Pennsylvania Census

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

Microfilm images

 * United States. Census Office. 11th Census, 1890. Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. (Family History Library films 338160-277, Pennsylvania is on films 338237-50.)

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

State and colonial censuses

 * 1857 Chester County only: a list of taxable inhabitants by Township.
 * 1671 Philadelphia and Delaware counties in Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware, and Burlington County, New Jersey.

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