Washington Census

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

Microfilm images
The mortality schedules for 1860 to 1880 are available at the DAR Library in Washington D.C. and at the Washington State Library.

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

State, territorial, and colonial censuses
These partial censuses are available at the Washington State Library and the Family History Library (beginning with Family History Library film 1841781). The years included:


 * 1854, 1857, 1861, 1871, 1875, 1877-1879, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1890-1892, 1907.

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