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=== Online Resources ===
==Online Federal Censuses==
 
===Population Schedules===
*[[United States Census Online Genealogy Records|United States Online Census, 1790-1940]]
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>
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3557 Missouri, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1830-1870], ($), index
Missouri became the 21st state admitted to the United States on Aug. 10, 1821. It first appears on the 1801 U.S. Census as Missouri Territory.
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1024 Missouri, State Census Collection, 1844-1881] ($)
*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075262 Missouri, State and Territorial Census Records, 1732-1933], index and images.
*{{RecordSearch|1877095|United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890}} — index and images
 
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<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, [[Missouri Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].


======'''United States Federal Censuses with Online Links'''======
{| class="wikitable" width= "70%" style="display: inline-table;"
|-
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"| 1810
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"| 1820
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"| 1830
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"| 1840
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"|1850
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"|1860
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"|1870
|-
|{{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]
|{{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]
|{{RecordSearch|1438024|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/ Ancestry.com]
|-
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"|1880
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"|1890
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"|1900
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"|1910
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"|1920
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"|1930
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:"25%"|1940
|-
|{{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]
|{{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]
|-
|}
|}


=== Missouri State Censuses Online===
===Non-Population Schedules for Missouri===
*'''1732-1933''' - {{RecordSearch|2075262|Missouri State and Territorial Census Records, 1732-1933}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images
Federal non-population schedules included such things mortality schedules, agriculture schedules, slave schedules, and manufacturing schedules.
*'''1830-1870''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3557 Missouri, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1830-1870] at Ancestry.com ($)
{| class="wikitable" width= flexible style="display: inline-table;"
*'''1844-1881''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1024 Missouri, State Census Collection, 1844-1881] ($)
|-
 
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Year
=== Online Missouri indexes and images  ===
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
 
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;"| Links
{{Census Online Missouri}}
|-
 
|1890
=== Federal population schedules  ===
|Veterans
 
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8667/ Ancestry] ($)
==== Microfilm images  ====
|-
 
|1880
{| width="745" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
|Mortality
|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]'''
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|1870
|Mortality
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|1860
|Slave Owner
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7668/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|-
| 1940 N/A
|1850
| {{FHL|637143|title-id|disp=1900 and Soundex}}
|Slave Owner
| {{FHL|705435|title-id|disp=1860&nbsp;}}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8055/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|-
| {{FHL|1037435|title-id|disp=1930}}
|1850
| {{FHL|650144|title-id|disp=1900 and Soundex}}
|Mortality
| {{FHL|744488|title-id|disp=1850}}
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|-
| {{FHL|574799|title-id|disp=1920&nbsp;and Soundex}}
|1840
| {{FHL|676481|title-id|disp=1880 and Soundex}}
|Pensioners
| {{FHL|745497|title-id|disp=1840}}
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7678/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|-
| {{FHL|638147|title-id|disp=1910 and soundex}}
| {{FHL|698906|title-id|disp=1870}}
| {{FHL|745497|title-id|disp=1830}}
|}
|}


<br>
===Existing and Lost Censuses===
*[[Missouri Censuses Existing and Lost|List of existing and lost federal censuses for Missouri]]


{| width="745" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
==Online State and Territorial Censuses==
|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]]'''
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>
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>
{| class="wikitable" width= flexible="display: inline-table;"
|-
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Year
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;"| Links
|-
|1887
|State (Phelps County), head of household
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1024/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|1880
|State (Cass County), household members
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1024/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|1876
|State (select counties), household members
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1024/ Ancestry] ($)
|-
|1864
|State (Callaway and Gasconade)
|[https://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/state Contact Missouri State Archives]
|-
|1860
|State
|[https://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/state Contact Missouri State Archives]
|-
|1856
|State (Audrain, Atchison and Callaway)
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1024/ Ancestry] ($)
[https://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/state Contact Missouri State Archives]
|-
|1852
|State (Benton, Callaway and St. Charles)
|[https://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/state Contact Missouri State Archives]
|-
|1848
|State (Benton and Callaway)
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1024/ Ancestry] ($)
[https://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/state Contact Missouri State Archives]
|-
|1844
|State (Benton and Callaway)
|[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1024/ Ancestry] ($)
[https://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/state Contact Missouri State Archives]
|-
|1840
|State (select counties)
|[https://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/state Contact Missouri State Archives]
|-
|1819
|Territorial (St. Charles)
|[https://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/state Contact Missouri State Archives]
|-
|-
| 1940 N/A
|1818
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/part-03.html#missouri 1910 T624] and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/part-02.html#missouri Soundex T1270]
|Territorial (St. Charles)
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-05.html#missouri 1870 M593]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|[https://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/state Contact Missouri State Archives]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1840 1840 M704]
|-
|-
| [http://1930census.archives.gov/beginSearch.asp 1930 T626]
|1817
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-07.html#missouri 1900 T623]&nbsp;and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-04.html#missouri Soundex T1055]
|Territorial (St. Charles)
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-04.html#missouri 1860 M653]
|[https://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/state Contact Missouri State Archives]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1830 1830 M19]
|-
|-
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-08.html#missouri 1920 T625]&nbsp;and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-03.html#missouri Soundex M1571]
|1803
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-07.html#missouri 1880 T9] and [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-06.html#missouri Soundex T758]
|Territorial (Cape Girardeau and New Madrid)
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-03.html#missouri 1850 M432]  
|[https://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/state Contact Missouri State Archives]
|
|-
|-
| &nbsp;
|1797
|  
|Territorial (New Madrid)
| &nbsp;
|[https://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/state Contact Missouri State Archives]
|
| &nbsp;
|}
 
<br>Many federal census records&nbsp;(1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930) are at the following archives:
 
*[http://shs.umsystem.edu/census/index.shtml State Historical Society of Missouri] (University of Missouri–Columbia Campus)
*[http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/census.asp Missouri State Archives] (Jefferson City)
*The Family History Library
*The National Archives
 
Residents of Missouri may borrow microfilm of federal census records through 1880 from the Missouri State Historical Society on [http://shs.umsystem.edu/research/ill.shtml interlibrary] loan through public or college libraries. State census microfilm. [[Soundex|Soundexes]], and other indexes may not be borrowed.
 
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
 
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Missouri, [[Missouri Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]
 
=== Federal non-population schedules  ===
 
==== Online indexes and images  ====
 
{| width="77%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="center"
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Missouri'''</font>
|1796
|Territorial (New Madrid)
|[https://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/state Contact Missouri State Archives]
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="2" | <br>
|1795
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free'''
|Territorial (New Madrid)
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" colspan="3" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually&nbsp;with&nbsp;library&nbsp;card)  
|[https://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/state Contact Missouri State Archives]
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Pay'''
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Year'''
|1794
| width="10%" bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Type'''
|Territorial (New Madrid)
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Record Search'''
|[https://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/state Contact Missouri State Archives]
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Census Bureau'''
| bgcolor="#ff9966" align="center" | '''Google Book'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Heritage Quest'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry FHL'''
| bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" | '''Ancestry Library'''
| bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | '''Ancestry Home'''
|-
|-
| '''1890'''
|1793
| width="20%" | Veterans
|Territorial (New Madrid)
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1610551 Link]
|[https://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/state Contact Missouri State Archives]
| align="center" | -
| 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]
|-
|-
| '''1880'''
|1792
| width="20%" | Mortality
|Territorial (New Madrid)
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1417683 Link]
|[https://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/state Contact Missouri State Archives]
| 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'''
|1791
| Mortality
|Territorial
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1438024 Link]
|[https://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/state Contact Missouri State Archives]
| 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]
|-
|-
| '''1860'''
|1787
| Slave owner
|Territorial (St. Genevieve and St. Louis)
| align="center" | -
|[https://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/state Contact Missouri State Archives]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/census/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bcensus%3B8457527%3B-1%3B8%3B18&searchtype=3&offset=1&locthreadid=4479091&hitcount=5479 Link]<ref name="HQSlave">HeritageQuest has slave owner schedule images only.</ref>
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=7668&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=7668&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=7668&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
|-
|-
| '''1860'''
|1779
| Mortality
|Territorial (St. Genevieve and St. Louis)
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1473181 Link]
|[https://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/state Contact Missouri State Archives]
| 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]
|-
|-
| '''1850'''
|1770
| Slave owner
|Territorial (St. Genevieve and St Louis)
| align="center" | -
|[https://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/state Contact Missouri State Archives]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/census/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bcensus%3B12159696%3B-1%3B7%3B18&searchtype=3&offset=1&locthreadid=8194799&hitcount=4245 Link]<ref name="HQSlave" />
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8055&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8055&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8055&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
|-
|-
| '''1850'''
|1766
| Mortality
|Territorial (Spanish Louisiana Territories)
| align="center" | [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1401638 Link]
|[https://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/state Contact Missouri State Archives]
| 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'''
|1752
| Pensioners
|Territorial (St. Genevieve)
| align="center" | -
|[https://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/state Contact Missouri State Archives]
| 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]
|}
 
==== Microfilm images  ====
 
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| {{FHL|422718|title-id|disp=1850-1880 Mortality Schedules}}
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==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
==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:  
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Missouri, [[Missouri Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]].  
*Name of each person in the family at the time the census was taken
 
*Street or Avenue, or number Rural Free Delivery
=== State, territorial, and colonial censuses  ===
*Sex
 
*Age
The Territory of Missouri took censuses in 1814, 1817, and 1819. The State of Missouri took censuses in 1821, then every four years beginning in 1824 through 1868, and in 1876. Most of these Territorial and State Censuses no longer exist. Listed below are copies currently available. Some censuses only gave head of household and others listed all household members. <br><br>
*Color
 
*Nativity
At [http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com]
*Place of birth of this person
 
*Place of birth of Father of this person
*'''1887'''-Phelps
*Place of birth of Mother of this person
*'''1881'''-Reynolds
*Period of Residence
*'''1880'''-Cass
*How long a resident of this State (years and months)
*'''1876'''- Atchison, Benton, Butler, Callaway, Cape Girardeau, Carroll, Cass, Christian, Daviess, St. Francois, Franklin, Gasconade, Greene, Holt, Howard, Madison, McDonald, Moniteau, Montgomery, Osage, Perry, Phelps, Reynolds, Ripley, Stone, Texas, Worth and Webster Counties.
*How long a resident of this enumeration district (years and months)
*'''1873'''-Cole County
*Regular occupation
*'''1869'''-Franklin County
*Military servicemily.  
*'''1868'''-Cape Girardeau and Franklin Counties
*'''1867'''- Cape Girardeau, Franklin, and Greene Counties.
*'''1858'''- St. Louis County
*'''1857'''- St. Louis County
*'''1856'''- Audrain County
*'''1844'''- Callaway County <br><br>
 
At the [http://shs.umsystem.edu/census/statecensus.shtml State Historical Society of Missouri] (University of Missouri–Columbia Campus):
 
*'''1876''' - Benton, Callaway, Cape Girardeau, Christian, Greene, Holt, Howard, McDonald, Montgomery, Osage, Phelps, Reynolds, St. Francois counties (all microfilm) Butler, Iron and Texas counties (transcriptions).
*'''1868''' - Cape Girardeau, Ste. Genevieve, and Webster counties (all microfilm)
*'''1864''' - Gasconade County (transcription)
*'''1844''' - Callaway County (microfilm), Marion County (transcription) *'''1852''' - St. Charles County (transcription)
*'''1840''' - Rives County [now Henry County] (transcription)
*'''1819''' - St. Charles Territorial Censuses (transcription)
*'''1817''' - St. Charles Territorial Censuses (transcription) <br><br>
 
At the [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/census.asp Missouri State Archives] (Jefferson City):
 
*'''1868''' - Cape Girardeau County (microfilm)  
*'''1844''' - Callaway County (microfilm); Greene County (transcription)
*'''1840''' - New Madrid, Newton, Pike, Randolph, Ray, Rives (later Henry), Shelby, Stoddard and Warren counties (all transcriptions)
 
=== Existing and lost censuses  ===
 
For a list of available and missing Missouri censuses, [[Missouri 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  ===
=== More about censuses  ===

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Population Schedules[edit | edit source]

Starting in 1790, federal population schedules were taken every 10 years in the United States. Click here for more information about federal census records.

Missouri became the 21st state admitted to the United States on Aug. 10, 1821. It first appears on the 1801 U.S. Census as Missouri Territory.

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Federal non-population schedules included such things mortality schedules, agriculture schedules, slave schedules, and manufacturing schedules.

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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.

Year Type of Census Links
1887 State (Phelps County), head of household Ancestry ($)
1880 State (Cass County), household members Ancestry ($)
1876 State (select counties), household members Ancestry ($)
1864 State (Callaway and Gasconade) Contact Missouri State Archives
1860 State Contact Missouri State Archives
1856 State (Audrain, Atchison and Callaway) Ancestry ($)

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1852 State (Benton, Callaway and St. Charles) Contact Missouri State Archives
1848 State (Benton and Callaway) Ancestry ($)

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1844 State (Benton and Callaway) Ancestry ($)

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1840 State (select counties) Contact Missouri State Archives
1819 Territorial (St. Charles) Contact Missouri State Archives
1818 Territorial (St. Charles) Contact Missouri State Archives
1817 Territorial (St. Charles) Contact Missouri State Archives
1803 Territorial (Cape Girardeau and New Madrid) Contact Missouri State Archives
1797 Territorial (New Madrid) Contact Missouri State Archives
1796 Territorial (New Madrid) Contact Missouri State Archives
1795 Territorial (New Madrid) Contact Missouri State Archives
1794 Territorial (New Madrid) Contact Missouri State Archives
1793 Territorial (New Madrid) Contact Missouri State Archives
1792 Territorial (New Madrid) Contact Missouri State Archives
1791 Territorial Contact Missouri State Archives
1787 Territorial (St. Genevieve and St. Louis) Contact Missouri State Archives
1779 Territorial (St. Genevieve and St. Louis) Contact Missouri State Archives
1770 Territorial (St. Genevieve and St Louis) Contact Missouri State Archives
1766 Territorial (Spanish Louisiana Territories) Contact Missouri State Archives
1752 Territorial (St. Genevieve) Contact Missouri State Archives

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
  • Street or Avenue, or number Rural Free Delivery
  • Sex
  • Age
  • Color
  • Nativity
  • Place of birth of this person
  • Place of birth of Father of this person
  • Place of birth of Mother of this person
  • Period of Residence
  • How long a resident of this State (years and months)
  • How long a resident of this enumeration district (years and months)
  • Regular occupation
  • Military servicemily.

More about censuses[edit | edit source]

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

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