Liberia, Monrovia, Census, 1843 - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection is a transcribed index for the 1843 census in the town of Monrovia, colony of Liberia. In accordance to the Constitution of Liberia, the National Legislature passed Act on April 21, 2007, mandating the Executive Branch of Government to conduct the National Population and Housing Census in 2008. The census was included in a report of the 28th U.S. Congress entitled, "Information Relative to the Operations of the United States Squadron on the West Coast of Africa, the Condition of the American Colonies there, and the Commerce of the United States Therewith." A copy of the report is available online via Google Books with the census starting on page 308.

What Can these Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
 * Name
 * Age
 * Place of birth
 * "Connexions" in the colony
 * Profession
 * Extent of education
 * Health

How Do I Search This Collection?
You can search the index. Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * Name of the person you are looking for
 * Place of residence

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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Add any new information to your records
 * Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth of each partner to find a couple's birth records and parents' names
 * Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth to find the family in other census records
 * Use the residence and names of the parents to locate church and land records
 * Occupations listed can lead you to other types of records such as employment or military records
 * Use the parents' birth places to find former residences and to establish a migration pattern for the family
 * When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct

I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now?

 * Check for variant spellings of the surnames
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 * There may be more than one person in the records with the same name
 * Your ancestor may have used different names or variations of their name throughout their life
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Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in Liberia.
 * Liberia Record Finder
 * Liberia Online Genealogy Records

Other FamilySearch Collections
These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.

FamilySearch Catalog

 * Roma Jones Stewart, Liberia genealogical research Chicago, Illinois : Homeland Publications, c1991 FS Library 966.62 D27s
 * Tom W. Shick ; series editor: Svend E. Holsoe, Emigrants to Liberia, 1820 to 1843, an alphabetical listing Newark, Delaware : University of Delaware Department of Anthropology & Liberian Studies Association in America, c1971 FS Library 966.62 W2e
 * Penelope Campbell, Maryland in Africa : the Maryland State Colonization Society, 1831-1857 Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, c1971 FS Library 966.6 H2c
 * Richard L. Hall, On Afric's shore : a history of Maryland in Liberia, 1834-1857 Baltimore, Maryland : Maryland Historical Society, c2003 FS Library 966.62 H2h
 * Marie Tyler-McGraw, An African republic : black & white Virginians in the making of Liberia Chapel Hill, North Carolina : University of North Carolina Press, c2007 FS Library 966.62 H2t
 * Claude A. Clegg, III, The Price of Liberty : African Americans and the making of Liberia Chapel Hill, North Carolina : University of North Carolina Press, ©2004 FS Library 966.62 H2c

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Early Lee Fox, The American Colonization Society, 1817-1840 Reprint of 1919 edition of author's 1917 thesis published by Johns Hopkins University. New York, New York : AMS Press, 1971
 * Thomas H.B. Walker, History of Liberia Boston, Massachusetts : Cornhill Pub. Co, 1921

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