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'''1930''' -- Population Schedules | '''1930''' -- Population Schedules | ||
<br> | === History<br> === | ||
'''1847 '''-- First white settlers arrived in Utah and settled in Salt Lake Valley. They called the area of present day Utah and parts of many surrounding states Deseret. | |||
'''1850-1896 '''-- Territorial Period. Each time the people of Deseret applied for statehood a census was taken. Deseret became a territory in 1850 and gained statehood in 1896. Censuses were taken 1850 (1851),1856, 1862, 1872, 1882, 1887, and 1894. Deseret was carved up as other western states were formed until 1896 when the state bacame Utah and reached its present size. | '''1850-1896 '''-- Territorial Period. Each time the people of Deseret applied for statehood a census was taken. Deseret became a territory in 1850 and gained statehood in 1896. Censuses were taken 1850 (1851),1856, 1862, 1872, 1882, 1887, and 1894. Deseret was carved up as other western states were formed until 1896 when the state bacame Utah and reached its present size. | ||
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'''1850, 1860, and 1870 '''-- Statewide surname indexes; represent every household in Utah. For most families, they index only the first person listed in each household, who was usually the father or head of the house. Many families had relatives or friends with a different surname living with them when the census was taken. In those cases, the first person of each surname in the household is included in the index. They are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: UTAH - CENSUS - [YEAR] - INDEXES | '''1850, 1860, and 1870 '''-- Statewide surname indexes; represent every household in Utah. For most families, they index only the first person listed in each household, who was usually the father or head of the house. Many families had relatives or friends with a different surname living with them when the census was taken. In those cases, the first person of each surname in the household is included in the index. They are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: UTAH - CENSUS - [YEAR] - INDEXES | ||
==== '''Enumeration Districts''' ==== | ==== '''Enumeration Districts''' ==== | ||
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*''Registry of Names of Persons Residing in the Various Wards as a Bishop's Report, 1852-1853''. Unpublished typescript. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=176669&disp=Registry+of+names+of+persons+residing+in%20%20&columns=*,0,0 979.2 K2r; film 823831 item 1; film 430074 ].) Names of heads of households are listed alphabetically within each LDS Ward. | *''Registry of Names of Persons Residing in the Various Wards as a Bishop's Report, 1852-1853''. Unpublished typescript. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=176669&disp=Registry+of+names+of+persons+residing+in%20%20&columns=*,0,0 979.2 K2r; film 823831 item 1; film 430074 ].) Names of heads of households are listed alphabetically within each LDS Ward. | ||
==== | ==== '''Mortality Schedules''' ==== | ||
'''1850 United States Census Mortality Schedules'''—A free Internet index and images to the 1850 United States Census Mortality Schedules can be viewed on the [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1420441 FamilySearch Record Search - Pilot Site]. Mortality schedules provided nationwide death statistics for the twelve months prior to the 1850 census. Key genealogical facts found on the 1850 mortality schedule are: Name, age, sex, color, married or widowed, birthplace, month of death, occupation, cause of death. | |||
'''<span id="1216241928355S" style="display: none">1850-1880 -- </span>'''Mortality schedules list persons who died during the 12 months before the 1850-1880 federal censuses were taken. In addition to providing the same information about the deceased person that census schedules provide for the living, mortality schedules also state the death month and cause of death and the number of days ill. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 schedules and the indexes for all four schedules. | '''<span id="1216241928355S" style="display: none">1850-1880 -- </span>'''Mortality schedules list persons who died during the 12 months before the 1850-1880 federal censuses were taken. In addition to providing the same information about the deceased person that census schedules provide for the living, mortality schedules also state the death month and cause of death and the number of days ill. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 schedules and the indexes for all four schedules. | ||
[http://mortalityschedules.com/ Mortality Schedules 1870] for Utah | [http://mortalityschedules.com/ Mortality Schedules 1870] for Utah | ||
'''1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 '''-- Some of the statewide indexes mentioned previously are combined into composite master indexes of several census years, states, and census types. See: | |||
FamilyFinder™ Index and Viewer. Version 4.0. Family Tree Maker Archives, index. [Novato, California]: Brøderbund Software, 1997. (Family History Llibrary compact disc no. 9 1997 index.) Does not circulate to Family History Centers. It is a single composite index to Utah 1850 and 1860 federal censuses and the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 mortality schedules. | |||
==== '''Slave Schedules<br>''' ==== | ==== '''Slave Schedules<br>''' ==== | ||