Guam Census

Pacific United States  U.S. Census  Guam  Census

Patron de Alamas: Ano de 1897--Population Census of 1897
The first census in Guam was taken in 1710 when it was still a possession of Spain. The government of Spain took 20 additional censuses from 1710 through 1897.

• Last and most complete census of the Mariana Islands of the Spanish Administration • Indicates married individuals, their children and other people living in the house (relationships not specified) • Follows the Spanish format for names, but not consistently • Index online • Cabeciera links to image created by Jerry Defane Barr •Images on FamilySearch

Censo Oficial De 1920 Guam--1920 Church Census
• Census of Guam compiled by the Catholic Church, completed between 1919 and 1920. Includes     Catholics, also some Protestants and Pagans • Lists family members, some lineage and names of deceased spouses • Includes additional information, such as family member living in Saipan, US Mainland, natural children, civil unions • Includes index of last names, also page numbers in 1920 census are noted after some names in Souder's Familian Chamarro. • Some pages of the census have two numbers, one at the top and one at the bottom. Be sure to check both if using the index or the page numbers from Souder. • Some pages for areas outside of Agana are out of order (although numbered consecutively) • Not part of the public domain but provided for public research. Copy at the Richard F. Taitano Microneisa Area Research Center, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam. • Citation: Archivo de Los Padres Capuchinos. Burlada, Navarra, Spain. Photocopy August 1970.

Available on Microfilm
Federal census records on microfilm are available from the Family History Library and Family History Centers, and Regional Branches of U.S. National Archives.

1900. For a Soundex index on microfilm for U.S. military personnel on Guam see the . For microfilms of the actual population schedules, see FHL film.

1910. For a microfilm of the U.S. military population schedules for Guam, see the U.S. . (FHL film 1375797).

1920. For a Soundex index and civilian populations schedules on microfilm, see .

1930. For a microfilm of the civilian populations schedules, see . (FHL film 2342363).