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Subject: [DESUSSEX] Federal Census 1790-1920
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 09:50:09 EDT

Good morning One & All,

I can't remember who I have or haven't sent this to but it may be of help
to
anyone doing genealogy research--I wrote it for the Genealogy Workshops
I teach, Session #4.

Session #4 All about the Federal Census 1790-1920


1790 CENSUS Name of Head of household
# males over 16
# males under 16
# females
# slaves

1800 & 1810 CENSUS Name of Head of household
# males under 10 females (the same)
# males 10-16
# males 16-26
# males 26-45
# males over 45
# slaves
* all free persons, except Indians
1810 indicates alien

1820 CENSUS (same as 1800 & 1810 Census except *)
* # males 16-18 (military)
foreigners not naturalized
free colored & slaves

1830-1840 CENSUS Name of Head of household
# males under 5 # males 50-60
# males 5-10 # males 60-70 etc.
# males 10-15 # slaves
# males 15-20 # free colored
# males 20-30
# males 30-40 females (the same)
# males 40-50

1850 CENSUS STATE or TERRITORY
Names of all living in the household
Ages
Sex
Occupation/School
Place of birth
(if ENSUS (same as 1850 CENSUS except *)
* $ amount of Real Estate & Personal Property


1870 CENSUS (same as 1860 CENSUS except *)
* W-White, B-Black, or M-Mulatto
If person Votes
Indicates if parent is foreign born

1880 CENSUS (same as 1870 CENSUS except *)
* Relationship to Head of household
Married or Single
Where father was born
Where mother was born
Street address is given

1890 CENSUS Lost in a fire! Jan 1921 in Wash. D.C.
* Schedules for Union Vets & Schedules for
Widows of Union Vets of the Civil War
* Police Census in NYC (by address only)
* Part of Northampton Co. & same in NJ did
survive

1900 CENSUS (same as 1880 CENSUS except *)
* The date census was taken
Month & year of birth
M-Married, W-Widowed, D-Divorced
# of times married
# of years married
# of children born to a woman
# of children living
Immigrated in what year
# of years in USA
OFH Owns Free a House
OFF “ “ “ Farm
OMH “ Mortgaged House
OMF “ “ Farm
RH Rents House
RF “ Farm

1910 CENSUS (same as 1900 CENSUS except *)
* Asks if Naturalized
Does not ask how many years in USA
Does not give month of birth, (only year)

1920 CENSUS (same as 1910 CENSUS except *)
* Asks for year Naturalized
Does not ask how many children a woman had
Does not ask how many children are living

1930 CENSUS Will be out April 2002

1790-1910 CENSUS Were taken between April & July of that year.

1920 CENSUS Was taken 1st week in Jan to the 15th of Jan--the
only Census taken in Jan! Came out---1 March 1992.

Census Indexes:

1. There are books with indexes for the 1790 Census to about 1860 or
1870 Census.

2. The WPA War Project did the census indexing. There are mistakes!

Soundex: A coding System for Social Security---keeps together names of the
same & similar sounds but of variant spellings.
ex: WEBBER or WEAVER---W160 MANNER or MEHNER---M560

Soundexing: 1880 Census--- for families with children 10 or 12 years of age.
1900 & 1920 Census---everyone is Soundex
1910---only 21 states are Soundex

1. Alabama 6. ILL 11. Mississippi 16. PA 21. West VA
2. Arkansas 7. Kansas 12. Missouri 17. SC
3. Calif. 8. Kentucky 13. NC 18. Tenn.
4. FL 9. Louisiana 14. Ohio 19. TX
5. Georgia 10. Mich. 15. Okla. 20. VA

3. The 1930 Census will not have a Soundex for all states
--comes out ever 72 yrs. April of 2002
Locations:

1. Mid-Atlantic National Archives in Philadelphia--all state census.

2. Local Historical or Genealogical Societies--county census, that
area.

note: The DCHS does have census index books for Delaware County
from 1790-1870 Census.

3. Mormon Library or local Libraries--county census, that area.

STATE CENSUS About 42 States have State Census---not PA, (see book)


COUNTY CENSUS There maybe a county census for the county you are
researching. ex: Chester Co., PA had an 1857 Census


Do You Know:

1. Do you know if a person could be index or listed in two different
states in the
same census year?

Ex: Edward WEBBER in the 1900 census, was in Caroline Co., MD & Dela. Co.,
PA. He had left the farm & came to Chester to work.

ex: Hitch was indexed in the DE Census but was living in MD Census

ex: Waitstill WEBBER indexed in Cumberland Co., VA but was living in
Cumberland Co., Maine!

2. The 1810 Census includes an inventory of the “yard goods” per
household?
The inventory is broken down into 3 categories, showing the yardage for
each.

3. The 1920 Census--the weather was very bad.

The census takers did not do a good job in getting to everyone &
collecting all the info.

The idea was all the farmers would be home.

If born between Jan 1st & the 15th, the child was not included in the
census.

If a person died between Jan 1st & 15th, they would be listed as
alive.

4. In 1900 there were other Census Schedules taken:

Agriculture, Manufactures, Mortality, Crime.

(note) These are not available at the National Archives

5. In the 1880 &/or 1900 Census they took an Idiot Schedules

ex: John TUTTLE (idiot)

6. Be cautious, if all the children have the same surname but are not
listed
from the eldest to the youngest in age.

Ex: Harry 9
Susan 6
James 12 (these maybe children of a deceased brother, uncle,
Maria 8 cousin, etc.).

By Helen M. Imburgia aka/ Happy hunting, Helen

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