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=== Online Resources ===
===Online Resources===


*[[United States Census Online Genealogy Records|United States Online Census, 1790-1940]]
*[[United States Census Online Genealogy Records|United States Online Census, 1790-1940]]
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3570 Pennsylvania, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1772-1890], ($), index  
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3570 Pennsylvania, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1772-1890], ($), index
*{{RecordSearch|1877095|United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890}} — index and images
*{{RecordSearch|1877095|United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890}} — index and images
{{Adoption PARoots}}  
{{Adoption PARoots}}  
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| valign="middle" | <center><font size="+1">'''Tips'''</font></center>
| valign="middle" |<center><font size="+1">'''Tips'''</font></center>
*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.  
*If at first you don't find a name, try again under [[Spelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada|another spelling]].
*Look for an ancestor in '''''every''''' census during her or his lifetime.  
*[[Copying Sources|Photocopy]] each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
*On the [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|family group record]] show&nbsp;each person's census listings.  
*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 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]].
*Study 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]].


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== Online Pennsylvania indexes and images ==
==Online Pennsylvania indexes and images==


{{Census Online Pennsylvania}}  
{{Census Online Pennsylvania}}  


== Federal population schedules ==
==Federal population schedules==


=== Microfilm images ===
===Microfilm images===


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|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]'''  
|+'''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]'''
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| 1940 N/A  
|1940 N/A
| {{FHL|640358|title-id|disp=1910 }}and {{FHL|640358|title-id|disp=Soundex}}  
|{{FHL|640358|title-id|disp=1910 }}and {{FHL|640358|title-id|disp=Soundex}}
| {{FHL|706187|title-id|disp=1860&nbsp;}}
|{{FHL|706187|title-id|disp=1860&nbsp;}}
|-
|-
| 1930 {{FHL|2341693}}  
|1930 {{FHL|2341693}}
| {{FHL|641949|title-id|disp=1900 and Soundex}}  
|{{FHL|641949|title-id|disp=1900 and Soundex}}
| {{FHL|744496|title-id|disp=1850}}
|{{FHL|744496|title-id|disp=1850}}
|-
|-
| {{FHL|534334|title-id|disp=1920&nbsp;and Soundex}}  
|{{FHL|534334|title-id|disp=1920&nbsp;and Soundex}}
| {{FHL|676510|title-id|disp=1880 and Soundex}}  
|{{FHL|676510|title-id|disp=1880 and Soundex}}
| {{FHL|745503|title-id|disp=1800-1840}}
|{{FHL|745503|title-id|disp=1800-1840}}
|-
|-
|  
|
| {{FHL|698917|title-id|disp=1870}}  
|{{FHL|698917|title-id|disp=1870}}
| {{FHL|121535|title-id|disp=1790}}
|{{FHL|121535|title-id|disp=1790}}
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|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]]'''  
|+'''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]]'''
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| 1940 N/A  
|1940 N/A
| [https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1910/part-04.html#pennsylvania 1910 T624]  
|[https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1910/part-04.html#pennsylvania 1910 T624]
| [https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1790-1890/part-04.html#pennsylvania 1860 M653]  
|[https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1790-1890/part-04.html#pennsylvania 1860 M653]
| [https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1820pennsylvania 1820 M33]
|[https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1820pennsylvania 1820 M33]
|-
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| [http://1930census.archives.gov/beginSearch.asp 1930 T626]  
|[https://www.archives.gov/research/census/1930 1930 T626]
| [https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1900/part-08.html#pennsylvania 1900 T623]&nbsp;and [https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1900/part-05.html#pennsylvania Soundex T1068]  
|[https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1900/part-08.html#pennsylvania 1900 T623]&nbsp;and [https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1900/part-05.html#pennsylvania Soundex T1068]
| [https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1790-1890/part-03.html#pennsylvania 1850 M432]&nbsp;  
|[https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1790-1890/part-03.html#pennsylvania 1850 M432]&nbsp;
| [https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1810pennsylvania 1810 M252]
|[https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1810pennsylvania 1810 M252]
|-
|-
| [https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1920/part-09.html#pennsylvania 1920 T625]&nbsp; and [https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1920/part-05.html#pennsylvania Soundex M1584]  
|[https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1920/part-09.html#pennsylvania 1920 T625]&nbsp; and [https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1920/part-05.html#pennsylvania Soundex M1584]
| [https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1790-1890/part-07.html#pennsylvania 1880 T9]  
|[https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1790-1890/part-07.html#pennsylvania 1880 T9]
| [https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1840pennsylvania 1840 M704]  
|[https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1840pennsylvania 1840 M704]
| [https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1800pennsylvania 1800 M32]
|[https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1800pennsylvania 1800 M32]
|-
|-
| &nbsp;  
|&nbsp;
| [https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1790-1890/part-05.html#pennsylvania 1870 M593]  
|[https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1790-1890/part-05.html#pennsylvania 1870 M593]
| [https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1830pennsylvania 1830 M19]  
|[https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1830pennsylvania 1830 M19]
| [https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1790 1790 M637&nbsp;]  
|[https://www.archives.gov/research/census/publications-microfilm-catalogs-census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1790 1790 M637&nbsp;]
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=== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
===Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Pennsylvania, [[Pennsylvania Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]  
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Pennsylvania, [[Pennsylvania Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]  


== Federal non-population schedules ==
==Federal non-population schedules==


=== Online indexes and images ===
===Online indexes and images===


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| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Pennsylvania'''</font>
| colspan="11" align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" |<font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Pennsylvania'''</font>
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="2" | <br>
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| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" colspan="4" | '''Free'''  
| colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" |'''Free'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="2" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually&nbsp;with&nbsp;library&nbsp;card)  
| colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually&nbsp;with&nbsp;library&nbsp;card)
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Pay'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" |'''Pay'''
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| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Year'''  
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" |'''Year'''
| align="center" width="10%" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Type'''  
| align="center" width="10%" bgcolor="#ff9900" |'''Type'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Record Search'''  
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" |'''Record Search'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Census Bureau'''  
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" |'''Census Bureau'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Google Book'''  
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" |'''Google Book'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''PA&nbsp;Historical &amp; Museum Commission'''  
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" |'''PA&nbsp;Historical &amp; Museum Commission'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Ancestry FHL'''  
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''Ancestry FHL'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Ancestry Library'''  
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''Ancestry Library'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Ancestry Home'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" |'''Ancestry Home'''
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| '''1927'''  
|'''1927'''
| Agricultural  
|Agricultural
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| align="center" | [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/census_manuscripts/2959 Link]  
| align="center" |[http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/census_manuscripts/2959 Link]
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| '''1890'''  
|'''1890'''
| width="20%" | Veterans  
| width="20%" |Veterans
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1417683 Link]  
| align="center" |[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1417683 Link]
| align="center" | -  
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| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]  
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]  
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
|-
|-
| '''1880'''  
|'''1880'''
| Agricultural  
|Agricultural
| align="center" | -  
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| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=2958&&SortOrder=100&level=5&parentCommID=2606&menuLevel=Level_5&mode=2 Link]  
| align="center" |[http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=2958&&SortOrder=100&level=5&parentCommID=2606&menuLevel=Level_5&mode=2 Link]
| align="center" | -  
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|-
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| '''1880'''  
|'''1880'''
| width="20%" | Mortality  
| width="20%" |Mortality
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1417683 Link]  
| align="center" |[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1417683 Link]
| align="center" | -  
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]  
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]  
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
|-
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| '''1870'''  
|'''1870'''
| Social Statistics
|Social Statistics
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1276 Link]  
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1276 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1276 Link]  
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1276 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1276 Link]
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1276 Link]
|-
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| '''1870'''  
|'''1870'''
| Mortality  
|Mortality
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1438024 Link]  
| align="center" |[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1438024 Link]
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]  
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]  
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
|-
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| '''1860'''  
|'''1860'''
| Social Statistics
|Social Statistics
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1276 Link]  
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1276 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1276 Link]  
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1276 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1276 Link]
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1276 Link]
|-
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| '''1860'''  
|'''1860'''
| Mortality  
|Mortality
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1473181 Link]  
| align="center" |[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1473181 Link]
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]  
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]  
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
|-
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| '''1850'''  
|'''1850'''
| Social Statistics
|Social Statistics
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1276 Link]  
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1276 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1276 Link]  
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1276 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1276 Link]
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1276 Link]
|-
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| '''1850'''  
|'''1850'''
| Agricultural  
|Agricultural
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| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=2957&&SortOrder=100&level=5&parentCommID=2604&menuLevel=Level_5&mode=2 Link]  
| align="center" |[http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=2957&&SortOrder=100&level=5&parentCommID=2604&menuLevel=Level_5&mode=2 Link]
| align="center" | -  
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|-
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| '''1850'''  
|'''1850'''
| Mortality  
|Mortality
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1401638 Link]  
| align="center" |[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1401638 Link]
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]  
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]  
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" |[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
|-
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| '''1840'''  
|'''1840'''
| Pensioners  
|Pensioners
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| align="center" | [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf BookLink]  
| align="center" |[http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf BookLink]
| align="center" | [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ&dq=1840+census+pensioners&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=W0XUmfgahX&sig=WRyMIVwiePLwKmlxhbchJl1ZeeA&hl=en&ei=SJ0MSvSrBqOMtgf19I2FCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10#PPA61,M1 BookLink]  
| align="center" |[http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ&dq=1840+census+pensioners&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=W0XUmfgahX&sig=WRyMIVwiePLwKmlxhbchJl1ZeeA&hl=en&ei=SJ0MSvSrBqOMtgf19I2FCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10#PPA61,M1 BookLink]
| align="center" | -  
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=== Microfilm images ===
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=== Indexes: fiche, film, or book ===
===Indexes: fiche, film, or book===


For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Pennsylvania, [[Pennsylvania Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]].  
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Pennsylvania, [[Pennsylvania Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]].  


== State and colonial censuses ==
==State and colonial censuses==


Pennylvania never took&nbsp;a state census.&nbsp;Records&nbsp;indicated as state censuses are in reality reconstructed tax lists.  
Pennylvania never took&nbsp;a state census.&nbsp;Records&nbsp;indicated as state censuses are in reality reconstructed tax lists.  


*'''1857''' Chester County only: a list of taxable inhabitants by Township.<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), no Pennsylvania listing.</ref><ref>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), 54.</ref>  
*'''1857''' Chester County only: a list of taxable inhabitants by Township.<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), no Pennsylvania listing.</ref><ref>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), 54.</ref>
*'''1783/4''' Swedish Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania<ref name="klepp">Klepp discusses the existence of these records in Susan Klepp, "Five Early Pennsylvania Censuses," ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 106, No. 4 (Oct. 1982):483-484. For free online access, see [http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Source:Historical_Society_of_Pennsylvania._Pennsylvania_Magazine_of_History_and_Biography WeRelate].</ref>  
*'''1783/4''' Swedish Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania<ref name="klepp">Klepp discusses the existence of these records in Susan Klepp, "Five Early Pennsylvania Censuses," ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography,'' Vol. 106, No. 4 (Oct. 1982):483-484. For free online access, see [http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Source:Historical_Society_of_Pennsylvania._Pennsylvania_Magazine_of_History_and_Biography WeRelate].</ref>
*'''1753''' Swedish Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania  
*'''1753''' Swedish Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania
*'''1743''' Swedish Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania  
*'''1743''' Swedish Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania
*'''1697/8''' Swedish Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania  
*'''1697/8''' Swedish Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania
*'''1693''' Swedish Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania  
*'''1693''' Swedish Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania
*'''1671''' Philadelphia and Delaware counties in Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware, and Burlington County, New Jersey.<ref>Peter Stebbins Craig, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43441025 1671 Census of the Delaware]'' (Philadelphia, Pa.: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1999)[FHL Book 974 X2c 1671].</ref>
*'''1671''' Philadelphia and Delaware counties in Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware, and Burlington County, New Jersey.<ref>Peter Stebbins Craig, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43441025 1671 Census of the Delaware]'' (Philadelphia, Pa.: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1999)[FHL Book 974 X2c 1671].</ref>


== Existing and lost censuses ==
==Existing and lost censuses==


For a list of available and missing Pennsylvania censuses, [[Pennsylvania Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>
For a list of available and missing Pennsylvania censuses, [[Pennsylvania Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>


== Why use a census? ==
==Why use a census?==


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.  
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 ==
==More about censuses==


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


:*[[United States Census Searching|index searching tips]]  
:*[[United States Census Searching|index searching tips]]
:*[[United States Census Analyzing Census Data|analyzing and using what you find]]  
:*[[United States Census Analyzing Census Data|analyzing and using what you find]]
:*[[United States Census Accuracy|census accuracy]]  
:*[[United States Census Accuracy|census accuracy]]
:*[[United States Census Historical Background|historical background]]  
:*[[United States Census Historical Background|historical background]]
:*[[United States Census#Contents_of_Federal_Censuses|contents of various census years and types]]
:*[[United States Census#Contents_of_Federal_Censuses|contents of various census years and types]]


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== Sources and footnotes ==
==Sources and footnotes==


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

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

Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]

Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Pennsylvania

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Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Union Veterans and Widows, 1890 Mortality Schedule, 1860
Agricultural Schedule, 1850-1880 Schedule 5: Products of industry in PA, 1860
Manufacturers Schedule, 1850-1880 Mortality Schedule, 1870
Social Statistics Schedule, 1850-1880 Mortality Schedule, 1880
Mortality Schedule, 1850 Indian census rolls, Carlisle School, 1911


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

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

State and colonial censuses[edit | edit source]

Pennylvania never took a state census. Records indicated as state censuses are in reality reconstructed tax lists.

  • 1857 Chester County only: a list of taxable inhabitants by Township.[1][2]
  • 1783/4 Swedish Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania[3]
  • 1753 Swedish Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania
  • 1743 Swedish Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania
  • 1697/8 Swedish Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania
  • 1693 Swedish Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania
  • 1671 Philadelphia and Delaware counties in Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware, and Burlington County, New Jersey.[4]

Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]

For a list of available and missing Pennsylvania 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. Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), no Pennsylvania listing.
  2. 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), 54.
  3. Klepp discusses the existence of these records in Susan Klepp, "Five Early Pennsylvania Censuses," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 106, No. 4 (Oct. 1982):483-484. For free online access, see WeRelate.
  4. Peter Stebbins Craig, 1671 Census of the Delaware (Philadelphia, Pa.: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1999)[FHL Book 974 X2c 1671].