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From: "Jan E. Tripp" <>
Subject: [MIWASHTE] Early Census
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:43:30 -0500


The 1827, 1834, and 1845 census has been microfilmed by the Genealogical
Society of Utah and can be rented through your local Family History Library.
Here are the film numbers you will need to order the films:

Census of Washtenaw County, Michigan 1827-1834 955,813 Item 1
Census of Washtenaw County, Michigan 1845 955,813 Item 2

This is considerably cheaper than purchasing the films outright.

Each census is somewhat different than the 1840 census. Of interest to you
is that the 1845 census records all males over 21. I am not sure if all of
the township enumerations survive but the originals are at the Bentley
Historical Library at the University of Michigan. Perhaps one of our
knowledgeable Washtenaw County researchers will know.

The 1827 census was a basic head count taken as of the first Monday in June
1827. The 1834 census noted "the ages of free white males by periods of five
years up to 20 years of age, and above 20 years, by periods of ten years, up
to 100 years, and all over 100 years." Also, the enumerators were to
ascertain the names of all family heads, the number of white persons deaf,
dumb, or blind, plus the number and sex of all free and bound colored
persons. To be excluded were Indians not taxed (not members of some tribe).
The 1845 census recorded all names of all males over 21 years of age;
"distinguishing the number of males and females; those under 10 years of
age; those of 10 and under 21, those of 21 and under 45; those of 45 and
under 75; those over 75; and, also, the number of deaf and dumb; the number
of insane; and the umber of all colored persons."

I would be tempted to look at the original census images even thought I
"knew" the on-line was completely accurate. I would like to know who was in
the neighborhood and something about the visitation order which a database
might omit.

Jan
Ann Arbor


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I have just joined this list so if I am asking something already covered

recently please bear with me.
I am trying to piece together a Woodworth family that moved to Salem in

1826. I have found the father, Constant, in the 1834 and 1845 census index
on
the Ancestry.com website, and also a couple other Woodworth's living neaby
that
could be possible sons. What I would like to know is this: do these early

state censuses list head of household and enumerate the wife and children by

age and sex (similar to the Federal census of 1840)? Or are they just a
list
of head of household? I found the microfilm for sale on Heritage Quest,
but
don't want to purchase it if there is no further information than what I
found on AncestryPlus.

Has anyone used these early (1927, 1934, 1945) Washtenaw census films?

Sherrye









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