US Census Guide
Guide, Clues & Finding Aid for the U. S. Federal Census 1790 - 1930.
1850 Ancestry Census Records Search
Can't find someone using the search?Many names are misspelled in the index. It may be incorrect on the original census, the handwriting may have difficult to decipher, or the microfilm may have been too faded to read correctly. Use these hints to expand your search.
- Click on the top tab to try both "exact matches" and "best matches".
- Try a wild card search using an asterisk; i.e. John* in the surname field will bring up Johns, Johnston and Johnson
- Try a wild card search using a question mark; i.e. Johns?n in the surname filed will bring up Johnson and Johnsen
- Search only a particular county or town leaving the name field blank.
- Search only on first names - even wildcarded first names.
- Combine any or all of the above
1850 Census
Census Date - June 1, 1850
Name of each free person in a household
Age
Sex
Color (white, black or mulatto)
Occupation of males over 15
Value of real estate owned
Whether person attended school or was married within the year
Whether the person could read or write if over 20
whether deaf-mute, blind, insane, an idiot, a pauper or a convict
Slave schedules show:
Name of slave owner
Number of slaves owned
Number of slaves manumitted (freed)
Under the slave owner's name a line for each slave shows: age, color, sex, whether deaf-mute, blind, insane, idiotic or a fugitive from the state
Names of slaves were not entered
1850 Census Search Help
- Online 1850 Census Images
Ancestry.com has posted online images for all states for this census.
- AIS Census Indexes
1790 Census Records Search to Federal Census Indexes, State Census Indexes, and indexes to various Federal non-population schedules (Mortality Schedules, Veterans Schedules, Slaves Schedules). Not considered as accurate as the Ancestry index, but may be another possible search option.
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Census Guides by year
Include census dates, census questions, and research tips from Ancestry.com to help you get the most from these valuable census resources.
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Census Abbreviations
Guide to the meanings behind the citizenship and other abbreviations found on the US census
Census Guide
Guide to U. S. Federal Census. Includes census questions, census finding aids, and microfilm numbers.
Soundex
Explanation and Limitations of Soundex Indexing to the U. S. Census
1930 Census Help
Guide to finding your ancestor in the 1930 census
Census Comparison Chart
Compare online census databases at a glance by using this chart for type of index and completeness of databases.
1890 Census Substitute
by Ancestry.com. This first definitive online substitute for the census destroyed by fire. It includes fragments of the original 1890 census that survived, special veterans schedules, state censuses (1885 or 1895), city and county directories, alumni directories, voter registration documents, and other databases for the years surrounding 1890.
U. S. Census Records
Soundexes, Indexes and Finding Aids by RootsWeb.
Census Records Basics
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Census Sense
It is always important to record what a document or record says exactly. It is just as important to remember what a document does not say. Read More
Finding & Using Census Records
The U.S. federal census records can be daunting, indeed, to a researcher looking for his or her ancestors. You first need to know the state in which your ancestor lived at the time of the census, and then narrow it down to county. Read More
Census Mailing Lists
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