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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Census|U.S. Census ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Massachusetts_Census|Census]]'' | ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Census|U.S. Census ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Massachusetts_Census|Census]]'' | ||
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| width="44%" | __TOC__ | | width="44%" | __TOC__ | ||
| 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]]. | *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. | *[[Copying Sources|Photocopy]] each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it. | ||
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*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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*For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[Massachusetts Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. | *For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[Massachusetts Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. | ||
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==== Online indexes and images ==== | ==== Online indexes and images ==== | ||
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| bgcolor="#ff9900 | | align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Massachusetts'''</font> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="2" | <br> | | bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="2" | <br> | ||
| bgcolor="#ff9966 | | align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" colspan="3" | '''Free''' | ||
| bgcolor="#cccccc | | align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="3" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually with library card) | ||
| bgcolor="#ff9900 | | align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Pay''' | ||
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| bgcolor="#ff9900 | | align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Year''' | ||
| width="10%" bgcolor="#ff9900 | | align="center" width="10%" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Type''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ff9966 | | align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Record Search''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ff9966 | | align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Census Bureau''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ff9966 | | align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Google Book''' | ||
| bgcolor="#cccccc | | align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Heritage Quest''' | ||
| bgcolor="#cccccc | | align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Ancestry FHL''' | ||
| bgcolor="#cccccc | | align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Ancestry Library''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ff9900 | | align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Ancestry Home''' | ||
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| '''1890''' | | '''1890''' | ||
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=== State and colonial censuses === | === State and colonial censuses === | ||
{| | {| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="100%" align="center" border="1" | ||
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| bgcolor="#99cc99 | | align="center" bgcolor="#99cc99" colspan="90" | '''State and Colonial Censuses of Massachusetts''' | ||
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| align="left" | '''1945''' | | align="left" | '''1945''' | ||
| width="85% | | align="left" width="85%" | '''Lost'''<ref name="Lainh">Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 57-61.</ref><ref name="Dubest">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.: GPO, 1948) [[{{Dubester}}]], 24-29.</ref> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1935''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''Lost'''<ref name="Lainh" /><ref name="Dubest" /> | ||
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| align="left" | '''1925''' | | align="left" | '''1925''' | ||
| align="left" | '''Lost'''<ref name="Lainh" /><ref name="Dubest" /> | | align="left" | '''Lost'''<ref name="Lainh" /><ref name="Dubest" /> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1915''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''Lost'''<ref name="Lainh" /><ref name="Dubest" /> | ||
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| align="left" | '''1905''' | | align="left" | '''1905''' | ||
| align="left" | '''Lost'''<ref name="Lainh" /><ref name="Dubest" /> | | align="left" | '''Lost'''<ref name="Lainh" /><ref name="Dubest" /> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1895''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''Lost'''<ref name="Lainh" /><ref name="Dubest" /> | ||
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| align="left" | '''1885''' | | align="left" | '''1885''' | ||
| align="left" | '''Lost'''<ref name="Lainh" /><ref name="Dubest" /> | | align="left" | '''Lost'''<ref name="Lainh" /><ref name="Dubest" /> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1875''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''Lost'''<ref name="Lainh" /><ref name="Dubest" /> | ||
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| align="left" | '''1865''' May 1 | | align="left" | '''1865''' May 1 | ||
| align="left" | Exist<ref name="Dubest" /><ref name="Lainhart">Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 57-61. Original censuses at the Massachusetts State Archives.</ref><ref name="MassCn5565">Massachusetts, Secretary of the Commonwealth, ''State Census, 1855–1865'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974) [[{{Mass5565}}]]. For online census editions see "[[Massachusetts_Census#Online_Massachusetts_indexes_and_images|Online Federal and State Population Schedules for Massachusetts]]" above.</ref> | | align="left" | Exist<ref name="Dubest" /><ref name="Lainhart">Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 57-61. Original censuses at the Massachusetts State Archives.</ref><ref name="MassCn5565">Massachusetts, Secretary of the Commonwealth, ''State Census, 1855–1865'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974) [[{{Mass5565}}]]. For online census editions see "[[Massachusetts_Census#Online_Massachusetts_indexes_and_images|Online Federal and State Population Schedules for Massachusetts]]" above.</ref> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1855''' June 1 | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Exist<ref name="Dubest" /><ref name="Lainhart">Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 57-61. Originals at the Massachusetts State Archives.</ref><ref name="MassCn5565" /> | ||
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| align="left" | '''1850''' | | align="left" | '''1850''' | ||
| align="left" | '''Lost'''<ref name="Dubest" /> | | align="left" | '''Lost'''<ref name="Dubest" /> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1840''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''Lost'''<ref name="Dubest" /> | ||
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| align="left" | '''1837''' May 1 | | align="left" | '''1837''' May 1 | ||
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=== Existing and lost censuses === | === Existing and lost censuses === | ||
For a list of available and missing Massachusetts censuses, [[Massachusetts Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br> | For a list of available and missing Massachusetts censuses, [[Massachusetts Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br> | ||
=== Why use a census? === | === Why use a census? === | ||
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{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
{{Place|Massachusetts}} {{USCensus}} {{stub}} | {{Place|Massachusetts}} {{USCensus}} {{Massachusetts-stub}} | ||
[[Category:Massachusetts|Census]] [[Category: | [[Category:Massachusetts|Census]] [[Category:Census_by_State|{{PAGENAME}}]] |
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