1880 US Census Records Search

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1880 Ancestry Census Records Search

Search the 1880 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com

Can't find someone using the 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

1880 Census Finding Aids

• Online 1880 Census Images
  Ancestry.com has posted online images for all states for this census with every member of the household index. View it for free.
  
  
• 1880 Census Index Microfilm Numbers
  Soundex (Phonetic Index) to the 1880 Census. Use these microfilm numbers to order census index by soundex code from NARA or Family History Centers. Only those households with children aged 10 or under are listed in the microfilmed index.
  
  
• LDS Mormon Church
  • Search Online
    An online every name index and transcription of the 1880 census
  • CD-Rom
    An every name index and transcription of the 1880 census

  
  
  

• Census Online
  Links to online transcribed census records.

1880 Census Questions:
Address
Name
Whether white, black, mulatto, Indian or Chinese
Sex
Age
Month of birth if born within the year
Relation to head of household
Occupation and months employed
Name of state, territory or country of birth
Father's birthplace
Mother's birthplace
School attendance
Ability to read if aged 10 or older
Ability to write if aged 10 or older
Whether sick or temporarily disabled on the day of enumeration and the reason

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