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Additional Information may be found on the [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Portal:United_States_Census United States Census Portal] page.
[[Portal:United States Census|Portal:United States Census ]]>[[Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]  
 
== Availability  ==
== Availability  ==


==== Missing records  ====
==== Missing records  ====


'''1800 Suffolk County--C'''ensus is mostly lost.
'''1800 Suffolk County--C'''ensus is mostly lost.  


<br> '''1890 Census--'''Census was destroyed, except for a list of Civil War Union soldiers, which has a published index.  
<br>'''1890 Census--'''Census was destroyed, except for a list of Civil War Union soldiers, which has a published index.  


== Historical Background  ==
== Historical Background  ==
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== Indexes  ==
== Indexes  ==


==== Ancestry<br> ====
==== Ancestry<br> ====


'''Ancestry--'''All census records for Massachusetts are indexed on Ancestry.<br>  
'''Ancestry--'''All census records for Massachusetts are indexed on Ancestry.<br>


==== Statewide indexes to federal censuses  ====
==== Statewide indexes to federal censuses  ====


*1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860: book indexes<br> * 1790–1850: microfiche indexes<br> * 1870 Hampden County: book index<br> * 1880 (partial), 1900, 1920 and 1930: Soundex (phonetic) indexes on microfilm<br> * 1910: no index for Massachusetts
*1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860: book indexes<br>* 1790–1850: microfiche indexes<br>* 1870 Hampden County: book index<br>* 1880 (partial), 1900, 1920 and 1930: Soundex (phonetic) indexes on microfilm<br>* 1910: no index for Massachusetts


==== Town indexes to federal censuses  ====
==== Town indexes to federal censuses  ====


*Can sometimes help locate names missed in statewide indexes.<br> * Are sometimes listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under MASSACHUSETTS, [COUNTY], [TOWN]-CENSUS <br>
*Can sometimes help locate names missed in statewide indexes.<br>* Are sometimes listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under MASSACHUSETTS, [COUNTY], [TOWN]-CENSUS <br>


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==== City Finding Helps'''<br>''' ====
==== City Finding Helps'''<br>''' ====


'''City Directories--'''In large cities first find the person's address in the city directory for the same year as the census. Then look for that address in the census.  
'''City Directories--'''In large cities first find the person's address in the city directory for the same year as the census. Then look for that address in the census.  
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*Kirkham, E. Kay. A Handy Guide to Record- Searching in the Larger Cities of the United States. Logan, Utah: Everton, 1974. (FHL book 973 D27kc; fiche 6010059-60.) Includes ward maps and street indexes for Boston for 1850–1855, 1860, and 1877.
*Kirkham, E. Kay. A Handy Guide to Record- Searching in the Larger Cities of the United States. Logan, Utah: Everton, 1974. (FHL book 973 D27kc; fiche 6010059-60.) Includes ward maps and street indexes for Boston for 1850–1855, 1860, and 1877.


United States. Census Office. Census Descriptions of Geographic Subdivisions and Enumeration Districts.<br>  
United States. Census Office. Census Descriptions of Geographic Subdivisions and Enumeration Districts.<br>


&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1870 (FHL film 1402859)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1880 (FHL film 1402861)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1900 (FHL film 1303022)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1910 (FHL film 1374005)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1920 (FHL film 1842708)  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1870 (FHL film 1402859)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1880 (FHL film 1402861)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1900 (FHL film 1303022)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1910 (FHL film 1374005)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1920 (FHL film 1842708)  
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== Special Censuses  ==
== Special Censuses  ==


==== Mortality Schedules<br> ====
==== Mortality Schedules<br> ====


'''1850-1880--'''Mortality schedules for 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 list those who died in the year before the census. These are at the Massachusetts State Archives, the National Archives, and the Family History Library:<br>  
'''1850-1880--'''Mortality schedules for 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 list those who died in the year before the census. These are at the Massachusetts State Archives, the National Archives, and the Family History Library:<br>


&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1850 (FHL film 1421015–16)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1860 (FHL film 1421017)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1870 (FHL film 1421018–19)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1880 (FHL film 1421020–23) <br>  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1850 (FHL film 1421015–16)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1860 (FHL film 1421017)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1870 (FHL film 1421018–19)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1880 (FHL film 1421020–23) <br>


== State Censuses  ==
== State Censuses  ==
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USGenWeb-Massachusetts:&nbsp;[http://www.us-census.org/states/massachusetts/ www.us-census.org/states/massachusetts/]  
USGenWeb-Massachusetts:&nbsp;[http://www.us-census.org/states/massachusetts/ www.us-census.org/states/massachusetts/]  


== Bibliographic Citations<br> ==
== Bibliographic Citations<br> ==


''Massachusetts Research Outline.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. <br><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors -->  
''Massachusetts Research Outline.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. <br><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors -->


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