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[[Portal:United States Census|Portal:United States Census ]]>[[Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]  
''[[Portal:United States Census|Portal:United States Census]] > [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]''


== Availability  ==
== Availability  ==
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'''1800 Suffolk County'''--Census is mostly lost.  
'''1800 Suffolk County'''--Census is mostly lost.  


'''1890 Census--'''Census was destroyed, except for a list of Civil War Union soldiers, which has a published index.
'''1890 Census--'''Census was destroyed, except for a list of Civil War Union soldiers, which has a published index.  


== Historical Background  ==
== Historical Background  ==
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'''Book Indexes:''' 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860  
'''Book Indexes:''' 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860  


:1790–1850: microfiche indexes<br>
:1790–1850: microfiche indexes<br>  
:1870 Hampden County: book index<br>
:1870 Hampden County: book index<br>  
:1880 (partial), 1900, 1920 and 1930: Soundex (phonetic) indexes on microfilm<br>
:1880 (partial), 1900, 1920 and 1930: Soundex (phonetic) indexes on microfilm<br>  
:1910: no index for Massachusetts
:1910: no index for Massachusetts


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*Kirkham, E. Kay. A Handy Guide to Record- Searching in the Larger Cities of the United States. Logan, Utah: Everton, 1974. ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=216818&disp=A+handy+guide+to+record-searching+in+t++ Family History Library book 973 D27kc; fiche 6010059-60].) Includes ward maps and street indexes for Boston for 1850–1855, 1860, and 1877.
*Kirkham, E. Kay. A Handy Guide to Record- Searching in the Larger Cities of the United States. Logan, Utah: Everton, 1974. ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=216818&disp=A+handy+guide+to+record-searching+in+t++ Family History Library book 973 D27kc; fiche 6010059-60].) Includes ward maps and street indexes for Boston for 1850–1855, 1860, and 1877.


United States. Census Office. Census Descriptions of Geographic Subdivisions and Enumeration Districts.<br>
United States. Census Office. Census Descriptions of Geographic Subdivisions and Enumeration Districts.<br>  


:1870 ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=464745&disp=Descriptions+of+census+geographic+subdiv++ Family History Library film 1402859])<br>1880 ([[1402861|Family History Library film 1402861]])<br>1900 ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=59389&disp=Census+enumeration+district+descriptions++ Family History Library film 1303022])<br>1910 ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=297379&disp=Census+descriptions+of+geographic+subdiv++ Family History Library film 1374005])<br>1920 ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=622083&disp=Census+descriptions+of+geographic+subdiv++ Family History Library film 1842708])
:1870 ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=464745&disp=Descriptions+of+census+geographic+subdiv++ Family History Library film 1402859])<br>1880 ([[1402861|Family History Library film 1402861]])<br>1900 ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=59389&disp=Census+enumeration+district+descriptions++ Family History Library film 1303022])<br>1910 ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=297379&disp=Census+descriptions+of+geographic+subdiv++ Family History Library film 1374005])<br>1920 ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=622083&disp=Census+descriptions+of+geographic+subdiv++ Family History Library film 1842708])
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