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If at first you don't find a name, try again under another spelling.
Photocopy each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
Look for an ancestor in every census during her or his lifetime.
On the family group record show each person's census listings.
Study others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in community context.

For a list of the exact date of each federal census, click here.

Online Massachusetts indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Template:Census Online Massachusetts

Federal population schedules[edit | edit source]

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

**Federal Census Microfilms Available from the Family History Library**
1940 N/A	1910	1870	1790 - 1840
1930	1900 and Soundex	1860
1920 and Soundex	1880 and Soundex	1850

**Federal Census Microfilms Available from the National Archives**
1940 N/A	1910 T624	1860 M653	1820 M33
1930 T626	1900 T623 Soundex T1051	1850 M432	1810 M252
1920 T625 Soundex M1567	1880 T9 Soundex T754	1840 M704	1800 M32
	1870 M593	1830 M19	1790 M637

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

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

Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]

Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Massachusetts
		Free			Free at Some Libraries (usually with library card)			Pay
Year	Type	Record Search	Census Bureau	Google Book	Heritage Quest	Ancestry FHL	Ancestry Library	Ancestry Home
1890	Veterans	-	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1880	Defective	-	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1880	Mortality	-	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1870	Mortality	-	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1860	Mortality	-	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1850	Mortality	Link	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1840	Pensioners	-	BookLink	BookLink	-	Link	Link	Link

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Family History Library Federal Census Non-Population Schedule Microfilms for Massachusetts

1880 mortality schedules FHL Collection films 1421020–23
1870 mortality schedules FHL Collection films 1421018–19
1860 mortality schedules FHL Collection film 1421017
1850 mortality schedules FHL Collection films 1421015–16

National Archives Federal Census Non-Population ScheduleMicrofilms for Massachusetts

1935 Census of Business
1820 - 1880 Census of Manufactures including agriculture, manufacturing, social statistics, mortality and delinquent classes.

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

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

State and colonial censuses[edit | edit source]

State and Colonial Censuses of Massachusetts

1945

Lost^[1]^[2]

1935

Lost^[1]^[2]

1925

Lost^[1]^[2]

1915

Lost^[1]^[2]

1905

Lost^[1]^[2]

1895

Lost^[1]^[2]

1885

Lost^[1]^[2]

1875

Lost^[1]^[2]

1865 May 1

Exist^[2]^[3]^[4]

1855 June 1

Exist^[2]^[3]^[4]

1850

Lost^[2]

1840

Lost^[2]

1837 May 1

Lost^[2]

Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]

For a list of available and missing Massachusetts 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]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[Template:Lainha]], 57-61.
↑ ^2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 ^2.12 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.: GPO, 1948) [[Template:Dubester]], 24-29.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[Template:Lainha]], 57-61. Original censuses at the Massachusetts State Archives. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Lainhart" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Massachusetts, Secretary of the Commonwealth, State Census, 1855–1865 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974) [[Template:Mass5565]]. For online census editions see "Online Federal and State Population Schedules for Massachusetts" above.

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[Lainh-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[Template:Lainha]], 57-61.

[Dubest-2] 2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 ^2.12 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.: GPO, 1948) [[Template:Dubester]], 24-29.

[Lainhart-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[Template:Lainha]], 57-61. Original censuses at the Massachusetts State Archives. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Lainhart" defined multiple times with different content

[MassCn5565-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Massachusetts, Secretary of the Commonwealth, State Census, 1855–1865 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974) [[Template:Mass5565]]. For online census editions see "Online Federal and State Population Schedules for Massachusetts" above.

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 ==== Microfilm images  ====
-*1880 mortality schedules ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=565641&disp=Schedule+5.+Persons+who+died+during+th++ Family History Library film 1421020–23])
+[[Family History Library|'''Family History Library''']]&nbsp;'''Federal Census Non-Population Schedule Microfilms for Massachusetts'''
-*1870 mortality schedules ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=565601&disp=Schedule+5.+Social+statistics+for+the+++ Family History Library film 1421018–19])
-*1860 mortality schedules ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=565573&disp=Schedule+3.+Persons+who+died+during+th++ Family History Library film 1421017])
+*1880 mortality schedules {{FHL|565641|item}} films 1421020–23
-*1850 mortality schedules ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=343724&disp=Schedule+3.+Persons+who+died+during+th++ Family History Library film 1421015–16])
+*1870 mortality schedules {{FHL|565601|item}} films 1421018–19
+*1860 mortality schedules {{FHL|565573|item}} film 1421017
+*1850 mortality schedules {{FHL|343724|item}} films 1421015–16
+[[National Archives and Records Administration|'''National Archives''']]'''&nbsp;Federal Census '''[http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census/nonpopulation/massachusetts.html '''Non-Population Schedule''']'''Microfilms for Massachusetts'''
+*1935 Census of Business
+*1820 - 1880 Census of Manufactures including agriculture, manufacturing, social statistics, mortality and delinquent classes.
 ==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====