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== Indexes == | == Indexes == | ||
==== Ancestry==== | ==== Ancestry ==== | ||
All census records for Massachusetts are indexed on Ancestry. | All census records for Massachusetts are indexed on Ancestry. | ||
==== Statewide indexes to federal censuses ==== | ==== Statewide indexes to federal censuses ==== | ||
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==== Town indexes to federal censuses ==== | ==== Town indexes to federal censuses ==== | ||
Can sometimes help locate names missed in statewide indexes. They are sometimes listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under MASSACHUSETTS, [COUNTY], [TOWN]-CENSUS | Can sometimes help locate names missed in statewide indexes. They are sometimes listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under MASSACHUSETTS, [COUNTY], [TOWN]-CENSUS | ||
==== City Finding Helps==== | ==== City Finding Helps ==== | ||
'''City Directories:''' In large cities first find the person's address in the city directory for the same year as the census. Then look for that address in the census. | '''City Directories:''' In large cities first find the person's address in the city directory for the same year as the census. Then look for that address in the census. | ||
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== Special Censuses == | == Special Censuses == | ||
==== Mortality Schedules==== | ==== Mortality Schedules ==== | ||
'''1850-1880--'''Mortality schedules for 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 list those who died in the year before the census. These are at the Massachusetts State Archives, the National Archives, and the Family History Library: | |||
*[http://mortalityschedules.com/ Mortality Schedules 1850-1880] | *[http://mortalityschedules.com/ Mortality Schedules 1850-1880] | ||
1850 (Family History Library film 1421015–16)<br> 1860 (Family History Library film 1421017)<br> 1870 (Family History Library film 1421018–19)<br> 1880 (Family History Library film 1421020–23) | 1850 (Family History Library film 1421015–16)<br> 1860 (Family History Library film 1421017)<br> 1870 (Family History Library film 1421018–19)<br> 1880 (Family History Library film 1421020–23) | ||
== State Censuses == | == State Censuses == | ||
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== Territorial Censuses == | == Territorial Censuses == | ||
==External Links== | == External Links == | ||
*Ancestry: [http://www.ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.com] | *Ancestry: [http://www.ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.com] | ||
*Heritage Quest Online: [http://www.heritagequestonline.com http://www.heritagequestonline.com] | *Heritage Quest Online: [http://www.heritagequestonline.com http://www.heritagequestonline.com] | ||
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*Mortality Schedules: [http://mortalityschedules.com/ http://mortalityschedules.com/] | *Mortality Schedules: [http://mortalityschedules.com/ http://mortalityschedules.com/] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Massachusetts.ASP Massachusetts Research Outline].'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. | ''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Massachusetts.ASP Massachusetts Research Outline].'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. | ||
[[Category:Massachusetts]] | [[Category:Massachusetts]] | ||