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Online Federal Censuses[edit | edit source]

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.

United States Federal Censuses with Online Links[edit | edit source]

1790 (a part of Maryland)	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840
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1850	1860	1870	1880	1890	1900
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1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960
FamilySearch Ancestry.com	FamilySearch Ancestry.com	FamilySearch Ancestry.com	FamilySearch Ancestry.com	NARA Index FamilySearch Images	Release Date April 1, 2032

Non-Population Schedules for District of Columbia[edit | edit source]

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

Year	Type of Census	Links
1890	Veterans	at Ancestry
1880	Defective	at Ancestry
1880	Mortality	at Ancestry
1880	Industry	at Ancestry
1880	Agriculture	at Ancestry
1870	Mortality	at Ancestry
1870	Industry	at Ancestry
1870	Agriculture	at Ancestry
1860	Slave owner	at Ancestry
1860	Mortality	at Ancestry
1860	Industry	at Ancestry
1860	Agriculture	at Ancestry
1850	Social Statistics	at Ancestry
1850	Slave owner	at Ancestry
1850	Mortality	at Ancestry
1850	Industry	at Ancestry
1850	Agriculture	at Ancestry
1840	Pensioners	at Ancestry

Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]

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

Online Federal District and Colonial Censuses[edit | edit source]

The District of Columbia often took censuses in the years between the federal censuses. The dates are listed below. These 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.

1919 Police Census^[1]^[2]^[3]
1915 Police Census^[1]^[2]^[3]
1913 Police Census^[1]^[2]^[3]
1912 Police Census^[2]^[3]
1905-1909 Police Census^[2]^[3]
1897 Police Census^[2]^[3]
1888 Police Census^[2]^[3]
1885 Police Census^[2]^[3]
1878 District Census^[2]^[3]
1867 District Census^[2]^[3]
1818 District Census^[2]^[3]
1807 District Census^[2]^[3]
1803 District Census^[2]^[3]
1798 District Census^[2]

Other Census Images[edit | edit source]

1890 D.C. veterans schedules for military forts, prisons, posts, etc. This does not include veterans living off their post among the civilians of D.C. whose schedules were destroyed. The veterans military posts schedule for 1890 (FS Library film 0338277).

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 service

Sources and footnotes[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "351.5 Records of the Metropolitan [D.C.] Police 1851-1970" in Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States (web version based on a paper version with the same title compiled by Robert B. Matchette et. al. in 1995) at http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/351.html#351.5 (accessed 12 January 2010).
↑ ^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 ^2.13 "Colonial, Territorial, and State Census Records" in Genealogy Today" at http://www.genealogytoday.com/genealogy/enoch/census.html (accessed 12 January 2010).
↑ ^3.00 ^3.01 ^3.02 ^3.03 ^3.04 ^3.05 ^3.06 ^3.07 ^3.08 ^3.09 ^3.10 ^3.11 ^3.12 "State Censuses" in Clan Boyd Society International at http://clanboyd.info/research/stcensus/ (accessed 12 January 2010), says this census is available at the Maryland State Archives.

[GFRNA-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "351.5 Records of the Metropolitan [D.C.] Police 1851-1970" in Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States (web version based on a paper version with the same title compiled by Robert B. Matchette et. al. in 1995) at http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/351.html#351.5 (accessed 12 January 2010).

[GenToday-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 ^2.13 "Colonial, Territorial, and State Census Records" in Genealogy Today" at http://www.genealogytoday.com/genealogy/enoch/census.html (accessed 12 January 2010).

[CBoyd-3] 3.00 ^3.01 ^3.02 ^3.03 ^3.04 ^3.05 ^3.06 ^3.07 ^3.08 ^3.09 ^3.10 ^3.11 ^3.12 "State Censuses" in Clan Boyd Society International at http://clanboyd.info/research/stcensus/ (accessed 12 January 2010), says this census is available at the Maryland State Archives.

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