Naturalization and Citizenship

Guide to locating census records for ancestry, family history, and genealogy research.

What are census records?[edit | edit source]

What can you find in census records?[edit | edit source]

How do you find census records?[edit | edit source]

Many census records are online. You should consult the Wiki article on census records for each country to understand how to find and search its census records

Sidebar Links to Wiki Articles[edit | edit source]

See the links to census records in the right sidebar in this typical Wiki main page.

Online Genealogical Records Pages[edit | edit source]

On the main page for each U.S. State page and country page, a blue button leads to a listing of online record collections.

Look for the blue button on each state and country
main page to link to the Online Genealogy Records page.

A typical Online Genealogy Records page.

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Also, all the available Online Genealogy Records pages are linked at Online Genealogy Records by Location.

FamilySearch Catalog[edit | edit source]

Census Records collected by FamilySearch, usually digitized and online, are listed in the FamilySearch catalog. Enter the name of the country in the "Place Field" and click "Search". A list of record categories will be provided. Select "Census".