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==Online Federal Censuses==
===Population Schedules===
Starting in 1790, federal population schedules were taken every 10 years in the United States. [[United States Census|'''Click here for more information''']] about federal census records. <br><br>
Minnesota became the thirty-second state admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858. Minnesota was created from Minnesota Territory. It will not appear on earlier censuses.
======'''United States Federal Censuses with Online Links'''======
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! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%" | [[United States Census 1790|1790]]
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%" | [[United States Census 1800|1800]]
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"| [[United States Census 1810|1810]]
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"| [[United States Census 1820|1820]]
|-
|{{RecordSearch|1803959|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5058/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1804228|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7590/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1803765|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7613/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1803955|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7734/ Ancestry.com]
|-
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"| [[United States Census 1830|1830]]
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"| [[United States Census 1840|1840]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"|[[United States Census 1850|1850]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"|[[United States Census 1860|1860]]
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|{{RecordSearch|1803958|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8058/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1786457|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8057/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1401638|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1473181|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/ Ancestry.com]
|-
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"|[[United States Census 1870|1870]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"|[[United States Census 1880|1880]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"|[[United States Census 1890|1890]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"|[[United States Census 1900|1900]]
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|{{RecordSearch|1438024|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1417683|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1610551|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5445/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1325221|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/ Ancestry.com]
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"|[[United States Census 1910|1910]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"|[[United States Census 1920|1920]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"|[[United States Census 1930|1930]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"|[[United States Census 1940|1940]]
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|{{RecordSearch|1727033|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7884/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1488411|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6061/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1810731|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6224/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|2000219|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2442/ Ancestry.com]
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| 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.
*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]].
<br>
*For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[Minnesota Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]
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=== Online Resources ===
*[[United States Census Online Genealogy Records|United States Online Census, 1790-1940]]
*{{RecordSearch|1877095|United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890}} — index and images
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3555 Minnesota, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1835-1890] Index and images ($)
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1058 Minnesota, Territorial and State Census, 1849-1905]($)
*{{RecordSearch|1503055|Minnesota, Territorial Census, 1857}} Index and images. Also [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/minnesota-territorial-census-1857 FindMyPast], and [http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30071/minnesota-territorial-census-1857?s=218489221 MyHeritage], indexing may vary
*{{RecordSearch|1503054|Minnesota, State Census, 1865}} Index and images. Also [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/minnesota-state-census-1865 FindMyPast], and [http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30070/minnesota-state-census-1865?s=218489221 MyHeritage], indexing may vary
*{{RecordSearch|1503053|Minnesota, State Census, 1875}} Index and images. Also at [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/minnesota-state-census-1875 FindMyPast], and [http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30069/minnesota-state-census-1875?s=218489221 MyHeritage], indexing may vary
*{{RecordSearch|1503044|Minnesota, State Census, 1885}} Index and images. Also [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/minnesota-state-census-1885 FindMyPast], and [http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30068/minnesota-state-census-1885?s=218489221 MyHeritage], indexing may vary
*{{RecordSearch|1503031|Minnesota, State Census, 1895}} Index and images. Also [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/minnesota-state-census-1895 FindMyPast], and [http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30067/minnesota-state-census-1895?s=218489221 MyHeritage], indexing may vary
*{{RecordSearch|1503056|Minnesota, State Census, 1905}} Index and images. Also [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/minnesota-state-census-1905 FindMyPast], and [http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30072/minnesota-state-census-1905?s=218489221 MyHeritage], indexing may vary<br><br>


{{Census Online Minnesota}}
===Non-Population Schedules for Minnesota===
 
Federal non-population schedules included such things mortality schedules, agriculture schedules, slave schedules, and manufacturing schedules.
=== Federal population schedules ===
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=== Microfilm images  ===
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{| width="745" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]'''
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;"| Links
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|1890
|Veterans
|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/230777 FamilySearch] - index and images
[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8667/ Ancestry.com] ($)
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|1880
|Mortality
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry.com] ($)
|-
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| 1940 N/A
|1870
| {{FHL|638144|title-id|disp=1910}}
|Social Statistics
| {{FHL|698904|title-id|disp=1870}}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry.com] ($)
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| {{FHL|1037428|title-id|disp=1930}}
|1870
| {{FHL|636810|title-id|disp=1900 and Soundex}}
|Mortality
| {{FHL|705415|title-id|disp=1860}}
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry.com] ($)
|-
|-
| {{FHL|574009|title-id|disp=1920&nbsp;and Soundex}}
|1870
| {{FHL|673574|title-id|disp=1880 and Soundex}}
|Industry
| {{FHL|744486|title-id|disp=1850}}
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry.com] ($)
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|  
|1870
|  
|Agriculture
|  
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry.com] ($)
|}
 
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{| width="745" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]]'''
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| 1940 N/A
|1860
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/part-03.html#minnesota 1910 T624]
|Mortality
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-07.html#minnesota 1880 T9]&nbsp;and&nbsp;[http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-06.html#minnesota Soundex T756&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry.com] ($)
|-
|-
| [http://1930census.archives.gov/beginSearch.asp 1930 T626]
|1850
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-07.html#minnesota 1900 T623]&nbsp;and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-04.html#minnesota Soundex T1053]
|Mortality
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-05.html 1870 M593]
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry.com] ($)
|-
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| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-08.html#minnesota 1920 T625]&nbsp;and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-03.html#minnesota Soundex M1569]  
|1840
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-08.html 1890 fragments M407]&nbsp;/ [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-08.html#mn index M496]  
|Pensioners
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-04.html#minnesota 1860 M653&nbsp;]
|[https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf Census Bureau Booklink] <br>
[https://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#v=onepage&q=1840%20census%20pensioners&f=false Google Booklink]<br>
[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7678/ Ancestry.com] ($)
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| &nbsp;
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| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-03.html#minnesota 1850 M432]
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<br>
===Existing and Lost Censuses===
*[[Minnesota Censuses Existing and Lost|List of existing and lost federal censuses for Minnesota]]


*1900 The schedule for White Earth Indian Reservation follows Yellow Medicine County Census.
==Online State and Territorial Censuses==
 
State censuses are census records that were taken at the state-level rather than at the federal. Often, but not always, a state took their census in ten year increments 5 years from when the Federal Census was taken, such as 1885. State censuses can even serve as substitutes for missing federal censuses. For more information on state censuses, visit [https://www.census.gov/history/www/genealogy/other_resources/state_censuses.html United States Census Bureau].<br><br>
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
Territorial censuses were taken by the federal government to count the population in federal territories. The government needed to count the population in the territory to see if it could qualify for statehood. For more information on territorial censuses, visit the [[United States Census Territorial|US Territorial Census page]].<br><br>
 
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For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Minnesota, [[Minnesota Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]  
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! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Year
=== Federal non-population schedules  ===
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
 
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;"| Links
==== Online indexes and images  ====
 
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| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Minnesota'''</font>
|1905
|State; names individuals.
|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1503056 FamilySearch]
[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1058/ Ancestry.com ($)]
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="2" | <br>
|1895
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" colspan="3" | '''Free'''
|State (partial); names all household members.
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="3" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually&nbsp;with&nbsp;library&nbsp;card)  
|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1503031 FamilySearch]
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Pay'''
[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1058/ Ancestry.com ($)]
|-
|-
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Year'''
|1885
| align="center" width="10%" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Type'''
|State; names all household members.
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Record Search'''
|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1503044 FamilySearch]
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Census Bureau'''
[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1058/ Ancestry.com ($)]
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Google Book'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Heritage Quest'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Ancestry FHL'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Ancestry Library'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Ancestry Home'''
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| '''1890'''
|1875
| width="20%" | Veterans
|State
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1610551 Link]
|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1503053 FamilySearch]  
| align="center" | -
[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1058/ Ancestry.com ($)]  
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| 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.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
|-
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| '''1880'''
|1865
| width="20%" | Mortality
|State (some counties missing)
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1417683 Link]  
|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1503054 FamilySearch]  
| align="center" | -
[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1058/ Ancestry.com ($)]  
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
|-
|-
| '''1870'''
|1857
| width="20%" | Social Statistics
|Territorial; lists names of individuals.
| align="center" | 
|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1503055 FamilySearch]  
| align="center" | -
[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1058/ Ancestry.com ($)]  
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| 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.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1276 Link]
|-
|-
| '''1870'''
|1855
| Mortality
|Territorial; only names head of household.
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1438024 Link]
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1058/ Ancestry.com ($)]  
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
|-
|-
| '''1870'''
|1853
| width="20%" | Industry
|Territorial; lists names of individuals.  
| align="center" | 
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1058/ Ancestry.com ($)]  
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| 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.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1276 Link]
|-
|-
| '''1870'''
|1849
| width="20%" | Agriculture
|Territorial; only names head of household.  
| align="center" | 
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1058/ Ancestry.com ($)]  
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| 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.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1276 Link]
|-
|-
| '''1860'''
|1838
| Mortality
|Territorial
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1473181 Link]
|Contact [https://www.mnhs.org/genealogy/family/genieguide/census.php Minnesota Historical Society]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| 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.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
|-
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| '''1850'''
|1836
| Mortality
|Territorial
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1401638 Link]
|Contact [https://www.mnhs.org/genealogy/family/genieguide/census.php Minnesota Historical Society]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| 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.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
|-
|-
| '''1840'''
| Pensioners
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1786457 Link]
| 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" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]
|}
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==== Microfilm images  ====
==Why Use the Census?==
 
State census records can be one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. Information varies based on year and location, but information that may be included in a census can include:
*United States. Census Office. 11th Census, 1890. ''Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. ''National Archives Microfilm Publication M123. (On 118 Family History Library microfilms.) The Minnesota returns are available at the Family History Library on Family History Library {{FHL|230777|title-id|disp=microfilms 338181–84}}.
*Name of each person in the family at the time the census was taken
 
*Street or Avenue, or number Rural Free Delivery
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
*Sex
 
*Age
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Minnesota, [[Minnesota Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]].
*Color
 
*Nativity
=== State, territorial, and colonial censuses  ===
*Place of birth of this person
 
*Place of birth of Father of this person
Minnesota took censuses in different years than the federal censuses. These censuses may have different data compared to federal censuses. Check these censuses for more information on a family.
*Place of birth of Mother of this person
 
*Period of Residence
*'''1905''' State census.<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 67-69.</ref><ref name="GenResMNGuide">Minnesota Historical Society, Library and Archives Division, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19520323 Genealogical resources of the Minnesota Historical Society : a guide]'' (St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1989) [[{{GenResMN}}]], 9-13.</ref>
*How long a resident of this State (years and months)
*'''1895''' State census.</ref><ref name="GenResMNGuide" /> A partial card index exists at the Minnesota Historical Society for Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, and Big Stone counties.<br>
*How long a resident of this enumeration district (years and months)
*'''1885''' State census.</ref><ref name="GenResMNGuide" />
*Regular occupation
*'''1875''' State census.</ref><ref name="GenResMNGuide" />
*Military service
*'''1865''' State census.</ref><ref name="GenResMNGuide" /> Missing: Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Douglas, Itasca, Kandiyohi, Kittson, Murray, Nobles, Otter Tail, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Stevens, Traverse, Wadena, and Wilkin counties.
*'''1857''' Territorial census.</ref> Some people and places are fictional.<ref name="GenResMNGuide" /><ref>Robert J. Forrest, "Mythical Cities of Southwestern Minnesota," ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/428652806 Minnesota History: A Quarterly Magazine]'' 14, no. 3 (September 1933): 243–62. [[{{MinnHistQuar}}]].</ref>
*'''1855''' Territorial census.</ref> Incomplete.<ref name="GenResMNGuide" />
*'''1853''' Territorial census.</ref> Incomplete.<ref name="GenResMNGuide" />
*'''1849''' Territorial census.</ref><ref name="GenResMNGuide" /><ref>Minnesota, Legislative Assembly, House of Representatives, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9405021 Journal of the House of Representatives, first session of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Minnesota, 1850]'' Appendices C and D, pages 195-215 as cited in Minnesota Historical Society, 10.</ref>
*'''1838''' Territorial census as part of Wisconsin Territory (Crawford and Clayton counties).</ref><ref name="GenResMNGuide" />
*'''1836''' Territorial census as part of Wisconsin Territory (Crawford and Dubuque counties).</ref><ref name="GenResMNGuide" />
 
Most of the original censuses are located at the Minnesota Historical Society. Some of the early territorial censuses have been published in the ''Minnesota Genealogist ''and the ''Minnesota Genealogical Journal''.
 
=== Existing and lost censuses  ===
 
For a list of available and missing Minnesota censuses, [[Minnesota Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>
 
=== 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.
 
=== More about censuses  ===
 
[[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 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]]
 
=== Sources and footnotes  ===
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Starting in 1790, federal population schedules were taken every 10 years in the United States. Click here for more information about federal census records.

Minnesota became the thirty-second state admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858. Minnesota was created from Minnesota Territory. It will not appear on earlier censuses.

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Online State and Territorial Censuses[edit | edit source]

State censuses are census records that were taken at the state-level rather than at the federal. Often, but not always, a state took their census in ten year increments 5 years from when the Federal Census was taken, such as 1885. State censuses can even serve as substitutes for missing federal censuses. For more information on state censuses, visit United States Census Bureau.

Territorial censuses were taken by the federal government to count the population in federal territories. The government needed to count the population in the territory to see if it could qualify for statehood. For more information on territorial censuses, visit the US Territorial Census page.

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1855 Territorial; only names head of household. Ancestry.com ($)
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1849 Territorial; only names head of household. Ancestry.com ($)
1838 Territorial Contact Minnesota Historical Society
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Why Use the Census?[edit | edit source]

State census records can be one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. Information varies based on year and location, but information that may be included in a census can include:

  • Name of each person in the family at the time the census was taken
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  • Place of birth of this person
  • Place of birth of Father of this person
  • Place of birth of Mother of this person
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  • How long a resident of this State (years and months)
  • How long a resident of this enumeration district (years and months)
  • Regular occupation
  • Military service
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