Hawaii Census

United States U.S. Census Hawaii Census

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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 Hawaii indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Template:Census Online Hawaii

Federal population schedules[edit | edit source]

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]

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

State, territorial, republic, and kingdom Censuses[edit | edit source]

1896 Republic census. Honolulu only.^[1]^[2]^[3]
1890 Kingdom census.^[1]^[2]^[3]
1878 Kingdom census. Hawaii, Maui, Oahu only.^[1]^[2]^[3]
1866 Kingdom census. Mostly Maui.^[1]^[2]^[4]

The 1878, 1890, and 1896 censuses are available at the Hawaii State Archives and the Family History Library (Family History Library films 1010681-88). The Hawaii State Archives also has two "census files," 1840 to 1866 and 1847 to 1866, which contain miscellaneous records such as school censuses, population lists, and vital record summaries. The Family History Library has the 1840 to 1866 file on microfilm 1009896 item 1-2.

Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]

For a list of available and missing Hawaii 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]

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Sources and footnotes[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[Template:Lainha]], 36.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Emily Anne Croom, The Genealogist's Companion and Sourcebook (Cincinnati, Ohio: Betterway Books, 1994)[[Template:Croom]], 39.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Hawaii, Bureau of Customs, "Census records, 1878-1896" (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977; Microfilm of originals made at the Archives of Hawaii, Honolulu)[[Template:HBClatecensus]].
↑ Hawaii, Bureau of Customs, "Census file, 1840-1866" and "Census file, 1847-1896" (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976; Microfilm of originals made at the Archives of Hawaii, Honolulu)[[Template:HBCCensus]].

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[Lainh-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[Template:Lainha]], 36.

[Croom-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Emily Anne Croom, The Genealogist's Companion and Sourcebook (Cincinnati, Ohio: Betterway Books, 1994)[[Template:Croom]], 39.

[HBClatecensus-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Hawaii, Bureau of Customs, "Census records, 1878-1896" (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977; Microfilm of originals made at the Archives of Hawaii, Honolulu)[[Template:HBClatecensus]].

[4] Hawaii, Bureau of Customs, "Census file, 1840-1866" and "Census file, 1847-1896" (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976; Microfilm of originals made at the Archives of Hawaii, Honolulu)[[Template:HBCCensus]].

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