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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.

Connecticut State Censuses Online

1670 Connecticut State Census, index

Online Connecticut indexes and images

Template:Census Online Connecticut

Federal population schedules

Microfilm images

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

**Federal Census Microfilms Available from the National Archives**
1940 N/A	1910 T624	1860 M653	1820 M33
1930 T626	1900 T623 and Soundex T1036	1850 M432	1810 M252
1920 T625 and Soundex M1553	1880 T9 and Soundex T739	1840 M704	1800 M32
	1870 M593	1830 M19	1790 T498

Indexes: fiche, film, or book

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

Federal non-population schedules

Online indexes and images

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Connecticut
		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
1880	Mortality	Link	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1880	Agriculture		-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1870	Mortality	Link	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1870	Agriculture		-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1860	Mortality	Link	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1860	Agriculture		-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1850	Mortality	Link	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1850	Agriculture		-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1840	Pensioners	Link	BookLink	BookLink	-	Link	Link	Link

Microfilm images

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

1880 mortality census FHL 234537
1870 original returns of the assistant marshals and mortality census FHL 234536item 3
1860 original returns of the assistant marshals, mortality census FHL 234536item 2

National Archives Federal Census Non-Population Schedule Microfilms for Colorado

1935 Census of Business
1820 Census of Manufactures

Indexes: fiche, film, or book

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

State, territorial, and colonial censuses

Connecticut took censuses earlier and in the years between the federal censuses, the dates are listed below. State census records may have columns that were different or more unusual than those found on federal censuses. The responses and years of coverage may give additional information on the family.

1917 The Connecticut State Library also has a special military census taken in 1917.
1821 Glastonbury school census^[1]
1782 statistics only^[1]
1779 statistics only^[1]
1776 Newington^[2]
1774 statistics only^[1]
1762 statistics only^[1]
1756 statistics only^[1]
1669-1670 Hartford, Wethersfield, and Windsor grain inventory census^[3] For a reconstructed census of over 2,300 heads of families recorded in tax lists and other records see Jay Mack Holbrook, Connecticut 1670 Census (Oxford, Mass.: Holbrook Research Institute, 1977)[FHL Book 974.6 X2h 1670].

Existing and lost censuses

For a list of available and missing Connecticut 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

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

Sources and footnotes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Connecticut State Library, "Research Guide to Colonial and State Census Records at the Connecticut State Library" at http://www.cslib.org/colcens.htm#10 (accessed 11 January 2010).
↑ Josiah Willard, A Census of Newington, Connecticut : Taken According to Households in 1776 (1909; reprint, Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1986)[[Template:Newington]].
↑ Connecticut State Library, "Research Guide to Colonial and State Census Records at the Connecticut State Library" at http://www.cslib.org/colcens.htm#10 (accessed 11 January 2010), citing The Wyllys Papers, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, volume 21 (1924), pp. 190-199 [CSL call number HistRef F 91 .C7 vol. 21].

[CSL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Connecticut State Library, "Research Guide to Colonial and State Census Records at the Connecticut State Library" at http://www.cslib.org/colcens.htm#10 (accessed 11 January 2010).

[2] Josiah Willard, A Census of Newington, Connecticut : Taken According to Households in 1776 (1909; reprint, Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1986)[[Template:Newington]].

[3] Connecticut State Library, "Research Guide to Colonial and State Census Records at the Connecticut State Library" at http://www.cslib.org/colcens.htm#10 (accessed 11 January 2010), citing The Wyllys Papers, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, volume 21 (1924), pp. 190-199 [CSL call number HistRef F 91 .C7 vol. 21].

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