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''[[United States|United States ]] >  [[United States Census|U.S. Census ]] >  [[Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]  >  [[Wisconsin_Census|Census]]''  
''[[United States|United States ]] >  [[United States Census|U.S. Census ]] >  [[Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]  >  [[Wisconsin Census|Census]]''  


=== Existing and lost censuses  ===
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*If at first you don't find a name, try again under [[Spelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada|another spelling]].
*[[Copying Sources|Photocopy]] each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
*Look for an ancestor in '''''every''''' census during her or his lifetime.
*On the [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|family group record]] show&nbsp;each person's census listings.
*Study&nbsp;others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in [[Research a Family in Community Context|community context]].


For a list of available and missing Wisconsin censuses, [[Wisconsin Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>
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== Availability  ==
*For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[Wisconsin Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].


The Family History Library has the U.S. federal censuses for the state of Wisconsin from '''1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920,''' and '''1930'''.&nbsp;&nbsp; The National Archives and Family History Library&nbsp;have microfilm copies of&nbsp;the Wisconsin Territorial Census for the years: 1836, 1838, 1842, 1846, and 1847.
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'''''1850 United States Census'''''—A free Internet index and images to the 1850 United States Census can be viewed on the [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1401638 FamilySearch Record Search – Pilot Site]. This index includes every name listed on the census and is linked to an image including information about each person’s residence and age in 1850, birthplace, occupation, other family members, and neighbors.
=== Online Wisconsin indexes and images ===


<br>'''1860 United States Census'''''- ''A free Internet index to the 1860 United States Census can be viewed on the [http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1473181 FamilySearch Record Search – Pilot Site.] This index includes every name listed on the census and is linked to an image on Footnote.com (available for a fee, or free at a Family History Center) including information about each person’s residence and age in 1860, birthplace, occupation, other family members, whether married or single, and neighbors.
{{Census Online Wisconsin}}


'''1870 United States Census---'''A free internet index and images can be viewed on [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1438024 FamilySearch Record Pilot site]. This index includes the full name, age, sex, race, birthplace, occupation, month if born in census year, month if married in census year, birth place of father and mother, if born in a foreign country.
=== Federal population schedules  ===


'''1880 United States Census'''– A Free Internet Index and Images to the US Census can be viewed on the [http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1417683 Family Search Record Pilot – Pilot Site.] This index includes an every name index to population schedules listing inhabitants. It includes the full name, race, sex, age, birth month (if born during the previous year), relationship to head of household, whether married, single or divorced, whether married during the previous year, country or state of birth of each person and his parent’s, occupation and street address and house number.
==== Microfilm images ====
 
'''1890 -'''&nbsp;Wisconsin census&nbsp;was destroyed, but there is a published index of the Union Army veterans and widows who resided in Wisconsin.
 
'''1900 Federal Census''' - A free Internet index and images to the 1900 United States Census can be viewed on the&nbsp; [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start FamilySearch Record Search – Pilot Site<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1236863911171_679" />]. Important additions to this census are month and year of birth of each household member, number of years married for each married person, number of children born to each mother and the number of those still living, year of immigration, and number of years in the United States.
 
Many census records are found at the Family History Library, the Wisconsin Historical Society, the National Archives, and other federal and state archives.


Two manuscripts exist for the 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses. One set of manuscripts exists at the National Archives and another at the Wisconsin Historical Society. The information on each set is supposed to be the same, but it can be beneficial to check both. Transcription errors might exist. The two might differ in the legibility of the handwriting, the condition of the manuscript, and the quality of the microfilm.<ref>"Local Genealogy," ''McMillan Memorial Library'' (http://www.scls.lib.wi.us/mcm/local/local_genealogy.html : accessed 2 October 2009).</ref> The Family History Library has microfilms of the set in the possession of the National Archives.  
Two manuscripts exist for the 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses. One set of manuscripts exists at the National Archives and another at the Wisconsin Historical Society. The information on each set is supposed to be the same, but it can be beneficial to check both. Transcription errors might exist. The two might differ in the legibility of the handwriting, the condition of the manuscript, and the quality of the microfilm.<ref>"Local Genealogy," ''McMillan Memorial Library'' (http://www.scls.lib.wi.us/mcm/local/local_genealogy.html : accessed 2 October 2009).</ref> The Family History Library has microfilms of the set in the possession of the National Archives.  


== Historical Background  ==
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Prior to statehood the area that now makes up Wisconsin belonged to the following jurisdictions:  
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====


'''1787-1800 '''- Northwest Territory (13 July 1787 to 7 May 1800)
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Wisconsin, [[Wisconsin Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]


'''1800-1809 '''- Indiana Territory (7 May 1800 to 1 March 1809)
=== Federal non-population schedules  ===


'''1809-1818 '''- Illinois Territory (1 March 1809 to 18 April 1818)
==== Online indexes and images  ====


'''1818-1836 '''- Michigan Territory (18 April 1818 to 20 April 1836). The first two counties (Brown and Crawford) in what would become Wisconsin were organized on 26 October 1818.  
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| '''1890'''
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| '''1880'''
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| '''1870'''
| Mortality
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| '''1860'''
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| '''1850'''
| Mortality
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| '''1840'''
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| align="center" | [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf BookLink]
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'''1836-1848 '''- Wisconsin Territory (20 April 1836-29 May 1848). The territory included lands west of the Mississippi River to the Missouri River. Much of this western portion was later transferred to Iowa T<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1216647411469_603" />erritory, created 4 July 1838.
==== Microfilm images  ====


'''1848 -''' Wisconsin became a state on 29 May 1848.
*


== Indexes  ==
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book ====


*Jackson, Ronald Vern. ''1890 Wisconsin Veterans Census Index''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, Inc., 1988. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=162336&disp=1890+Wisconsin+veterans+census+index%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.5 X22w 1890].) This index was taken from the schedule of ''Union Army Veterans and Widows, Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows'' . . . (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&titleno=230777&disp=Schedules+enumerating+Union+veterans+and++&first=101&last=200&columns=*,0,0 338270–275].)<br>
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Wisconsin, [[Wisconsin Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]].  


Statewide indexes are available for the 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 (for families with children ten years of age and under), 1900, and 1920 censuses. Card indexes for 1850, 1860, and 1870 are at the Wisconsin Historical Society and on microfilm at the Family History Library. There is a card for each member of the household in the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1905 indexes. The county, village, town, or township is on these cards.
=== State, territorial, and colonial censuses ===


These indexes do not match the page numbers used on the National Archives and Family History Library microfilm copies of the census, but they do give the county and township. For 1850, a published index is available with page numbers that match the microfilmed census:
Newberry Library. [http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp/images/samp-cens-tb.pdf ''Territorial, State, and Federal Censuses in Michigan'']. List of dates and census description including counties involved, and repository.  


*1840 Index - Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=185871&disp=Wisconsin+1840+census+index%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.5 X2j 1840]<br>
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*Jackson, Ronald Vern. ''Wisconsin 1850 Census Index''. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1978. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=185892&disp=Wisconsin+1850+census+index%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.5 x2p 1850j].) This volume indexes only the heads of households.
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| bgcolor="#99cc99" align="center" colspan="90" | '''Wisconsin state, territorial, and colonial censuses'''<ref name="Lainh">Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 113-15.</ref><ref name="Dubes">Henry J. Dubester, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37244714 State Censuses: An Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken After the Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States]'' (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948)[[{{Dubes}}]], 62-65, 72-73.</ref>
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| align="left" | '''1905'''
| align="left" | &nbsp;Exist
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1895'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Exist
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| align="left" | '''1885'''
| align="left" | &nbsp;Exist
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1875'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Exist
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| align="left" | '''1865'''
| align="left" | &nbsp;Lost, except for the counties of Dunn, Green, Jackson, Kewaunee, Ozaukee, and Sheboygan.&nbsp;
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1855'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Exist, except for Kewaunee County, which was not enumerated.
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| align="left" | '''1847'''
| align="left" | &nbsp;Exist, except for the counties of Rock, Sheboygan, Washington, Waukesha, and Chippewa.&nbsp;
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1846'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Exist, except for&nbsp;the counties of Crawford, Fond du Lac, Grand Rapids in Portage, Sheboygan, Chippewa, LaPointe, and Richland.&nbsp;
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| align="left" | '''1842'''
| align="left" | &nbsp;Exist
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''1838'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | &nbsp;Lost, except&nbsp;for the counties of Brown, Calumet, Crawford, Dodge, Fond&nbsp;du Lac, Green, &nbsp;Jefferson, Manitowoc, Marquette, Milwaukee, Portage, Sheboygan,&nbsp;and Washington.&nbsp;
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| align="left" | '''1836'''
| align="left" | &nbsp;Exist
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Soundex (phonetic) indexes are available on microfilm for part of the 1880 and all of the 1900 and 1920 censuses.  
*'''1905 Wisconsin State Census''' [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1618 Wisconsin Census Enumeration 1905&nbsp;: Names of Ex-Soldiers and Sailors Residing in Wisconsin, June 1, 1905]. A published document based on information from the census schedules.
*'''1895 Wisconsin State Census''' for microfilm see Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=176967&disp=Wisconsin+state+census%2C+1895++ films 1032705–716].
*[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1617 Wisconsin Census Enumeration 1895: Names of Ex-Soldiers and Sailors Residing in Wisconsin, June 20, 1895]. A published document based on information from the census schedules.
*'''1885 Wisconsin State Census''' For microfilm see Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=176742&disp=Wisconsin+state+census%2C+1885++ films 1032695–704].
*[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1539 Alphabetical List of the Soldiers and Sailors of the Late War Residing in the State June 20, 1885]. A published document based on information from the census schedules.
*'''1855 Wisconsin State Census''' Index - Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=490656&disp=Wisconsin+1855+census+index%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 977.5 X22w 1855]
*'''1842 Wisconsin Territorial Census''' Index - Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=46778&disp=Wisconsin+1842+census+index%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.5 X22j 1842]
*'''1838 Wisconsin Territorial Census''' Index - Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=46173&disp=Wisconsin+1838+census+index%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.5 X22j 1838]
*'''1836 Wisconsin Territorial Census''' [http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/u/?/whc,5850 Collections of the Historical Society of Wisconsin, Volume XIII]. A transcription of the census.


Countywide indexes sometimes help you locate names overlooked in statewide indexes.  
:*Index - Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=185834&disp=Wisconsin+1836+census+index%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.5 X2 1836a]


If you need to find an enumeration district, the following sources may help:
The existing records of Wisconsin Territorial and state censuses are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society, and microfilm copies of most of them are at the Family History Library.


*Kirkham, E. Kay. ''A Handy Guide to Record-Searching in the Larger Cities of the United States''. Logan, Utah: Everton, 1974. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=216818&disp=A+handy+guide+to+record%2Dsearching+in+t%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 973 D27kc; fiche 6010059-60].) Includes a ward map and street index for Milwaukee, 1878.
=== Existing and lost censuses  ===
 
== Special Census  ==
 
==== Mortality Schedules  ====
 
Mortality Schedules, which recorded deaths during the year preceding the census exist for '''1850, 1860, 1870''', and '''1880.''' The schedules are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society. The Family History Library has an index, in book form, to the 1850 mortality schedule (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=548325&disp=Wisconsin+1850+mortality%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 977.5 X2jm 1850]), and a copy of the 1880 mortality schedule on microfilm (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=176498&disp=Schedule+of+persons+who+died+during+the+++ 1032684 item 3]–[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=176498&disp=Schedule+of+persons+who+died+during+the+++ 1032686]).
 
[http://mortalityschedules.com/ Mortality Schedules 1850-1880]
 
==== Native American  ====
 
There are helpful censuses of Native Americans in Wisconsin for the time period '''1885-1933'''.&nbsp;
 
== Territorial Census ==
 
'''1827 Michigan Territorial Census'''<br>
 
*No names or statistical data survive for the part of the territory that later became Wisconsin.<br>
 
'''1834 Michigan Territorial Census'''<br>
 
*Only statistical data survive for the part of the territory that later became Wisconsin.<br>
 
'''1836 Wisconsin Territorial Census'''<br>
 
*[http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/u/?/whc,5850 Collections of the Historical Society of Wisconsin, Volume XIII]. A transcription of the census.<br>
*Index - Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=185834&disp=Wisconsin+1836+census+index%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.5 X2 1836a]
 
'''1838 Wisconsin Territorial Census'''<br>
 
*Index - Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=46173&disp=Wisconsin+1838+census+index%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.5 X22j 1838]
 
'''1842 Wisconsin Territorial Census'''<br>
 
*Index - Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=46778&disp=Wisconsin+1842+census+index%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.5 X22j 1842]
 
'''1847 Wisconsin Territorial Census'''<br>
 
== State Census  ==
 
'''1855 Wisconsin State Census'''<br>Free unindexed images can be viewed on the [http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start FamilySearch Record Search Pilot]. This census includes name of head of household, number of individuals in the household by sex and race, number of deaf and dumb, blind, insane, and foreign born.<br>
 
Index - Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=490656&disp=Wisconsin+1855+census+index%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 977.5 X22w 1855]
 
'''1875 Wisconsin State Census'''<br>Free indexed images can be viewed on the [http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start FamilySearch Record Search Pilot]. This census includes name of head of household, number of individuals in the household by sex and race, number of deaf and dumb, blind, and insane.
 
'''1885 Wisconsin State Census&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; '''<br>Free indexed images can be viewed on the [http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start FamilySearch Record Search Pilot]. This census includes name of head of household, number of individuals in the household by sex and race, number of individuals from each country of origin.
 
'''1895 Wisconsin State Census'''<br>Free indexed images can be viewed on the [http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start FamilySearch Record Search Pilot]. This census includes name of head of household, number of individuals in the household by sex and race, number of individuals from each country of origin.
 
'''1905 Wisconsin State Census'''<br>Free indexed images can be viewed on the [http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start FamilySearch Record Search Pilot]. This census includes name of each member of the household, sex, race, age, marital status, country of birth, country of parents' birth, occupation, and home ownership. The 1905 census is the only Wisconsin state census that lists every household member by name.
 
'''Wisconsin Census of Civil War Veterans'''<br>
 
'''1885 Wisconsin State Census'''<br>
 
*[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=2;c=1443713;t=browsable;w= 1885 Enumeration Schedules of Soldiers and Sailors] - Family Search Record Search. See the Soldiers and Sailors schedules under each county. For microfilm see Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=176742&disp=Wisconsin+state+census%2C+1885++ films 1032695–704].
*[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1539 Alphabetical List of the Soldiers and Sailors of the Late War Residing in the State June 20, 1885]. A published document based on information from the census schedules.<br>
 
'''1895 Wisconsin State Census'''
 
*[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=2;c=1443712;t=browsable;w= 1895 Enumeration Schedules of Soldiers and Sailors] - Family Search Record Search. See the Soldiers and Sailors schedules under each county. For microfilm see Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=176967&disp=Wisconsin+state+census%2C+1895++ films 1032705–716].
*[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1617 Wisconsin Census Enumeration 1895: Names of Ex-Soldiers and Sailors Residing in Wisconsin, June 20, 1895]. A published document based on information from the census schedules.<br>
 
'''1905 Wisconsin State Census'''<br>


*[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1618 Wisconsin Census Enumeration 1905&nbsp;: Names of Ex-Soldiers and Sailors Residing in Wisconsin, June 1, 1905]. A published document based on information from the census schedules.<br>
For a list of available and missing Wisconsin censuses, [[Wisconsin Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>  


The existing records of Wisconsin Territorial and state censuses are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society, and microfilm copies of most of them are at the Family History Library.&nbsp;
=== Why use a census?  ===


== External Links  ==
A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.


*Ancestry: [http://www.ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.com]
=== More about censuses  ===
*Heritage Quest Online: [http://www.heritagequestonline.com http://www.heritagequestonline.com]
*Census Online: [http://www.census-online.com/links/WI/ http://www.census-online.com/links/WI/]
*Genealogy Today: [http://dir.genealogytoday.com/usa/wi/census.html http://dir.genealogytoday.com/usa/wi/census.html]
*Access Genealogy: [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/census/wisconsin.htm http://www.accessgenealogy.com/census/wisconsin.htm]
*National Archives: [http://www.archives.gov/ http://www.archives.gov/]
*Mortality Schedules: [http://mortalityschedules.com/p/ http://mortalityschedules.com/p/]


== References  ==
[[United States Census|Click here]] for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:


Newberry Library. [http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp/images/samp-cens-tb.pdf ''Territorial, State, and Federal Censuses in Michigan''].<br>
:*[[United States Census Searching|index searching tips]]
:*[[United States Census Analyzing Census Data|analyzing and using what you find]]
:*[[United States Census Accuracy|census accuracy]]
:*[[United States Census Historical Background|historical background]]
:*[[United States Census#Contents_of_Federal_Censuses|contents of various census years and types]]


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Tips
  • If at first you don't find a name, try again under another spelling.
  • Photocopy each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
  • Look for an ancestor in every census during her or his lifetime.
  • On the family group record show each person's census listings.
  • Study others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in community context.


  • For a list of the exact date of each federal census, click here.

Online Wisconsin indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Template:Census Online Wisconsin

Federal population schedules[edit | edit source]

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Two manuscripts exist for the 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses. One set of manuscripts exists at the National Archives and another at the Wisconsin Historical Society. The information on each set is supposed to be the same, but it can be beneficial to check both. Transcription errors might exist. The two might differ in the legibility of the handwriting, the condition of the manuscript, and the quality of the microfilm.[1] The Family History Library has microfilms of the set in the possession of the National Archives.

Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]

For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Wisconsin, click here

Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]

Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Wisconsin

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1890 Veterans - - - - Link Link Link
1880 Mortality - - - - Link Link Link
1870 Mortality - - - - Link Link Link
1860 Mortality - - - - Link Link Link
1850 Mortality Link - - - Link Link Link
1840 Pensioners - BookLink BookLink - Link Link Link

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]

For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Wisconsin, click here.

State, territorial, and colonial censuses[edit | edit source]

Newberry Library. Territorial, State, and Federal Censuses in Michigan. List of dates and census description including counties involved, and repository.

Wisconsin state, territorial, and colonial censuses[2][3]
1905  Exist
1895  Exist
1885  Exist
1875  Exist
1865  Lost, except for the counties of Dunn, Green, Jackson, Kewaunee, Ozaukee, and Sheboygan. 
1855  Exist, except for Kewaunee County, which was not enumerated.
1847  Exist, except for the counties of Rock, Sheboygan, Washington, Waukesha, and Chippewa. 
1846  Exist, except for the counties of Crawford, Fond du Lac, Grand Rapids in Portage, Sheboygan, Chippewa, LaPointe, and Richland. 
1842  Exist
1838  Lost, except for the counties of Brown, Calumet, Crawford, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green,  Jefferson, Manitowoc, Marquette, Milwaukee, Portage, Sheboygan, and Washington. 
1836  Exist

The existing records of Wisconsin Territorial and state censuses are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society, and microfilm copies of most of them are at the Family History Library.

Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]

For a list of available and missing Wisconsin censuses, click here.

Why use a census?[edit | edit source]

A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.

More about censuses[edit | edit source]

Click here for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:

Sources and footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Local Genealogy," McMillan Memorial Library (http://www.scls.lib.wi.us/mcm/local/local_genealogy.html : accessed 2 October 2009).
  2. ↑ Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[FS Catalog book 973 X2Lai ]], 113-15.
  3. ↑ Henry J. Dubester, State Censuses: An Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken After the Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948)[[Template:Dubes]], 62-65, 72-73.
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