prince Edward Island Census] | ||
== Where to Find Censuses == | == Where to Find Censuses == | ||