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United States Census Mortality Schedules (view source)
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Mortality schedules list people who died during the previous 12 months. Mortality schedules were taken along with population schedules during the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses, and in six states (Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, and South Dakota) in 1885. These schedules include persons who died between June 1st through May 31st in the year prior to the federal census. A typical mortality schedule will list the dead person's name, age, sex, color (white, black, or mulatto), married or widowed, birthplace, month of death, occupation, and cause of death. Though part of the federal censuses, mortality schedules are separate from the population schedules. | Mortality schedules list people who died during the previous 12 months. Mortality schedules were taken along with population schedules during the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses, and in six states (Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, and South Dakota) in 1885. These schedules include persons who died between June 1st through May 31st in the year prior to the federal census. A typical mortality schedule will list the dead person's name, age, sex, color (white, black, or mulatto), married or widowed, birthplace, month of death, occupation, and cause of death. Though part of the federal censuses, mortality schedules are separate from the population schedules. | ||
'''On the Internet.''' Free 1850 mortality schedule images and indexes are on the Internet at the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1401638 FamilySearch Record Search]. Ancestry has relatively "complete" mortality schedules for each census year 1850 to 1885. They offer these mortality schedule [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/Default.aspx?htx=List&dbid=8756 | '''On the Internet.''' Free 1850 mortality schedule images and indexes are on the Internet at the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1401638 FamilySearch Record Search]. Ancestry has relatively "complete" mortality schedules for each census year 1850 to 1885. They offer these mortality schedule [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/Default.aspx?htx=List&dbid=8756 indexes and images] for "free" on the Internet in return for registering your e-mail information with them. Although Ancestry has images and every name indexed for the states they covered, it is important to check Ancestry's source database to determine if the state and year you are searching for has been included (a few state-years are missing). Each state's census page on the FamilySearch Research Wiki shows which mortality schedules should be availalble for the state. | ||
Free county-by-county typescripts of most states and mortality schedule years are also available on the Internet at [http://www.mortalityschedules.com/ Mortality Schedules 1850-1880]. | Free county-by-county typescripts of most states and mortality schedule years are also available on the Internet at [http://www.mortalityschedules.com/ Mortality Schedules 1850-1880]. | ||
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A wiki article describing an online collection is found at: | A wiki article describing an online collection is found at: | ||