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| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Washington'''</font>
| bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="11" align="center" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Washington'''</font>
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| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Free'''  
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Pay'''
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Pay'''
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| width="4%" bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Year'''  
| bgcolor="#ff9900" width="4%" align="center" | '''Year'''  
| width="40%" bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Type'''  
| bgcolor="#ff9900" width="40%" align="center" | '''Type'''  
| width="10%" bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Record Search'''  
| bgcolor="#ff9966" width="10%" align="center" | '''Record Search'''  
| width="10%" bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Heritage Quest'''  
| bgcolor="#cccccc" width="10%" align="center" | '''Heritage Quest'''  
| width="10%" bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry FHL'''  
| bgcolor="#cccccc" width="10%" align="center" | '''Ancestry FHL'''  
| width="10%" bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry Library'''  
| bgcolor="#cccccc" width="10%" align="center" | '''Ancestry Library'''  
| width="10%" bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Ancestry Home'''
| bgcolor="#ff9900" width="10%" align="center" | '''Ancestry Home'''
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=== State, territorial, and colonial censuses  ===
=== State, territorial, and colonial censuses  ===


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| align="center" bgcolor="#99cc99" colspan="90" | '''Washington state, territorial, and colonial censuses'''<ref name="Lainh">Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 109-12.</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>
| bgcolor="#99cc99" colspan="90" align="center" | '''Washington state, territorial, and colonial censuses'''<ref name="Lainh">Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 109-12.</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>
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| align="left" | No statewide state census was taken, but many county censuses were taken at different years from 1856 to 1898.
| align="left" | No statewide state census was taken, but many county censuses were taken at different years from 1856 to 1898.
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| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1898'''  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1898'''  
| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | &nbsp;County of Garfield
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;County of Garfield
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| align="left" | '''1892'''  
| align="left" | '''1892'''  
| align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Douglas, Garfield,&nbsp;King, Klickitat, Mason, Pierce, Stevens, Thurston, and Walla Walla&nbsp;
| align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Douglas, Garfield,&nbsp;King, Klickitat, Mason, Pierce, Stevens, Thurston, and Walla Walla&nbsp;
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| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1891'''  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1891'''  
| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | &nbsp;County of Jefferson&nbsp;  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;County of Jefferson&nbsp;  
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| align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Adams, Asotin, Clallam, Columbia, Garfield, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas,&nbsp;Klickitat, Lincoln, Mason, Pierce, San Juan, Snohomish, Thurston, Whatcom, and Whitman
| align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Adams, Asotin, Clallam, Columbia, Garfield, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas,&nbsp;Klickitat, Lincoln, Mason, Pierce, San Juan, Snohomish, Thurston, Whatcom, and Whitman
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| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1887'''  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1887'''  
| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | &nbsp;Counties of Adams, Asotin, Clallam, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Douglas, Franklin, Garfield, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Spokane, Stevens, Thurston, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, Whatcom, Whitman, and Yakima
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Adams, Asotin, Clallam, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Douglas, Franklin, Garfield, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Spokane, Stevens, Thurston, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, Whatcom, Whitman, and Yakima
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| align="left" | '''1885'''  
| align="left" | '''1885'''  
| align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Adams, Asotin, Chehalis, Clallam, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Douglas, Franklin, Garfield, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Spokane, Stevens, Thurston, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, Whatcom, Whitman, and Yakima
| align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Adams, Asotin, Chehalis, Clallam, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Douglas, Franklin, Garfield, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Spokane, Stevens, Thurston, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, Whatcom, Whitman, and Yakima
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| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1883'''  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1883'''  
| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | &nbsp;Counties of Clallam, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Garfield, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston, Whitman, and Yakima
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Clallam, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Garfield, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston, Whitman, and Yakima
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| align="left" | '''1881'''  
| align="left" | '''1881'''  
| align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Jefferson, King, and Thurston
| align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Jefferson, King, and Thurston
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| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1880'''  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1880'''  
| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | &nbsp;Counties of Jefferson, King, and Thurston
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Jefferson, King, and Thurston
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| align="left" | '''1879'''  
| align="left" | '''1879'''  
| align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Jefferson, King, Mason, Pierce, and Thurston
| align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Jefferson, King, Mason, Pierce, and Thurston
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| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1878'''  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1878'''  
| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | &nbsp;Counties of Jefferson,&nbsp;Mason, Pierce, Stevens, and Thurston
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Jefferson,&nbsp;Mason, Pierce, Stevens, and Thurston
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| align="left" | '''1877'''  
| align="left" | '''1877'''  
| align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Jefferson and Thurston
| align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Jefferson and Thurston
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| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1875'''  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1875'''  
| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | &nbsp;County of Thurston
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;County of Thurston
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| align="left" | '''1874'''  
| align="left" | '''1874'''  
| align="left" | &nbsp;County of Jefferson
| align="left" | &nbsp;County of Jefferson
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| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1873'''  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1873'''  
| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | &nbsp;County of Thurston
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;County of Thurston
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| align="left" | '''1871'''  
| align="left" | '''1871'''  
| align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Chehalis, Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, Skamania, Stevens, Thurston, Whatcom, and Yakima
| align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Chehalis, Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, Skamania, Stevens, Thurston, Whatcom, and Yakima
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| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1860'''  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1860'''  
| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | &nbsp;Counties of Chehalis, Clallam, Clark, Island, Jefferson, Kitsap,&nbsp;Lewis,&nbsp;Skamania,&nbsp;and Whatcom
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Chehalis, Clallam, Clark, Island, Jefferson, Kitsap,&nbsp;Lewis,&nbsp;Skamania,&nbsp;and Whatcom
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| align="left" | '''1858'''&nbsp;  
| align="left" | '''1858'''&nbsp;  
| align="left" | &nbsp;County of Chehalis
| align="left" | &nbsp;County of Chehalis
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| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1857'''  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1857'''  
| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | &nbsp;Counties of Clallam, Clark, Island, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, and Wahkiakum
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Counties of Clallam, Clark, Island, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, and Wahkiakum
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| align="left" | '''1856'''  
| align="left" | '''1856'''  
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  • For a list of the exact date of each federal census, click here.

Online Washington indexes and images[edit | edit source]

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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  
     


Federal Census Microfilms Available from the National Archives
1940 N/A 1910 T624 1870 M593        
1930 T626 1900 T623 and Soundex T1077 1860 M653
1920 T625 and Soundex M1593 1880 T9 and Soundex T777
     


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

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

Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]

Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Washington

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1890 Veterans - - Link Link Link
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1870 Mortality - - Link Link Link
1860 Mortality - - Link Link Link
1850 Mortality (as part of Oregon Territory) - - Link Link Link

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

The mortality schedules for 1860 to 1880 are also available at the DAR Library in Washington D.C. and at the Washington State Library.

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

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

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

Washington state, territorial, and colonial censuses[1][2]
No statewide state census was taken, but many county censuses were taken at different years from 1856 to 1898.
1898  County of Garfield
1892  Counties of Douglas, Garfield, King, Klickitat, Mason, Pierce, Stevens, Thurston, and Walla Walla 
1891  County of Jefferson 
1889  Counties of Adams, Asotin, Clallam, Columbia, Garfield, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Mason, Pierce, San Juan, Snohomish, Thurston, Whatcom, and Whitman
1887  Counties of Adams, Asotin, Clallam, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Douglas, Franklin, Garfield, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Spokane, Stevens, Thurston, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, Whatcom, Whitman, and Yakima
1885  Counties of Adams, Asotin, Chehalis, Clallam, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Douglas, Franklin, Garfield, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Spokane, Stevens, Thurston, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, Whatcom, Whitman, and Yakima
1883  Counties of Clallam, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Garfield, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston, Whitman, and Yakima
1881  Counties of Jefferson, King, and Thurston
1880  Counties of Jefferson, King, and Thurston
1879  Counties of Jefferson, King, Mason, Pierce, and Thurston
1878  Counties of Jefferson, Mason, Pierce, Stevens, and Thurston
1877  Counties of Jefferson and Thurston
1875  County of Thurston
1874  County of Jefferson
1873  County of Thurston
1871  Counties of Chehalis, Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, Skamania, Stevens, Thurston, Whatcom, and Yakima
1860  Counties of Chehalis, Clallam, Clark, Island, Jefferson, Kitsap, Lewis, Skamania, and Whatcom
1858   County of Chehalis
1857  Counties of Clallam, Clark, Island, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, and Wahkiakum
1856  County of King

These partial censuses are available at the Washington State Library, the Family History Library (beginning with Family History Library film 1841781) and ancestry.com  The years included:

1854, 1856, 1857, 1860, 1861, 1871, 1873, 1875, 1877-1879, 1880, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1890-1892, 1898, 1907.

Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]

For a list of available and missing Washington 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. ↑ Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[Template:Lainha]], 109-12.
  2. ↑ 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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