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)		31
Types of Census	State, Territory, and Colonial Census		30
Types of Census	Census Substitutes		29
Types of Census	Veteran Schedule 1890		25
Types of Census	Mortality Schedules		24
Types of Census	Native American Population schedules (1910)		17
Types of Census	Slave Schedules		18
Types of Census	Veteran Schedules (Including 1840)		19
Types of Census	Agricultural Schedules		16
Types of Census	Industrial Schedules		15
Types of Census	Defective Schedules (1880)		14
Types of Census	LDS Church Census		4
Types of Census	Native American Tribal Rolls (or Reservation)		3
Types of Census	School Census		2
Location/Availability	Ancestry		37
Location/Availability	Heritage Quest		36
Location/Availability	Record Search (FamilySearch)		38
Location/Availability	Steve Morse's Site		22
Location/Availability	Census Finder		23
Location/Availability	FHL Favorites		21
Location/Availability	NARA (Link to Catalog films)		33
Location/Availability	Use Search Engines to Find Statewide Census Record		34
Location/Availability	State Achives & Libraries		35
Location/Availability	US Genweb (Links to state recs, but especially county records		13
Location/Availability	Rootsweb		12
Location/Availability	Footnote.com		10
Location/Availability	Cyndi's LIst		20
Location/Availability	Check all book references in google books		9
Location/Availability	FHL Films (link to FHL Collection Entry)		32
Architecture or Style	Guidelines for footnotes and bibliography		42
Architecture or Style	Census Template for US		41
Architecture or Style	Census Template for States		40
Architecture or Style	Do One County Page example		8
Architecture or Style	Update Links (Maintenance)		7
Architecture or Style	FAQ's		6
Methodolgy	How to find the Person		39
Methodolgy	Content per census year		28
Methodolgy	How to use the information found 1790--1840 1850--present		27
Methodolgy	Abbreviations and terms in the census		26
Methodolgy	Ethnic Groups		5
Methodolgy	Periodicals (plus Eastman)		1

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.