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*'''1860 slave owners.''' Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=704564&disp=Delaware%2C+1860+federal+census+%3A+popu++ film 803100] <br>
*1890 and 1900 African Americans and Agriculture census. NARA, Prechtel-Kluskens, Claire, and U.S. Bureau of the Census ''List of selected African Americans from the 1890 and 1900 Federal population censuses of Delaware and related census publications; agriculture in the state of Delaware (1901) and Negroes in the United States (1904)''{{FHL|1211469|item}}
*'''1850 slave owners.''' Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=744473&disp=Delaware%2C+1850+federal+census+%3A+popu++ film 442884]
*1860 slave owners. Family History Library {{FHL|704564|item}}
*1850 slave owners. Family History Library {{FHL|744473|item}}
*1850-1880 Mortality census. {{FHL|451397|item}}
*1790 Reconstructed census. DeValinger, Leon ''Reconstructed 1790 census of Delaware'' {{FHL|45637|item}}


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

Revision as of 16:39, 12 October 2010

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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 Delaware indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Template:Census Online Delaware

Federal population schedules[edit | edit source]

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Federal Census Microfilms Available from the Family History Library
1940 N/A 1910  1870           
1930 1900 and Soundex 1860
1920 and Soundex 1880 and Soundex 1850
   


Federal Census Microfilms Available from the National Archives
1940 N/A 1910 T624 1870 M593         1840 M704 1810 M252
1930 T626 1900 T623  Soundex T1037 1860 M653 1830 M19 1800 M32
1920 T625  Soundex M1554 1880 T9  Soundex T741 1850 M432 1820 M33 1790 M637
     


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

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

Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]

Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Alaska

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
1880 Mortality - - - - Link Link Link
1870 Mortality - - - - Link Link Link
1860 Slave owner - - - Link[1] Link Link Link
1860 Mortality - - - - Link Link Link
1850 Slave owner Link - - Link[1] Link Link Link
1850 Mortality Link - - - Link Link Link
1840 Pensioners - BookLink BookLink - Link Link Link

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

  • 1890 and 1900 African Americans and Agriculture census. NARA, Prechtel-Kluskens, Claire, and U.S. Bureau of the Census List of selected African Americans from the 1890 and 1900 Federal population censuses of Delaware and related census publications; agriculture in the state of Delaware (1901) and Negroes in the United States (1904)FHL Collection
  • 1860 slave owners. Family History Library FHL Collection
  • 1850 slave owners. Family History Library FHL Collection
  • 1850-1880 Mortality census. FHL Collection
  • 1790 Reconstructed census. DeValinger, Leon Reconstructed 1790 census of Delaware FHL Collection

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

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

State, territorial, and colonial censuses[edit | edit source]

  • 1782 Population schedules for these "hundreds" (townships): Branywine, Christiana, St. George's, Duck Creek, Little Creek, and Lewes Town.[2] The state census has been reconstructed for the rest of the state from tax lists.
  • 1693 A special census was taken of Swedes who were associated with the Swedish Lutheran Church and who were living in Pennsylvania, Delaware, west New Jersey, and Cecil County, Maryland. The census and an index to it are in Craig, Peter Stebbins. The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware. Winter Park, Florida: SAG Publications, 1993. (Family History Library book 973 X4c.)
  • 1671 New Castle County, Delaware; Philadelphia and Delaware counties in Pennsylvania; and Burlington County, New Jersey.[3]

Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]

For a list of available and missing Delaware 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)[[FS Catalog book 973 X2Lai ]], 29.
  3. Peter Stebbins Craig, 1671 Census of the Delaware (Philadelphia, Pa.: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1999)[FHL Book 974 X2c 1671].


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