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<li>[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States_Census_Online_Genealogy_Records United States Census Online Genealogy Records] Internet links by year for FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast, and MyHeritage</li> | <li>[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States_Census_Online_Genealogy_Records United States Census Online Genealogy Records] Internet links by year for FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast, and MyHeritage</li> | ||
<li>[https://www.accessgenealogy.com/ AccessGenealogy] - [https://www.accessgenealogy.com/census-records United States Census Records]</li> | <li>[https://www.accessgenealogy.com/ AccessGenealogy] - [https://www.accessgenealogy.com/census-records United States Census Records]</li> | ||
<li>[https://www.fold3.com/ Fold3] ($) index and images; 1860-1930</li> | <li>[https://www.fold3.com/ Fold3] ($) index and images; 1860-1930</li> | ||
<li>[https://archive.org/details/us_census Internet Archive] images 1790-1930</li> | <li>[https://archive.org/details/us_census Internet Archive] images 1790-1930</li> | ||
<li>[http://www.myfreecensus.com My Free Census] Find your ancestors in the U.S. census, and International census records</li> | <li>[http://www.myfreecensus.com My Free Census] Find your ancestors in the U.S. census, and International census records</li> | ||
<li>[ | <li>[https://www.archives.gov/research/census/1790 National Archives] images of published transcriptions of 1790 census for 12 states</li> | ||
<li>[http://www.archives.gov/research/census/nonpopulation/ Nonpopulation Census Records] Agriculture, mortality, and social statistics schedules are available for the census years of 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. Manufacturing schedules are available for 1820, 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. Schedules of business are available for 1935 for these industries: advertising agencies, banking and financial institutions, miscellaneous enterprises, motor trucking for hire, public warehousing, and radio broadcasting stations.</li> | <li>[http://www.archives.gov/research/census/nonpopulation/ Nonpopulation Census Records] Agriculture, mortality, and social statistics schedules are available for the census years of 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. Manufacturing schedules are available for 1820, 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. Schedules of business are available for 1935 for these industries: advertising agencies, banking and financial institutions, miscellaneous enterprises, motor trucking for hire, public warehousing, and radio broadcasting stations.</li> | ||
<li>[ | <li>[https://www.archives.gov/research/census/online-resources National Archives]. Search Census Records Online and Other Resources.</li> | ||
<li>[http://www.germanroots.com/censuslinks.html GermanRoots.com]</li> | <li>[http://www.germanroots.com/censuslinks.html GermanRoots.com]</li> | ||
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Beginners' Corner[edit | edit source]
| Names, ages, birthplaces | 1850–1950 |
| Birthplaces of parents | 1880–1950 |
| Relationships | 1880–1950 |
| Family and Neighbors | All years |
| Immigration year | 1900–1930 |
| Citizenship | 1910–1940 |
For a more complete beginning introduction, see U. S. Census Records Class Handout.
Value of Censuses[edit | edit source]
A census is a count and description of the population of a country, state, county, or city for a given date. Census lists are also called “schedules." In the United States a nationwide census has been taken every ten years since 1790. A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to:
United States Federal Censuses with Online Links[edit | edit source]
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Find your ancestor in every census taken while he/she was living. (Click for more census tips) |
Additional Online Links[edit | edit source]
Contents of the Censuses[edit | edit source]
- United States Bureau of the Census. 200 years of U.S. census taking: population and housing questions, 1790-1990.
- Blank forms for each U.S. census year
State Census Pages[edit | edit source]
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
U. S. Territories[edit | edit source]
County Copies of Population Schedules[edit | edit source]
Nonpopulation Census Schedules[edit | edit source]
- United States Census Records Nonpopulation Census Schedules-1820,1850-1880
- United States Census Agricultural Schedules
- United States Census Defective Schedules
- United States Census Manufacturing Schedules
- United States Census Mortality Schedules
- United States Census Social Statistics Schedules
Additional Resources[edit | edit source]
- State and Special Census Records (36 minute online video)
- Heads of Household Only: Analysis of Pre-1850 Federal Census (19 minute online video)
- United States Census Videos on FamilySearch.org
- Map Guide to U.S. Federal Censuses 1790-1920 [1] Shows county boundary changes in each state from 1790 to 1920, and which census areas were lost or still exist.
- The Census Book: a Genealogist's Guide to Federal Census Facts, Schedules and Indexes: with Master Extraction Forms for Federal Census Schedules, 1790-1930 [2] An online edition is at HeritageQuestOnline. Discusses indexes, regular, and non-population schedules.
- Censuses and Tax Lists [3] Strategies for finding elusive ancestors, and history of indexing.
- Publications of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 1917. NARA T825
- United States. Bureau of the Census. Publications of the Census, 1790-1916.
- Caroll D. Wright. The history and growth of the United States census: prepared for the Senate Committee on the Census. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office (United States), 1900. FS Library 973 X2w
- William Stull Holt. The Bureau of the Census: its history, activities, and organization. Washington: Brookings Institution, 1929.reprint.New York, New York: AMS Press, 1974. FS Library 973 B4b v.53
- United States Bureau of the Census. A Century of population growth from the first census of the United States to the twelfth, 1790-1900. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office., 1909. FS Library 973 X2x
- William Dollarhide. The census book: a genealogist's guide to federal census facts, schedules, and indexes; with master extraction forms for federal census schedules, 1790-1930. Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1999. FS Library 973 X27d
- William Dollarhide. Map guide to the U.S. Federal censuses, 1790-1920.Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1987. FS Library 973 X2th
- Katherine H. Davidson and Charlotte M. Ashby. Preliminary inventory of the records of the Bureau of the Census: record group 29.Washington, D.C.: National Archives & Records Administration, 1964. FS Library 973 X23da digital images
- Margo Anderson. The American census: a social history. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1988. FS Library 973 X4am
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ William Thorndale, and William Dollarhide, Map Guide to U.S. Federal Censuses 1790-1920 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publ., 1987) [FS Library Book 973 X2th].
- ↑ William Dollarhide, The Census Book: a Genealogist's Guide to Federal Census Facts, Schedules and Indexes: with Master Extraction Forms for Federal Census Schedules, 1790-1930. (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1999)[FS Library book 973 X27d].
- ↑ G. David Dilts, "Censuses and Tax Lists" in Kory L. Meyerink, ed., Printed Sources: a Guide to Published Genealogical Records (Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1998), 300-52. [FS Library Book 016.9293 P96m]