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 == Availability  ==
+'''1790-1810--'''The 1790, 1800, and 1810 censuses have been lost.
+'''1820--''' There is no 1820 report for the counties of Franklin, Rabun, and Twiggs, and part of Columbia.
+'''1820-1930--'''The U.S. federal censuses for Georgia are available from 1820 through 1930.&nbsp;
+'''1890--'''The 1890 census was destroyed, except for some returns for the city of Columbus.
+In addition to published tax lists, some substitutes for the early missing censuses include:
+*Coulter, E. Merton, and Albert B. Saye. A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1949. (FHL book 975.8 W2L; film 007092.) This is for the period 1733 to 1747. It is updated by the Georgia Genealogical Society Quarterly 19 (1983): 111-131. (FHL book 975.8 B2ga.)
+*De Lamar, Marie, and Elizabeth Rothstein. The Reconstructed 1790 Census of Georgia. 1976. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985. (FHL book 975.8 X2L.)
+*Wood, Virginia S., and Ralph V. Wood. 1805 Georgia Land Lottery. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Greenwood Press, 1964. (FHL book 975.8 R21w.) <br>
 == Historical Background  ==
+'''1788--'''Georgia became a state.
 == Special Censuses  ==
+==== Mortality Schedules ====
+'''1850-1880--'''Mortality schedules exist for 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. Copies of the schedules (FHL films 422413-18) and indexes are at the Family History Library.
 == Territorial Censuses  ==
-Federal
+Georgia was never a territory, so it does not have a territorial census.
-Many federal census records are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal archives. The [http://www.familysearchwiki.org/../united-states-research-outline United States Research Outline] provides detailed information on these records.
+&nbsp;
-The Family History Library has the U.S. federal censuses for [[Portal:Georgia (state)|Georgia]] from 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920. The 1790, 1800, and 1810 censuses have been lost, and there is no 1820 report for the counties of Franklin, Rabun, and Twiggs, and part of Columbia. The 1890 census was destroyed, except for some returns for the city of Columbus.
+== Indexes  ==
-In addition to published tax lists, some substitutes for the early missing censuses include:
-*Coulter, E. Merton, and Albert B. Saye. ''A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia''. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1949. (FHL book 975.8 W2L; film 007092.) This is for the period 1733 to 1747. It is updated by the ''Georgia Genealogical Society Quarterly'' 19 (1983): 111-131. (FHL book 975.8 B2ga.)
+'''Ancestry--'''All available census records for Georgia are indexed at [http://www.ancestry.com www.ancestry.com].
-*De Lamar, Marie, and Elizabeth Rothstein. ''The Reconstructed 1790 Census of Georgia''. 1976. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985. (FHL book 975.8 X2L.)
-*Wood, Virginia S., and Ralph V. Wood. ''1805 Georgia Land Lottery''. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Greenwood Press, 1964. (FHL book 975.8 R21w.)
-== Indexes  ==
+'''1820-1860 Indexes--'''Printed and microfiche statewide census indexes are available at the Family History Library for the 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, and 1860 censuses.
-Printed and microfiche statewide census indexes are available at the Family History Library for the 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, and 1860 censuses. Microfilm soundex (phonetic) indexes exist for the 1880 (partial index), 1900, 1910 and 1920 censuses. The 1910 index is in two parts. The first part indexes the cities of Atlanta, Augusta, Macon, and Savannah, and the second indexes the remainder of the state.
+'''Soundex--'''Microfilm soundex (phonetic) indexes exist for the 1880 (partial index), 1900, 1910 and 1920 censuses. The 1910 index is in two parts. The first part indexes the cities of Atlanta, Augusta, Macon, and Savannah, and the second indexes the remainder of the state.
-Mortality schedules exist for 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. Copies of the schedules (FHL films 422413-18) and indexes are at the Family History Library.
+'''Miracode--'''The 1930 census for Georgia has a miracode index, which is a phonetic index similar to Soundex.
 == State Census  ==
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 Genealogy Today: [http://dir.genealogytoday.com/usa/ga/census.html http://dir.genealogytoday.com/usa/ga/census.html]
-Access Genealogy: [http://accessgenealogy.georgia.]
+Access Genealogy: [http://www.censusfinder.com/georgia.htm http://www.censusfinder.com/georgia.htm] <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors -->
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 == Bibligraphic Citations  ==