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

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

State, territorial, and colonial censuses

 * John D. Beatty "Indiana Census Records and Census Substitutes." Indiana Genealogist 8, no.1 (March 1997): 1–17.

A few scattered fragments of the 1853, 1866, 1871, 1877 and later enumerations are at the Indiana State Archives. Many of these fragments have been published in periodicals. The Family History Library has one of these records on microfilm:


 * Hendricks County (Indiana). County Clerk. Male Census, 1853. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1967. (Family History Library film 488432).


 * 1807-- Census of Indiana Territory for 1807. Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana Historical Society, 1980. (Family History Library book 977.2 X2c 1807; film 1033927 item 4.)

1801-1820-- The portion of the 1800 census that included the area that is now Indiana was lost or destroyed. A census substitute for this early period is:


 * Franklin, Charles H. Indiana Territorial Pioneer Records 1801-1820. N.p.: Heritage House, 1983- 1985. (Family History Library book 977.2 N4i.) Volume 1 covers 1810–1815, and volume 2, 1801–1820. 1807.

Existing and lost censuses
For a list of available and missing Indiana 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
Click here for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:


 * index searching tips
 * analyzing and using what you find
 * census accuracy
 * historical background
 * contents of various census years and types