FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject U.S. Census

This project centers around rewriting the U.S. census page and all the state census pages, such as Pennsylvania Census. The project is being run by Diltsgd. Ritcheymt is also assisting with scoping the project, defining sub-tasks, and recruiting volunteers.

Task Tracker

Requirement (AKA story)	Task	Task in progress Diltsgd	Task in progress Hardestypn	Task in progress Hendricksonp	Task in progress Kirkbe	Task in progress Pipkin	Task in progress Ritcheymt	Hrs. est.	Hrs. left	Task  complete	Story  complete

Requirement Backlog

Category	Requirement (AKA story)	Priority by Diltsgd	Priority by Hardestypn	Priority by Hendricksonp	Priority by Kirkbe	Priority by Pipkin	Priority by Ritcheymt
Types of Census	Federal Census (pop. Schedule)
Types of Census	State, Territory, and Colonial Census
Types of Census	Census Substitutes
Types of Census	Veteran Schedule 1890
Types of Census	Mortality Schedules
Types of Census	Native American Population schedules (1910)
Types of Census	Slave Schedules
Types of Census	Veteran Schedules (Including 1840)
Types of Census	Agricultural Schedules
Types of Census	Industrial Schedules
Types of Census	Defective Schedules (1880)
Types of Census	LDS Church Census
Types of Census	Native American Tribal Rolls (or Reservation)
Types of Census	School Census
Location/Availability	Ancestry
Location/Availability	Heritage Quest
Location/Availability	Record Search (FamilySearch)
Location/Availability	Steve Morse's Site
Location/Availability	Census Finder
Location/Availability	FHL Favorites
Location/Availability	NARA (Link to Catalog films)
Location/Availability	Uss Search Engines to Find Statewide Census Record
Location/Availability	State Achives & Libraries
Location/Availability	US Genweb (Links to state recs, but especially county records
Location/Availability	Rootsweb
Location/Availability	Footnote.com
Location/Availability	Cyndi's LIst
Location/Availability	Check all book references in google books
Location/Availability	FHL Films (link to FHL Collection Entry)
Architecture of Style	Guidelines for footnotes and bibliography
Architecture of Style	Census Template for US
Architecture of Style	Census Template for States
Architecture of Style	Do One County Page example
Architecture of Style	Update Links (Maintenance)
Architecture of Style	FAQ's
Methodolgy	How to find the Person
Methodolgy	Content per census year
Methodolgy	How to use the information found 1790--1840 1850--present
Methodolgy	Abbreviations and terms in the census
Methodolgy	Ethnic Groups
Methodolgy	Periodicals (plus Eastman)

Related pages 

FamilySearch Wiki:Sources of Information for a United States Record Type Article

Family History Library (FHL); now called, FamilySearch Library (FSL)

National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C.