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| '''Introduction'''
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| A census is a count and description of the population. Censuses have been taken by various levels of government in Argentina and by some ecclesiastical officials. Census records were taken primarily for population studies, taxation, military purposes, or taxing in behalf of the parish poor. Censuses, known as censos or padrones, have been taken by colonial and national governments throughout Latin American. Most of the census records are housed in the national archives.
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| Records created during the Spanish administration of colonial Latin America, would be located in the Archivo General de Indias in Seville, Spain.
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| The Catholic church also took occasional censuses of parishioners. An ecclesiastical census was also known as a censo or padrón in Latin America. The following is an example of a church census:
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| *Padrones, 1779–1796 (Censuses, 1779–1796). Córdoba: Archivo Historica de la Provincia, 19–. (FS Library film {{FSC|1162415|film|disp=1162415}}–{{FSC|1162416|film|disp=1162416}}.) Census records for the diocese of Córdoba for 1779 and 1795–6.
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| Census records have not been used a lot in Argentinian research because better sources, such as church records and civil registration, are available in Argentina. The original census returns were often destroyed and only the compiled statistical information remains. Records of some towns, provinces, and regions still exist at the archives but are not available to researchers at this present time.
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| When available, census records can provide family relationships, age, year of birth, description of property, place of birth. Census records are especially valuable because they list a large portion of the population, and they are readily available at some repositories. They can provide information where all or portions of other records are missing.
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| Use the information with caution, however, since the information may have been given to a census taker by any member of the family or a neighbor.
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| Some information may have been incorrect or deliberately falsified.
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| ==Online Resources== | | ==Online Resources== |
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