Chasing Dead Ancestors

Week 3 – Census Records: 1850-1940

Written By: mic - Feb• 11•13

Census-HollerithMachine

What is a Census?

 

Legal Reasons for Having a US Census

  • Constitutional-Article 1 sec 2

  • Military

 

History of the US Census Bureau

http://www.census.gov/history/www/innovations/technology/

 

Innovation/Technology

      • Early Census Tallying and Processing

 

      • • Seaton Device

 

      • • Hollerith Machine

 

      • • Univac I

 

      • • Fosdic

 

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Through The Decades

  • Fast Facts

  • Overview

  • Index of Questions

  • Questionaire

  • Census Instruction

  • Availability of 1890 Census

  • Soundex

 

National Archives Soundex Tutorial

http://www.archives.gov/research/census/soundex.html

 

Soundex Converter

soundex calculator

http://www.gedpage.com/soundex.html 

Soundex-NARA

 https://www.archives.gov/research/census/soundex.html 

 

Genealogy

• 1890 Veterans Schedule  https://www.census.gov/history/www/genealogy/decennial_census_records/1890_veterans_census.html

 

 

• 72 Year Rule  https://www.census.gov/history/www/genealogy/decennial_census_records/the_72_year_rule_1.html

 

FAQs         https://www.census.gov/history/www/faqs/genealogy_faqs/

    • Requesting Censuses

 

    • Census Taker Instructions

 

    • Census Questions

 

    • Correcting Inaccurate Information

 

  • 1890 Census

 

Census Bureau Publications

https://www.census.gov/history/www/reference/publications/publications_-_genealogy_1.html

  • Measuring America

  • 200 Years of Census Taking

  • Twenty Censuses

  • Using Maps in Genealogy

  • Blank Census Forms

 

 

 Census-Census taker 1870

 

Clues in the Census 1850-1930

http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1850-1930.html

 

Clues in the Census 1790-1840

http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1790-1840.html

 

Special or Non Population Censuses

        Non population schedules at Ancestry (search for non-population censuses)

https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/nonpopcensus/ 

       Non population schedules NARA

https://www.archives.gov/research/census/nonpopulation 

 American Indian Censuses

http://www.archives.gov/research/census/native-americans/index.html

 

Native Americans in the Censuses

http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2006/summer/indian-census.html

 

Native Americans in the Census  http://accessgenealogy.com

 

Statistical Maps

http://www.census.gov/history/www/programs/geography/

http://www.census.gov/history/www/programs/geography/statistical_atlases.html

 

American Presidents in Censuses

http://www.archives.gov/research/census/presidents

 

Index of Census Questions

http://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/index_of_questions/

 

Census Questionnaires

http://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/questionnaires/

 

Census and other Forms and Charts

 

Forms From Rootsweb.com

http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/get_started/charts_forms.html

 

Forms From Family Tree Magazine

http://www.familytreemagazine.com/forms/download.html

 

Genealogy Search. org Free Forms

http://genealogysearch.org/free/forms.html

 

Cyndislist-Census Links

http://www.cyndislist.com/census.htm

 

Steve Morris Census ED Finding Aids

http://stevemorse.org/

 

 

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