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Subject: [NC-CENSUS-LOOKUP] Census Indexes & Information
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 08:41:58 EST


Hello Everyone,

Here is information on all available census indexes:

1790 to 1850 is indexed by Head of Household only, however,
if your person is living in a household with a different last name,
he/she will also be indexed.

1860 is by Head of Household at Heritage Quest, but ancestry.com
is in the process of compiling an ALL name index. These are
the states currently available:
Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Dakota Territory,
Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, North Carolina,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.

1870 and 1880 is an all name index. 1880 is available free online at
www.familysearch.org

1890 census was destroyed in 1921 by fire & water while in storage. Only some
fragments remain for the following states: Alabama, District of
Columbia,
Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina,
Ohio,
South Dakota and Texas. Fragments means anything from 3 or 4 pages from
the whole state, to a few counties, townships, etc.

1900 to 1920 is by head of household only, but if your person is living
with a family
with a different last name, he/she will be indexed.

1930 is an all name index.
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If you want to know what questions were asked for each census year, you can
print
off blank census forms for all years at:
http://www.ancestry.com/save/charts/census.htm?rc=locale%7E&us=0

**From 1790 to 1840 only the Head of Household was listed in the census with
other family members designated in columns by age/sex.

**From 1850 to 1870, all people living in the household were listed, but not
their relationships.

**Beginning in 1880, all people living in the household were listed along
with their relationship to the HEAD of Household only----not their
relationship to each other.

CENSUS ENUMERATION DATES:
1790 to 1820 -- 1st Monday in August
1830 to 1900 -- June 1st
1910 -- April 15th
1920 -- January 1st
1930 -- April 1st


Lou

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