Ohio Census

United States U.S. Census Ohio Census

Ohio Wiki Topics

Beginning Research

Record Types

Ohio Background

Cultural Groups

Local Research Resources

Online Resources

United States Online Census, 1790-1940
United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890 — index and images
Ohio, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890, ($) index

Tips

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.

Online Ohio indexes and images

Template:Census Online Ohio

Federal population schedules

Microfilm images

**Federal Census Microfilms Available from the Family History Library**
1940 N/A	1910 and Soundex	1870	1830
1930	1900 and Soundex	1860	1820
1920 and Soundex	1880 and Soundex	1850	1810
		1840	1800

**Federal Census Microfilms Available from the National Archives**
1940 N/A	1910 T624 and Soundex T1272	1870 M593	1840 M704
1930 T626	1900 T623 and Soundex T1065	1860 M653	1830 M19
1920 T625 and Soundex M1581	1890 fragments M407 and index M496	1850 M432	1820 M33
	1880 T9 Soundex T767

Indexes: fiche, film, or book

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

Federal non-population schedules

Online indexes and images

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Ohio
		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
1890	Veterans	Link	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1880	Mortality (Partial)	Link	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1880	Industry		-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1880	Agriculture		-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1870	Mortality (Partial)	Link	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1870	Industry		-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1870	Agriculture		-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1860	Mortality	Link	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1860	Industry		-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1860	Agriculture		-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1850	Mortality (Partial)	Link	-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1850	Industry		-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1850	Agriculture		-	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1840	Pensioners	Link	BookLink	BookLink	-	Link	Link	Link

Microfilm images

1850-1880 Agriculture Census

1850 Mortality Schedule

1860 Mortality Schedule

Indexes: fiche, film, or book

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

State, territorial, and colonial censuses

Ohio state, territorial, and colonial censuses^[1]^[2]

No State sponsored enumeration was taken for Ohio. Some local enumerations were taken for a few counties.

Existing and lost censuses

For a list of available and missing Ohio 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

↑ Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), 91-94.
↑ Henry J. Dubester, 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), 52.

[1] Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), 91-94.

[2] Henry J. Dubester, 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), 52.

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