New York State Census, 1905 - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in the Collection?
State censuses were created by the state of New York and were taken about every ten years beginning in 1795. These records do not cover the entire population of New York. Information from thirteen counties, Dutchess, Livingston, Nassau, Ontario, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Schuyler, Suffolk, Sullivan, and Wyoming, are missing.

The census was compiled to obtain a count and description of the population of the state of New York. Use the information with caution, since the information may have been given to a census taker by any member of the family or by a neighbor. Some information may have been incorrect or deliberately falsified.

The record is a printed form that was filled in by hand by the enumerator. The schedules are usually arranged by county and political subdivisions.

What Can these Records Tell Me?
Information found in the 1905 New York State Census includes:


 * Town, county and enumeration district
 * Name of each person whose place of abode was in this family on 1 June 1905
 * Race, gender and age of each person
 * Relationship to head of household
 * Country where born
 * Citizen or alien
 * Occupation
 * Number of years in the United States

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"New York State Census, 1905." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 13 June 2017. County offices, New York.

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