United States Census 1880

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Content
1880 Census was taken beginning 1 June 1880, for thirty days or two weeks for communities with 10,000+ populations. The following information was recorded by the census taker:                       Name                        Race: (white (W), black (B), Chinese (C), Indian (I), mulatto (M)                        Sex                        Age                        Month of birth if born within year                        Relationship to head of household                        Single, married, widowed, divorced                        Married within year                        Occupation/months unemployed                        Birthplace                        Parents’ birthplace                        School attendance within year                       Whether unable to read if age 10+                        Sick or temporarily disabled when enumerated &amp; reason                        Blind, deaf-mute, idiotic, insane or permanently disabled

1790-2000 Information: http://www.census.gov/prod/2000pubs/cff-2.pdf

HCP entry is an occasional footnote in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints abstract of the 1880 U.S. census.

Value
The 1880 census can be used to:1

Identify birthplace of parents-immigrant information                       Supplement birth/marriage info. Due to relationship info. Identify relationships—surnamesof married daughter, mother-in-law, cousins, other relatives                       Indicate that wife may not be mother of kids                        Give clues to genetic symptoms or diseases

1850-1930 Search Tips: http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census/1850-1930.html

Unique Features and Problems
1. Asked the relationship to the head of household 2. Asked marital status 3. Lists the name of the streets and house numbers of some of the urban homes 4. Lists an illness or disability on the day of visitation 5. Lists number of months unemployed. 6 Lists birthplace of parents 7. People born/died after 1 Jun 1880 were not to be included. 8. Soundex: Lists only families with children under the age of 10 years

States Covered and Missing

 * Alabama
 * Arkansas
 * California
 * Colorado
 * Connecticut
 * Delaware
 * District of Columbia
 * Florida
 * Georgia
 * Illinois
 * Indiana
 * Iowa
 * Kansas
 * Kentucky
 * Louisiana
 * Maine
 * Maryland
 * Massachusetts
 * Michigan
 * Minnesota
 * Mississippi
 * Missouri
 * Nebraska
 * Nevada
 * New Hampshire
 * New Jersey
 * New York
 * North Carolina
 * Ohio
 * Oregon
 * Pennsylvania
 * Rhode Island
 * South Carolina
 * Tennessee
 * Texas
 * Vermont
 * Virginia
 * West Virginia
 * Wisconsin

No states missing

Territories

 * Arizona
 * Dakota
 * Idaho
 * Montana
 * New Mexico
 * Utah
 * Wyoming

Web Sites
1790-2000 Info: http://www.census.gov/prod/2000pubs/cff-2.pdf

1850-1930 Search Tips: http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census/1850-1930.html

Bibliographic Citations
1. Szucs, Loretto Dennis and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking. The Source: A Guide book to American Genealogy. 3rd ed. (Provo, UT: Ancestry, 2006.)

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