Hawaii Census

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

State, territorial, republic, and kingdom Censuses

 * 1896 Republic census. Honolulu only.
 * 1890 Kingdom census.
 * 1878 Kingdom census. Hawaii, Maui, Oahu only.
 * 1866 Kingdom census. Mostly Maui.

The 1878, 1890, and 1896 censuses are available at the Hawaii State Archives and the Family History Library (Family History Library films 1010681-88). The Hawaii State Archives also has two "census files," 1840 to 1866 and 1847 to 1866, which contain miscellaneous records such as school censuses, population lists, and vital record summaries. The Family History Library has the 1840 to 1866 file on microfilm 1009896 item 1-2.

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