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

Online Maryland indexes and images

Federal population schedules

Microfilm images

**Federal Census Microfilms Available from the National Archives**
1940 N/A	1910 T624	1870 M593	1840 M704	1810 M252
1930 T626	1900 T623 and Soundex T1050	1860 M654	1830 M19	1800 M32
1920 T625 and Soundex M1566	1880 T9 and Soundex T753	1850 M432	1820 M33	1790 M637

Indexes: fiche, film, or book

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

Federal non-population schedules

Online indexes and images

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Maryland
		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	Mortality	-	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1870	Mortality	-	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1860	Slave owner	-	-	-	Link^[1]	Link	Link	Link
1860	Mortality	-	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1850	Slave owner	Link	-	-	Link^[1]	Link	Link	Link
1850	Mortality	Link	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1840	Pensioners	-	BookLink	BookLink	-	Link	Link	Link

Microfilm images

**Family History Library Federal Census Non-Population Schedule Microfilms for Maryland**
1890 Veteran	1870 Mortality	1860 Slave owner	1850 Slave owner	1840 Pensioners
1880 Mortality	1870 Agricultural	1860 Mortality	1850 Mortality	1820 Manufacturers
1880 Agricultural	1870 Industrial	1860 Agricultural	1850 Agricultural
1880 Industrial	1870 Social Statistics	1860 Industrial	1850 Industrial
1880 Defective		1860 Social Statistics	1850 Social Statistics

**National Archives Federal Census Non-Population Schedule Microfilms for Maryland**
1890 Veteran	1860 Slave owner	1860 Industrial	1850 Agricultural	1820 Manufactuer
1880 Mortality	1860 Mortality	1850 Slave owner	1850 Industrial
1870 Mortality	1860 Agricultural	1850 Mortality	1840 Pensioner

Indexes: fiche, film, or book

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

State and colonial censuses

Maryland made in 1778 a list of citizens who had taken an oath of fidelity which list is sometimes called a census.

Maryland took a census in 1776:

Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, Maryland Records, Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church from Original Sources, 2 vols. (1915-1928; reprint, Baltimore:Genealogical Publ., 1975) [FHL book 975.2 D29b; fiche 6046943]
Bettie Stirling Carothers, 1776 Census of Maryland (Lutherville, Md.: B.S. Carothers, 1972) [FHL book 975.2 X2p 1776; film 928227 Item 2]

An online index to both is found in MARYLAND INDEXES (Census Index) 1776-1778 [MSA S1419].

Existing and lost censuses

For a list of available and missing Maryland censuses, click here.

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

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Sources and footnotes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 HeritageQuest has slave owner schedule images only.

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[HQSlave-1] 1.0 ^1.1 HeritageQuest has slave owner schedule images only.

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