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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__  
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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]].  
*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&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]].
*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]].


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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" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Massachusetts'''</font>
| 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>  
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| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free'''  
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" colspan="3" | '''Free'''  
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually&nbsp;with&nbsp;library&nbsp;card)  
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="3" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually&nbsp;with&nbsp;library&nbsp;card)  
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Pay'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Pay'''
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Year'''  
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Year'''  
| width="10%" bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Type'''  
| align="center" width="10%" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Type'''  
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Record Search'''  
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Record Search'''  
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Census Bureau'''  
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Census Bureau'''  
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Google Book'''  
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Google Book'''  
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Heritage Quest'''  
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Heritage Quest'''  
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry FHL'''  
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Ancestry FHL'''  
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry Library'''  
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Ancestry Library'''  
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Ancestry Home'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Ancestry Home'''
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| '''1890'''  
| '''1890'''  
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=== State and colonial censuses  ===
=== State and colonial censuses  ===


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| bgcolor="#99cc99" align="center" colspan="90" | '''State and Colonial Censuses of Massachusetts'''
| 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" | '''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>
| 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" | '''1935'''  
| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1935'''  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''Lost'''<ref name="Lainh" /><ref name="Dubest" />
| 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" | '''1915'''  
| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1915'''  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''Lost'''<ref name="Lainh" /><ref name="Dubest" />
| 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" | '''1895'''  
| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1895'''  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''Lost'''<ref name="Lainh" /><ref name="Dubest" />
| 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" | '''1875'''  
| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1875'''  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''Lost'''<ref name="Lainh" /><ref name="Dubest" />
| 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" | '''1855''' June 1  
| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1855''' June 1  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" 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. Originals at the Massachusetts State Archives.</ref><ref name="MassCn5565" />
| 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" | '''1840'''  
| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1840'''  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="left" | '''Lost'''<ref name="Dubest" />
| 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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