Research in Census Records - What is the name, age, sex, color, occupation, and birthplace of each person residing in this house? Which of these individuals attended school or was married within the year? Who among them is deaf and dumb, blind, insane, “idiotic,” a pauper, or a convict? Is there anyone in the household over twenty years of age who cannot read and write? What is the name of the slave owner? How many slaves belong to the owner? What is the tribe of this Indian? What were the places of birth of the person’s parents? In what year did this person immigrate to the United States and, if naturalized, what was the year of naturalization?
For answers to these and other questions, researchers look to census records......
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- Research In Census Records
- Historical Background -
The Census Bureau -
Strengths & Limitations -
Historical Perspective -
Missing Censuses -
False Census Entries -
Missing Persons -
Legibility & Handwriting -
Suggestions For Searches -
Interpreting Census Information -
Census Restrictions
- Federal Schedule Descriptions Explained
- 1790,
1800,
1810,
1820,
1830,
1840,
1850,
1860,
1870,
1880,
1890,
1900,
1910,
1920,
1930
- Non-Population Schedules & Special Federal Censuses
- 1850 Census - 1885 Slave - 1850 Slave - 1860 Slave - 1850-1885 Mortality - 1840-1890 Veterans - 1810-1880 Manufacturers - 1840-1910 Agricultural - 1850-1880 Social Statistics
- State & Local Censuses
- Ethnic Censuses & Census Substitutes
- Census Substitutes - African-American - Native-American - Reconstructed 1790 Census
- Suggested Census Reading
- U.K & Canadian Censuses
- Canada Census - 1901 Census, 1911 Census
- Scotland Census - 1841 Census, 1851 Census, 1861 Census, 1871 Census, 1881 Census, 1891 Census, 1901 Census
- England Census - 1841 Census, 1851 Census, 1861 Census, 1871 Census, 1881 Census, 1891 Census, 1901 Census
- Wales Census - 1841 Census, 1851 Census, 1861 Census, 1871 Census, 1881 Census, 1891 Census, 1901 Census
- Isle of Man Census - 1841 Census, 1851 Census, 1861 Census, 1871 Census, 1881 Census, 1891 Census, 1901 Census
- Channel Island Census - 1841 Census, 1851 Census, 1861 Census, 1871 Census, 1881 Census, 1891 Census, 1901 Census
Research in Land Records - Land records provide two types of important evidence for the genealogist. Prior to the Civil War, more than eighty-five percent of all Americans owned or leased land. Therefore, almost every researcher, whether a seasoned professional or weekend hobbyist, has required land records to document the existence, association, or movement of an individual or ancestral family.
Most beginning genealogists underestimate the importance of using land records to pin persons to specific locales. In the South, which has far fewer vital records than New England, the land records are even more crucial to genealogical success. For answers to these and other questions, researchers look to Land records......
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Research in Tax Records - Things taxed have included carriages and watches, windows and whiskey, land and slaves. Taxes on documents and tea helped start a war. Arkansas Territory’s sudden tax on bounty lands in the 1820s was enacted and due before the news had time to reach out-of-state owners, permitting the quick seizure and sale of “delinquent” lands. As this variety suggests, name lists of such taxes must be used with a cautious understanding of who should be on the list and who should not. For answers to these and other questions, researchers look to Tax records......
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