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''[[United States|United States ]] >  [[United States Census|U.S. Census ]] >  [[West Virginia|West Virginia]]  >  [[West_Virginia_Census|Census]]''  
''[[United States|United States ]] >  [[United States Census|U.S. Census ]] >  [[West Virginia|West Virginia]]  >  [[West Virginia Census|Census]]''  


=== Existing and lost censuses  ===
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| valign="middle" | <center><font size="+1">'''Tips'''</font></center>
*If at first you don't find a name, try again under [[Spelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada|another spelling]].
*[[Copying Sources|Photocopy]] each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
*Look for an ancestor in '''''every''''' census during her or his lifetime.
*On the [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|family group record]] show&nbsp;each person's census listings.
*Study&nbsp;others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in [[Research a Family in Community Context|community context]].


For a list of available and missing West Virginia censuses, [[West Virginia Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>
<br>  


== Availability  ==
*For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[West Virginia Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].


Many federal census records are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal and state archives. The following are available:
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'''1810 (partial)–1860:''' West Virginia was part of Virginia.
=== Online West Virginia indexes and images  ===


'''1870 United States Census---'''A free internet index and images can be viewed on [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1438024 FamilySearch Record Pilot site]. This index includes the full name, age, sex, race, birthplace, occupation, month if born in census year, month if married in census year, birth place of father and mother, if born in a foreign country.
{{Census Online West Virginia}}


'''1880 United States Census'''– A Free Internet Index and Images to the US Census can be viewed on the [http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1417683 Family Search Record Pilot – Pilot Site.] This index includes an every name index to population schedules listing inhabitants. It includes the full name, race, sex, age, birth month (if born during the previous year), relationship to head of household, whether married, single or divorced, whether married during the previous year, country or state of birth of each person and his parent’s, occupation and street address and house number.
=== Federal population schedules ===


'''1890''' census&nbsp;was destroyed except for the 1890 Union veterans schedule. (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=230777&disp=Schedules+enumerating+Union+veterans+and++ 338268-69].)
==== Microfilm images  ====


'''1900 Federal Census''' - A free Internet index and images to the 1900 United States Census can be viewed on the&nbsp; [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start FamilySearch Record Search – Pilot Site<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1236863911171_679" />]. Important additions to this census are month and year of birth of each household member, number of years married for each married person, number of children born to each mother and the number of those still living, year of immigration, and number of years in the United States.
*


<br>
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====


'''Substitutes''' for missing censuses:  
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of West Virginia, [[West Virginia Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]


Most&nbsp;published substitutes are based on state censuses and tax lists. Each covers different counties. Most of present-day West Virginia is included in the second item, but both must be used for a complete search of West Virginia.
=== Federal non-population schedules  ===


*Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. ''Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. 1940''. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1966. (Family History Library&nbsp;[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=381662&disp=Virginia+tax+payers%2C+1782-87%2C+othe++ film 874197 item 4].) This includes areas of Augusta, Berkley, Hardy, and Montgomery counties in Virginia that later became part of West Virginia.
==== Online indexes and images  ====
*Heads of Families . . . Records of the State Enumerations: 1782 to 1785, Virginia. 1908. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Southern Book Company, 1952. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=329264&disp=Heads+of+families+at+the+first+census+of%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 975.5 X2us 1790; film 874193 item 4].)


For&nbsp;missing portions of the 1810 census use:  
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for West Virginia'''</font>
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| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually&nbsp;with&nbsp;library&nbsp;card)
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Year'''
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| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Census Bureau'''
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Google Book'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Heritage Quest'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry FHL'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry Library'''
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Ancestry Home'''
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| '''1890'''
| width="20%" | Veterans
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
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| '''1880'''
| width="20%" | Mortality
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
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| '''1870'''
| Mortality
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
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| '''1860'''
| Slave owner (part of Virginia)
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| align="center" | -
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| align="center" | [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/census/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bcensus%3B8457527%3B-1%3B8%3B18&searchtype=3&offset=1&locthreadid=4479091&hitcount=5479 Link]<ref name="HQSlave">HeritageQuest has slave owner schedule images only.</ref>
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=7668&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=7668&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=7668&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
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| '''1860'''
| Mortality (part of Virginia)
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
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| '''1850'''
| Slave owner (part of Virginia)
| align="center" | [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1420440;t=browsable;w=0 Link]
| align="center" | -
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| align="center" | [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/census/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bcensus%3B12159696%3B-1%3B7%3B18&searchtype=3&offset=1&locthreadid=8194799&hitcount=4245 Link]<ref name="HQSlave" />
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8055&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8055&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8055&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
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| '''1850'''
| Mortality (part of Virginia)
| align="center" | [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1420441 Link]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
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| '''1840'''
| Pensioners (part of Virginia)
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf BookLink]
| align="center" | [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ&dq=1840+census+pensioners&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=W0XUmfgahX&sig=WRyMIVwiePLwKmlxhbchJl1ZeeA&hl=en&ei=SJ0MSvSrBqOMtgf19I2FCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10#PPA61,M1 BookLink]
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]
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*&nbsp;Schreiner-Yantis, Netti. A Supplement to the 1810 Census of Virginia: Tax Lists of the Counties for Which the Census is Missing. Springfield, Virginia: Genealogical Books in Print, 1971. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=109831&disp=A+supplement+to+the+1810+census+of+Virgi%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 975.5 R4s].) This includes information from Cabell, Greenbrier, Hardy, and Tazewell counties (and 15 Virginia counties) that are missing from the 1810 census.
==== Microfilm images  ====


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== Historical Background ==
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book ====


== Indexes ==
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of West Virginia, [[West Virginia Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]].


'''Online Indexes'''
=== State and colonial censuses  ===


Censuses are digitized, indexed and online at these subscription websites:  
No record of a state or colonial census has been found.<ref name="Lainh">Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], no listing.</ref><ref name="Dubes">Henry J. Dubester, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37244714 State Censuses: An Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken After the Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States]'' (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948)[[{{Dubes}}]], 62.</ref>


[[Www.ancestry.com|www.ancestry.com]] ($$)<br>http://www.heritagequest.com/ <br>http://www.censusfinder.com/ <br>http://www.census-online.com/links/WV/ <br>
=== Existing and lost censuses ===
 
'''Book Indexes'''
 
'''1810–1870:''' Available at the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=350&subject_disp=West+Virginia&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library].
 
County-wide indexes are also available in published format for various years.<br>
 
'''Soundex Indexes'''
 
'''1880–1930:''' Available at the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=350&subject_disp=West+Virginia&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library].
 
== Special Censuses  ==
 
==== Mortality Schedules  ====
 
The Family History Library has mortality schedules on microfilm for 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. They are also at&nbsp;the Archives and History Library. The schedules for 1860 and 1870 are indexed.
 
[http://mortalityschedules.com/ Mortality Schedules 1850-1880]
 
== State Censuses ==
 
The only state census that includes West Virginia was taken by Virginia, 1782–1785:
 
*''Heads of Families . . . Records of the State Enumerations: 1782 to 1785, Virginia''. 1908. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Southern Book Company, 1952. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=329264&disp=Heads+of+families+at+the+first+census+of%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 975.5 X2us 1790; film 874193 item 4].)
 
This is&nbsp;supplemented by&nbsp;a tax list index:
 
*Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. ''Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau''. 1940. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1966. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1111104&disp=Virginia+tax+payers%2C+1782%2D1787%2C+ot%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 975.5 R4f] 1966; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=381662&disp=Virginia+tax+payers%2C+1782-87%2C+othe++ 874197 item 4].) This includes areas of Augusta, Berkley, Hardy, and Montgomery counties in Virginia that later became part of West Virginia
 
== Colonial&nbsp;Censuses  ==
 
West Virginia was part of the Commonwealth of [[Virginia Census|Virginia]] until the end of the Civil War.
 
&nbsp;


== Web Sites  ==
For a list of available and missing West Virginia censuses, [[West Virginia Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>


Ancestry:&nbsp; [http://www.ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.com]
=== Why use a census?  ===


Heritage Quest Online:&nbsp; [http://www.heritagequestonline.com http://www.heritagequestonline.com]
A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.  


Census Online:&nbsp; [http://www.census-online.com/links/WV/ http://www.census-online.com/links/WV/]
=== More about censuses  ===


Genealogy Today:&nbsp; [http://dir.genealogytoday.com/usa/wv/census.html http://dir.genealogytoday.com/usa/wv/census.html]
[[United States Census|Click here]] for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:  


Access Genealogy:&nbsp; [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/census/westvirginia.htm http://www.accessgenealogy.com/census/westvirginia.htm]  
:*[[United States Census Searching|index searching tips]]
:*[[United States Census Analyzing Census Data|analyzing and using what you find]]
:*[[United States Census Accuracy|census accuracy]]
:*[[United States Census Historical Background|historical background]]
:*[[United States Census#Contents_of_Federal_Censuses|contents of various census years and types]]


Mortality Schedules:&nbsp; [http://mortalityschedules.com/ http://mortalityschedules.com/]
=== Sources and footnotes  ===


== References  ==
{{reflist}}


''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=West_Virginia.ASP West Virginia Research Outline].'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.
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Tips
  • If at first you don't find a name, try again under another spelling.
  • Photocopy each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
  • Look for an ancestor in every census during her or his lifetime.
  • On the family group record show each person's census listings.
  • Study others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in community context.


  • For a list of the exact date of each federal census, click here.

Online West Virginia indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Template:Census Online West Virginia

Federal population schedules[edit | edit source]

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]

For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of West Virginia, click here

Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]

Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for West Virginia

Free Free at Some Libraries (usually with library card) Pay
Year Type Record Search Census Bureau Google Book Heritage Quest Ancestry FHL Ancestry Library Ancestry Home
1890 Veterans - - - - Link Link Link
1880 Mortality - - - - Link Link Link
1870 Mortality - - - - Link Link Link
1860 Slave owner (part of Virginia) - - - Link[1] Link Link Link
1860 Mortality (part of Virginia) - - - - Link Link Link
1850 Slave owner (part of Virginia) Link - - Link[1] Link Link Link
1850 Mortality (part of Virginia) Link - - - Link Link Link
1840 Pensioners (part of Virginia) - BookLink BookLink - Link Link Link

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]

For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of West Virginia, click here.

State and colonial censuses[edit | edit source]

No record of a state or colonial census has been found.[2][3]

Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]

For a list of available and missing West Virginia censuses, click here.

Why use a census?[edit | edit source]

A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.

More about censuses[edit | edit source]

Click here for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:

Sources and footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 HeritageQuest has slave owner schedule images only.
  2. ↑ Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[Template:Lainha]], no listing.
  3. ↑ Henry J. Dubester, State Censuses: An Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken After the Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948)[[Template:Dubes]], 62.
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