1900 US Census Records Search

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1900 Ancestry Census Records Search

Search the 1900 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com

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• 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
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1900 Census
Census Date June 1, 1900

1900 Census Finding Aids

• Online 1900 Census Images
  Ancestry.com has posted online images for all states for this census. View it for free.
  
  
• 1900 Census Index & Images
  Genealogy.com has the complete indexed 1900 U.S. Census. Index is by head-of-household. View for free.
  
  
• 1900 Census Index Microfilm Numbers
  Soundex (Phonetic Index) to the 1900 Census. Use these microfilm numbers to order census index by soundex code from NARA or Family History Centers.
  
  
• Census Online
  Links to online transcribed census records.

1900 Census Questions:
Address
Name
Relation to head of household
Color
Sex
Month and year of birth, and age at last birthday
Marital status
Number of years married
For married women, number of children born and number of those children living
Birthplace
Father's birthplace
Mother's birthplace
For an alien or naturalized citizen: year of immigration to the US; number of years in the US, whether still an alien, having applied for citizenship, or naturalized (A or AL - Alien; NA - Naturalized; NR - Not Reported; PA - First Papers Filed)
Occupation of 10 and older, or number of months not employed
Information about school attendance, literacy and ability to speak English
Whether residence was a farm
Whether occupant was a homeowner

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