Utah Census
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Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- United States Online Census, 1790-1940
- United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890 — index and images
- Utah, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1850-1890 Index ($)
A census is a count and description of the population of a country,state, county, or city. Census lists are also called “schedules." In the United States a nationwide census has been taken every ten years since 1790. A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor lived and when they lived there.
See also CensusFinder.com for Utah
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Online Utah indexes and images[edit | edit source]
Federal population schedules[edit | edit source]
Microfilm images[edit | edit source]
- 1856 -- Family History Library film 505913
- 1852 -- Bishops Report (Family History Library book 979.2 K2r; film 823831 it 1; film 430074)
- 1850 -- Taken in 1851 (Family History Library book 979.2 X2ba 1850, film 432616; film 25540; film 1550328 it 1)
| 1940 N/A | 1910 | 1870 | ||
| 1930 | 1900 and Soundex | 1860 | ||
| 1920 and Soundex | 1880 and Soundex | 1850 | ||
| 1940 N/A | 1910 T624 | 1870 M593 | ||
| 1930 T626 | 1900 T623 and Soundex T1074 | 1860 M653 | ||
| 1920 T625 and Soundex M1590 | 1880 T9 | 1850 M432 | ||
Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Utah, click here
Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]
Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]
| Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Utah | ||||||||||
| Free | Free at Some Libraries (usually with library card) | Pay | ||||||||
| Year | Type | Record Search | Heritage Quest | Ancestry FHL | Ancestry Library | Ancestry Home | ||||
| 1890 | Veterans | Link | - | Link | Link | Link | ||||
| 1880 | Mortality | Link | - | Link | Link | Link | ||||
| 1870 | Mortality | Link | - | Link | Link | Link | ||||
| 1860 | Mortality | Link | - | Link | Link | Link | ||||
| 1850 | Slave owners and slaves[1] | Link | Link[2] | Link | Link | Link | ||||
| 1850 | Mortality | Link | - | Link | Link | Link | ||||
Microfilm images[edit | edit source]
- 1850-1880 Agricultural The Church History Library has copies of these schedules.
Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Utah, click here.
State, territorial, and colonial censuses[edit | edit source]
Utah took censuses in the years between the federal censuses. The dates are listed below. State 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.
- 1914-1960 For six censuses of members of the LDS Church in Utah and beyond see the LDS Census Wiki page.
- 1905 In this year, the State Constitution made provision for a decennial census, but no record was found of any census taken in accordance with the constitutional requirement.[3][4]
- 1872 Kane, Rich, Tooele and Utah counties list names. [5]
- 1856 State census.</ref>[4] Caution: this census was padded. Most listings are correct, but some were repeated, and in a few cases deceased people were listed.
- 1852 So called "Bishops' Report" now available online. A transcript is available in the FamilySearch book collection.[6] Images are available on the Church History website.
- 1851 Used as a substitute for the 1850 federal census. See federal censuses.</ref>[4]
Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]
For a list of available and missing Utah censuses, click here.
Why use a census?[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Click here for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:
Sources and footnotes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ An 1850 (actually April 1851) slave schedule for Utah County is found at the end of the population schedules for Utah County. The owners are indexed with other slave owner indexes. The slaves appear by name in the population schedule indexes.
- ↑ HeritageQuest has slave owner schedule images only.
- ↑ Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[FS Catalog book 973 X2Lai ]], 106.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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)[[Template:Dubes]], 61.
- ↑ Census is at the Church History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is part of the 1872 Utah Constitutional Correspondence papers. The census is arranged by county and then city. The call number is MS#2920 - folders 9-19. An index is available.
- ↑ Registry of Names of Persons Residing in the Various Wards as a Bishop's Report, 1852-1853. Unpublished typescript. [[Template:Bishopsr]]. Names of heads of households are listed alphabetically within each LDS Ward.
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