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From: "Sandra Ferguson" <>
Subject: 1790-1920 Census info
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 09:04:35 -0400


This was from a wonderful researcher on another list......file it away
somewhere.

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>
>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
>
>1860 CENSUS (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--only families w/ children 10 or 12 yrs of age &
>younger
> 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.).
>

Happy hunting, Helen
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