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Beginners' Corner

 * What are the U.S. census records?
 * What time periods do they cover?
 * What can I find in them?
 * How do I access them?
 * Search strategies

For a more complete beginning introduction, see U. S. Census Records Class Handout.

Value of Censuses
A census is a count and description of the population of a country,state, county, or city for a given date. Census lists are also called “schedules." In the United States a nationwide census has been taken every ten years since 1790. A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to:


 * Follow the family over time.
 * Determine family relationships.
 * Find clues to other locations where the family lived
 * Show clues for finding other records.

Additional Online Links

 * United States Census Online Genealogy Records Internet links by year for FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, FindMyPast, and MyHeritage
 * AccessGenealogy - United States Census Records
 * CensusRecords.com ($) indexes and images; 1790-1940
 * Fold3 ($) index and images; 1860-1930
 * Internet Archive images 1790-1930
 * My Free Census Find your ancestors in the U.S. census, and International census records
 * U.S. Census Bureau images of published transcriptions of 1790 census for 12 states
 * Nonpopulation Census Records Agriculture, mortality, and social statistics schedules are available for the census years of 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. Manufacturing schedules are available for 1820, 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. Schedules of business are available for 1935 for these industries: advertising agencies, banking and financial institutions, miscellaneous enterprises, motor trucking for hire, public warehousing, and radio broadcasting stations.
 * Census-Online
 * GermanRoots.com

Contents of the Censuses

 * United States Bureau of the Census. 200 years of U.S. census taking: population and housing questions, 1790-1990.
 * Blank forms for each U.S. census year