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The following Internet sites contain U.S. Federal Census indexes and/or images.

Free Internet Sites

 * Records Search, a part of FamilySearch.org, has census indexes and links to census images for many of the years of the United States Census, for many states. More are being added every month.


 * FamilySearch contains an every name index and transcripts of the information on the 1880 U.S. Census.


 * United States Censuses 1850-1920—Free Internet census indexes and images to the 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 (index only), 1900, and 1920 (partial index only) can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search. These indexes show every name listed on the census and except for 1880 and 1920 are also linked to census images including information about each person’s residence, age, birthplace, occupation, other family members, and neighbors.


 * http://www.cyndislist.com/census.htm- contains links to many different online indexes and images.
 * Census http://www.warnes.net/Teslacorp/GenealogyLinks/index_html?Tab=4-US%20Census This site will link you to various fee based and free websites that contain U.S. Census records. Other census information available such as useful tools, and instructions
 * http://www.census-online.com/links/- contains available indexes and some images. Click on the state where your ancestor lived, then the county to view what is available.
 * http://www.ancestry.com - This is a subscription based website, however the 1880 census index and images are available free of charge.

Fee based Sites (see each site for subscription details)

 * Ancestry has online images &amp; every name indexes for 1790-1930 population schedules, 1850 &amp; 1860 slave schedules, 1890 Veteran's Schedule, and 1930 Merchant Seamen. This is a subscription website.


 * http://www.ancestry.com - contains indexes and digital images of the original records for all census years from 1790 to 1930. Some indexes and images are free. See the Free Sites section of this article. The following census databases are free to search at the Family History Library and at family history centers.
 * Indexes and images for each of the United States Federal census for the years 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890 (fragment), 1900, 1910, and 1920.
 * Full name indices for the British 1841-1891 censuses (England and Wales) Many public libraries also have a subscription to Ancestry providing access to all US census years. Please contact your local library system for information.


 * Heritage Quest has online indexes for 1790-1820, 1860-1920 &amp; 1930 (Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Texas, and Virginia) and images for 1790-1930.


 * http://www.heritagequestonline.com - contains indexes and digital images of the original records for all census years from 1790 to 1930. The Family History Library and a few U.S. family history centers provide free access to this to patrons. Some public libraries offer their library patrons free access to this website. Please contact your local public or academic library for additional information. Personal subscriptions to this site are not available.