Pennsylvania Census

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Indexes: fiche, film, or book
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Pennsylvania, click here

Microfilm images

 * United States. Census Office. 11th Census, 1890. Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. (Family History Library films 338160-277, Pennsylvania is on films 338237-50.)


 * United States. Census Office. Nonpopulation census schedules for Pennsylvania; agricultural schedules, 1850-1880 FHL US/CAN Films 1602240-301


 * United States. Census Office. Nonpopulation census schedules for Pennsylvania; manufacturers schedules 1850- 1880 FHL US/CAN films 1578849-57; 899753-64; 899749-50.


 * United States. Census Office. Nonpopulation census schedules for Pennsylvania; social statistics, 1850-1880 FHL US/CAN Films 1602302-24.


 * United States. Census Office, 7th Census, 1850. Persons who died during the year ending 1st June, 1850 in Pennsylvania FHL US/CAN Films 899736-37.


 * United States. Census Office, 8th Census, 1860. Persons who died during the year ending 1st June, 1860 in Pennsylvania FHL US/CAN Films 899738-39.


 * United States. Census Office. 8th census, 1860. Schedule 5: Products of industry in Pennsylvania, 1860. FHL US/CAN Films 899751-52.


 * United States. Census Office, 9th Census, 1870. Persons who died during the year ending 1st June, 1870 in Pennsylvania FHL US/CAN Films 899740-42.


 * United States. Census Office, 10th Census, 1880. Persons who died during the year ending 1st June, 1880 in Pennsylvania FHL US/CAN Films 899743-48.


 * United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs and Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, Pennsylvani). Indian census rolls, Carlisle School, 1911 FHL US/CAN Film 573863

Indexes: fiche, film, or book
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Pennsylvania, click here.

State and colonial censuses

 * 1857 Chester County only: a list of taxable inhabitants by Township.
 * 1671 Philadelphia and Delaware counties in Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware, and Burlington County, New Jersey.

Existing and lost censuses
For a list of available and missing Pennsylvania 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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 * index searching tips
 * analyzing and using what you find
 * census accuracy
 * historical background
 * contents of various census years and types