United States, Kentucky, Agricultural Schedules - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains agricultural schedules for the state of Kentucky, 1850-1880. Agricultural schedules were part of the Non-population census records taken in certain states and include such information as the name of the owner, agent, or manager, number of acres and cash value of the farm, crops and other items produced, number and value of livestock (horses, cattle, sheep, and swine), value of homemade manufactures, etc.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records: • 2

How Do I Search This Collection?
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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

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Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in United States, Kentucky.
 * Kentucky Guided Research
 * Kentucky Record Finder
 * Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research
 * Kentucky
 * Kentucky Archives and Libraries

Related Family History Library Holdings

 * Kentucky, Agriculture non-population schedules, 1850-1880
 * Kentucky, Federal mortality census schedules and related indexes:1850;1860;1870; 1880

Related FamilySearch Historical Record Collections

 * United States Census, 1850
 * United States Census, 1860
 * United States Census, 1870
 * United States Census, 1880

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