Delaware Census

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 * If at first you don't find a name, try again under another spelling.
 * Photocopy each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
 * Look for an ancestor in every census during her or his lifetime.
 * On the family group record show each person's census listings.
 * Study others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in community context.
 * Study others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in community context.

Online Resources

 * United States Online Census, 1790-1940
 * U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820, ($). Index
 * Selected African Americans in Delaware, 1890 U.S. Census, ($). Index
 * Delaware Federal Non-population Schedules


 * For a list of the exact date of each federal census, click here.


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

Microfilm images
Family History Library Federal Census Non-Population Schedule Microfilms for Delaware


 * 1890 and 1900 African Americans and Agriculture census. NARA, Prechtel-Kluskens, Claire, and U.S. Bureau of the Census List of selected African Americans from the 1890 and 1900 Federal population censuses of Delaware and related census publications; agriculture in the state of Delaware (1901) and Negroes in the United States (1904)
 * 1860 slave owners. Family History Library
 * 1850 slave owners. Family History Library
 * 1850-1880 Mortality census.
 * 1790 Reconstructed census. DeValinger, Leon Reconstructed 1790 census of Delaware

National Archives'Federal Census 'Non-Population ScheduleMicrofilms for Delaware


 * 1935 Census of Business
 * 1820 - 1880 Manufactures Census

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

State, territorial, and colonial censuses
Delaware took several censuses before the first federal census was done. The dates are listed below. These census records may have columns that were different or more unusual than those found on federal censuses. The responses and years of coverage may give additional information on the family.


 * 1782 Population schedules for these "hundreds" (townships): Branywine, Christiana, St. George's, Duck Creek, Little Creek, and Lewes Town. The state census has been reconstructed for the rest of the state from tax lists.
 * 1693 A special census was taken of Swedes who were associated with the Swedish Lutheran Church and who were living in Pennsylvania, Delaware, west New Jersey, and Cecil County, Maryland. The census and an index to it are in Craig, Peter Stebbins. The 1693 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware. Winter Park, Florida: SAG Publications, 1993. (Family History Library .)
 * 1671 New Castle County, Delaware; Philadelphia and Delaware counties in Pennsylvania; and Burlington County, New Jersey.

Existing and lost censuses
For a list of available and missing Delaware 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