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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Census|U.S. Census ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Wisconsin|Wisconsin]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Wisconsin_Census|Census]]'' | ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Census|U.S. Census ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Wisconsin|Wisconsin]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Wisconsin_Census|Census]]'' | ||
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| valign="middle" | <center><font size="+1">'''Tips'''</font></center> | | valign="middle" | <center><font size="+1">'''Tips'''</font></center> | ||
*If at first you don't find a name, try again under [[Spelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada|another spelling]]. | *If at first you don't find a name, try again under [[Spelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada|another spelling]]. | ||
*[[Copying Sources|Photocopy]] each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it. | *[[Copying Sources|Photocopy]] each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it. | ||
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*Study others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in [[Research a Family in Community Context|community context]]. | *Study others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in [[Research a Family in Community Context|community context]]. | ||
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*For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[Wisconsin Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. | *For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[Wisconsin Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. | ||
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==== Online indexes and images ==== | ==== Online indexes and images ==== | ||
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| bgcolor="#ff9900 | | align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Wisconsin'''</font> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="2" | <br> | | bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="2" | <br> | ||
| bgcolor="#ff9966 | | align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" colspan="3" | '''Free''' | ||
| bgcolor="#cccccc | | align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="3" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually with library card) | ||
| bgcolor="#ff9900 | | align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Pay''' | ||
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| bgcolor="#ff9900 | | align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Year''' | ||
| width="10%" bgcolor="#ff9900 | | align="center" width="10%" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Type''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ff9966 | | align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Record Search''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ff9966 | | align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Census Bureau''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ff9966 | | align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Google Book''' | ||
| bgcolor="#cccccc | | align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Heritage Quest''' | ||
| bgcolor="#cccccc | | align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Ancestry FHL''' | ||
| bgcolor="#cccccc | | align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Ancestry Library''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ff9900 | | align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Ancestry Home''' | ||
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| '''1890''' | | '''1890''' | ||
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==== Microfilm images ==== | ==== Microfilm images ==== | ||
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| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=548325&disp=Wisconsin+1850+mortality%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1850 Mortality] | | [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=548325&disp=Wisconsin+1850+mortality%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1850 Mortality] | ||
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Newberry Library. [http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp/images/samp-cens-tb.pdf ''Territorial, State, and Federal Censuses in Michigan'']. List of dates and census description including counties involved, and repository. | Newberry Library. [http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp/images/samp-cens-tb.pdf ''Territorial, State, and Federal Censuses in Michigan'']. List of dates and census description including counties involved, and repository. | ||
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| bgcolor="#99cc99 | | align="center" bgcolor="#99cc99" colspan="90" | '''Wisconsin state, territorial, and colonial censuses'''<ref name="Dubes">Henry J. Dubester, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37244714 State Censuses: An Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken After the Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States]'' (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948)[[{{Dubes}}]], 62-65, 72-73.</ref> | ||
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| align="left" | '''1905''' | | align="left" | '''1905''' | ||
| align="left" | State Census <ref name="Lainh">Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 113-15.</ref><ref name="Wisc 1905">Wisconsin, Secretary of State, ''[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1618 Wisconsin Census Enumeration 1905, Names of Ex-Soldiers and Sailors Residing in Wisconsin, June 1, 1905]'' (Madison, Wisconsin Democrat Printing Company, State Printing 1906) A published document based on information from the census schedules. </ref><ref>Wisconsin Department of State, ''[http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/collection/show?uri=http://10.244.51.214:8080/wcds/container/externalId/org.familysearch.easy.collection_id/1443899 Wisconsin State Census, 1905]'' (Wisconsin, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1952. Microfilm of original records in Wisconsin)[[{{Wisc1905}}]]</ref><ref name="ancestry">Ancestry.com. ''[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1055 Wisconsin State Censuses, 1895 and 1905]'' [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Wisconsin State Census, 1895 Microfilm, 10 reels and 1905 Microfilm, 44 reels. Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin</ref> | | align="left" | State Census <ref name="Lainh">Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[{{Lainha}}]], 113-15.</ref><ref name="Wisc 1905">Wisconsin, Secretary of State, ''[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1618 Wisconsin Census Enumeration 1905, Names of Ex-Soldiers and Sailors Residing in Wisconsin, June 1, 1905]'' (Madison, Wisconsin Democrat Printing Company, State Printing 1906) A published document based on information from the census schedules. </ref><ref>Wisconsin Department of State, ''[http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/collection/show?uri=http://10.244.51.214:8080/wcds/container/externalId/org.familysearch.easy.collection_id/1443899 Wisconsin State Census, 1905]'' (Wisconsin, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1952. Microfilm of original records in Wisconsin)[[{{Wisc1905}}]]</ref><ref name="ancestry">Ancestry.com. ''[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1055 Wisconsin State Censuses, 1895 and 1905]'' [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Wisconsin State Census, 1895 Microfilm, 10 reels and 1905 Microfilm, 44 reels. Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin</ref> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1895''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | State Census <ref name="Lainh" /><ref name="WSC 1895">Wisconsin, Secretary of State, ''[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1617 Wisconsin Census Enumeration 1895, Names of Ex-Soldiers and Sailors Residing in Wisconsin, June 1, 1895]'' (Madison, Wisconsin Democrat Printing Company, State Printing 1896.) A published document based on information from the census schedules. </ref><ref>Wisconsin, Department of State, ''[http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/collection/show?uri=http://10.244.51.214:8080/wcds/container/externalId/org.familysearch.easy.collection_id/1443712 Wisconsin State Census, 1895]'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979. Microfilm of original records in the Wisconsin State Historical Society at Madison, Wisconsin.)[[{{Wisc1895}}]]</ref><ref name="ancestry" /> | ||
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| align="left" | '''1885''' | | align="left" | '''1885''' | ||
| align="left" | State Census <ref name="Lainh" /><ref>Wisconsin, Secretary of State ''[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1539 Enumeration of Soldiers and Sailors of the Late War Residing in Wisconsin June 20, 1885]'' (S.l.:sn,1885)</ref><ref>Wisconsin, Department of State, ''[http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/collection/show?uri=http://10.244.51.214:8080/wcds/container/externalId/org.familysearch.easy.collection_id/1443713 Wisconsin State Census, 1885]'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979. Microfilm of original records at the Wisconsin State Historical Society at Madison, Wisconsin.)[[{{Wisc1885}}]]</ref> | | align="left" | State Census <ref name="Lainh" /><ref>Wisconsin, Secretary of State ''[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1539 Enumeration of Soldiers and Sailors of the Late War Residing in Wisconsin June 20, 1885]'' (S.l.:sn,1885)</ref><ref>Wisconsin, Department of State, ''[http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/collection/show?uri=http://10.244.51.214:8080/wcds/container/externalId/org.familysearch.easy.collection_id/1443713 Wisconsin State Census, 1885]'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979. Microfilm of original records at the Wisconsin State Historical Society at Madison, Wisconsin.)[[{{Wisc1885}}]]</ref> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1875''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | State Census <ref name="Lainh" /><ref>Wisconsin, Department of State, ''[http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/collection/show?uri=http://10.244.51.214:8080/wcds/container/externalId/org.familysearch.easy.collection_id/1443778 Wisconsin State Census, 1875]'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979. Microfilm of original records in the Wisconsin State Historical Society at Madison, Wisconsin.) [[{{Wisc1875}}]]</ref> | ||
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| align="left" | '''1865''' | | align="left" | '''1865''' | ||
| align="left" | State Census Lost, except for the counties of Dunn, Green, Jackson, Kewaunee, Ozaukee, and Sheboygan. <ref name="Lainh" /> | | align="left" | State Census Lost, except for the counties of Dunn, Green, Jackson, Kewaunee, Ozaukee, and Sheboygan. <ref name="Lainh" /> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1855''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | State Census, except for Kewaunee County, which was not enumerated.<ref name="Lainh" /><ref>Wisconsin Department of State, ''[http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/collection/show?uri=http://10.244.51.214:8080/wcds/container/externalId/org.familysearch.easy.collection_id/1443825 Wisconsin State Census, 1855]'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979. Microfilm of original records in the Wisconsin State Historical Society at Madison, Wisconsin.) [[{{Wisc1855}}]]</ref><ref name="ancestry1">Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. ''[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3581 Wisconsin Census, 1820-90]'' [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. Ancestry.com Home edition</ref> | ||
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| align="left" | '''1847''' | | align="left" | '''1847''' | ||
| align="left" | Territory Census, except for the counties of Rock, Sheboygan, Washington, Waukesha, and Chippewa. <ref name="Lainh" /><ref>Wisconsin Territory, Secretary, ''Wisconsin Territory census for 1847'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1980. Microfilm of original records in the Wisconsin State Historical Society, at Madison, Wisconsin.)[[{{Wisc1847}}]]</ref> | | align="left" | Territory Census, except for the counties of Rock, Sheboygan, Washington, Waukesha, and Chippewa. <ref name="Lainh" /><ref>Wisconsin Territory, Secretary, ''Wisconsin Territory census for 1847'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1980. Microfilm of original records in the Wisconsin State Historical Society, at Madison, Wisconsin.)[[{{Wisc1847}}]]</ref> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1846''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Territory Census, except for the counties of Crawford, Fond du Lac, Grand Rapids in Portage, Sheboygan, Chippewa, LaPointe, and Richland. <ref name="Lainh" /><ref>Wisconsin Territory, Secretary, ''Wisconsin Territory Census for 1846'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1980. Microfilm of original records in the Wisconsin State Historical Society at Madison, Wisconsin.)[[{{Wisc1846}}]]</ref><ref name="ancestry1" /> | ||
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| align="left" | '''1842''' | | align="left" | '''1842''' | ||
| align="left" | Territory Census <ref name="Lainh" /><ref>''Wisconsin Territory Census for 1842'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1980. Microfilm of original records in the Wisconsin State Historical Society at Madison.) [[{{Wisc1842}}]]</ref><ref name="ancestry1" /> | | align="left" | Territory Census <ref name="Lainh" /><ref>''Wisconsin Territory Census for 1842'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1980. Microfilm of original records in the Wisconsin State Historical Society at Madison.) [[{{Wisc1842}}]]</ref><ref name="ancestry1" /> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1838''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Territory Census Lost, except for the counties of Brown, Calumet, Crawford, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Jefferson, Manitowoc, Marquette, Milwaukee, Portage, Sheboygan, and Washington. <ref name="Lainh" /><ref>''Wisconsin Territorial Census for 1838'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1980. Microfilm of original records in the Wisconsin State Historical Society at Madison.) [[{{Wisc1838}}]]</ref><ref name="ancestry1" /> | ||
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| align="left" | '''1837''' | | align="left" | '''1837''' | ||
| align="left" | Territory Census <ref name="ancestry1" /> | | align="left" | Territory Census <ref name="ancestry1" /> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1836''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc | | align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Territory Census <ref name="Lainh" /><ref>Wisconsin Territorial Census for 1836 (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1980. Microfilm or orginal records in the Wisconsin State Historical Society at Madison, Wisconsin.) [[{{Wisc1836}}]]</ref><ref>Reuben Gold Thwaites, The Territorial Census for 1836 (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1980. Article originally published in Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, v. 13 p. 247-170. Madison : State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1895) [[{{Thwaites1836}}]]</ref><ref>Reuben Gold Thwaites, [{{Thwaites1836Wisc}}] (Democrat Printing Company, State Printer : Madison, Wisconsin 1895)</ref><ref name="ancestry1" /> | ||
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| align="left" | '''1834''' | | align="left" | '''1834''' | ||
| align="left" | Territory Census for, then known as, Crawford, Brown and Iowa Counties located in the far western part of Michigan Territory; now Wisconsin.<ref name="Barnett">LeRoy Barnett, "State Censuses of Michigan: A Tragedy of Lost Treasurers" and Appendices in ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1355643 Family Trails]'' [[{{BarnettL}}]] 6 no. 1 (Summer-Fall 1978): 3, 21. Original census at Michigan State Archives, Lansing. In 1834 Crawford County was part of Michigan Territory. Lists heads of house by name, and age categories for others.</ref><ref>Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&amp;gsfn=&amp;gsln=&amp;sx=&amp;f1=1834&amp;f4=crawford&amp;f7=&amp;gskw=&amp;prox=1&amp;db=micen&amp;ti=0&amp;ti.si=0&amp;gl=&amp;gss=mp-micen&amp;gst=&amp;so=3 ''Michigan Census, 1827-70''] [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.</ref> | | align="left" | Territory Census for, then known as, Crawford, Brown and Iowa Counties located in the far western part of Michigan Territory; now Wisconsin.<ref name="Barnett">LeRoy Barnett, "State Censuses of Michigan: A Tragedy of Lost Treasurers" and Appendices in ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1355643 Family Trails]'' [[{{BarnettL}}]] 6 no. 1 (Summer-Fall 1978): 3, 21. Original census at Michigan State Archives, Lansing. In 1834 Crawford County was part of Michigan Territory. Lists heads of house by name, and age categories for others.</ref><ref>Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&amp;amp;gsfn=&amp;amp;gsln=&amp;amp;sx=&amp;amp;f1=1834&amp;amp;f4=crawford&amp;amp;f7=&amp;amp;gskw=&amp;amp;prox=1&amp;amp;db=micen&amp;amp;ti=0&amp;amp;ti.si=0&amp;amp;gl=&amp;amp;gss=mp-micen&amp;amp;gst=&amp;amp;so=3 ''Michigan Census, 1827-70''] [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.</ref> | ||
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=== Existing and lost censuses === | === Existing and lost censuses === | ||
For a list of available and missing Wisconsin censuses, [[Wisconsin Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br> | For a list of available and missing Wisconsin censuses, [[Wisconsin Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br> | ||
=== Why use a census? === | === Why use a census? === | ||
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{{Place|Wisconsin}} {{USCensus}} {{stub}} | {{Place|Wisconsin}} {{USCensus}} {{Wisconsin-stub}} | ||
[[Category:Wisconsin|Census]] [[Category: | [[Category:Wisconsin|Census]] [[Category:Census_by_State|{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||