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Guide to locating government census records, population records, or church census records, for ancestry, family history, and genealogy research.

What Are Census Records?
As a way to number the population, countries across the world have taken censuses. Usually these were conducted by the government or church. Sometimes censuses were conducted on specific years, such as every 10 years, and other times they were conducted more sporadically. Types of censuses often include:
 * Population Schedules
 * Agricultural Schedules
 * Mortality Schedules
 * Manufacturing Schedules
 * Population Schedules
 * Veteran Schedules

The content of census records varies by time and locality. The more recent a record is the more detailed it can be.
 * What can you find in census records?
 * For example, depending on the year, U.S. census records can list, in addition to other minor details, this information vital to research:
 * Name, age, and gender of each family member
 * Birthplace (state)
 * Father's and mother's birthplaces
 * Month and year of birth
 * Length of marriage
 * Mother of how many children and number of children living
 * Naturalization status: alien, papers submitted, or naturalized
 * Year of naturalization
 * Year of immigration to U.S. or how many years lived in U.S.


 * And for example, British census records will list even more specific details, such as
 * Birthplace by parish and county
 * Father's and mother's birthplaces, also by parish and county


 * And for example, Scandinavian church censuses can include information on where a family moved from and/or where they moved to.


 * How do you find census records?

Online Genealogical Records Pages
On the main page for each U.S. State page and country page, a blue button leads to a listing of online record collections.

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 * Also, all the available Online Genealogy Records pages are linked at Online Genealogy Records by Location.

Wiki Articles
Each U.S. state and country page has full articles written about finding and using census record if they were kept.s. These articles provide details on the dates censuses werekept, links to online records, and where records are kept in archives and other records repositories.

Category Links to Articles
Another way to jump quickly to articles for different states and countries is to find them in category pages. These categories have direct links to topic articles for each country and U.S.State:
 * Category:United States Census
 * Category:Census records by country

Countries With Census Records
If a specific country is not listed below, try searching this page: Census records by country