West Virginia Census
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U.S. Census West Virginia Census
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Online West Virginia indexes and images
Template:Census Online West Virginia
Federal population schedules
Microfilm images
| 1940 N/A | 1910 and Soundex | 1870 | |
| 1930 and Soundex | 1900 and Soundex | ||
| 1920 and Soundex | 1880 and Soundex |
West Virginia became a state in 1863. Census records prior to 1863 can be found in Virginia, click here
| 1940 N/A | 1910 T624 and Soundex T1279 | 1870 M593 |
| 1930 T626 | 1900 T623 and Soundex T1078 | |
| 1920 T625 and Soundex M1594 | 1880 T9 and Soundex T778 | |
West Virginia became a state in 1863. National Archives film numbers for census records prior to 1863 can be found under Virginia, click here
Indexes: fiche, film, or book
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of West Virginia, click here
Federal non-population schedules
Online indexes and images
| Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for West Virginia | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| 1880 | Mortality | - | - | - | - | Link | Link | Link | ||
| 1870 | Mortality | - | - | - | - | Link | Link | Link | ||
| 1860 | Slave owner (part of Virginia) | - | - | - | Link[1] | Link | Link | Link | ||
| 1860 | Mortality (part of Virginia) | - | - | - | - | Link | Link | Link | ||
| 1850 | Slave owner (part of Virginia) | Link | - | - | Link[1] | Link | Link | Link | ||
| 1850 | Mortality (part of Virginia) | Link | - | - | - | Link | Link | Link | ||
| 1840 | Pensioners (part of Virginia) | - | BookLink | BookLink | - | Link | Link | Link | ||
Microfilm images
Indexes: fiche, film, or book
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of West Virginia, click here.
State and colonial censuses
No record of a state or colonial census has been found.[2][3]
Existing and lost censuses
For a list of available and missing West Virginia 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
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Sources and footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 HeritageQuest has slave owner schedule images only.
- ↑ Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[FS Catalog book 973 X2Lai ]], no listing.
- ↑ 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]], 62.
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