United States Census, 1850

About

The non-population Schedules for the 1850 census includes, Agricultural Schedule, Manufacturing Schedule, Mortality Schedule, Social Statistics Schedule.

Links

• Census Instructions
• http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1276
• http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8756

Record Description

Federal census takers were asked to record information about all those who were in each household on the census day, which was 1 June 1850. A census taker might have visited a house on a later date, but the information he collected was supposed to be about the people who were in the house on the census day. The basic census enumeration unit was the county. Each county was divided into enumeration districts, one for each enumerator. The completed forms were sent to the Census Office in the Commerce Department in Washington D.C.

The U.S. federal census was taken at the beginning of every decade to apportion the number of representatives that a state could send to the House of Representatives in Congress. In the absence of a national system of vital registration, many vital statistics and personal questions were asked to provide a statistical profile of the nation and its states.

Federal censuses are usually reliable, depending on the knowledge of the informant and the care of the census enumerator. Information may have been given to a census taker by any member of the family or by a neighbor. Some information may have been incorrect or deliberately falsified.

Citation

Source Listing

Family Search

1850 U.S. census, population schedule. Georgia. Ware County. Digital Images. Familysearch.org. http://familysearch.org : 2013.

Ancestry

1850 U.S. census, population schedule. Georgia. Ware County. Digital Images. Ancestry.com. http://ancestry.com : 2013.

Link to Citation

• Citation:United States Census, 1850
• Template:1850 Federal Census/Citation Listing/
• Template:1850 Federal Census/Subsequent Note

Wiki Codes

Source Listing:
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Citation Template:
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Subsequent Note:
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Internal Standards

File Naming Standards

• 1850 U.S. Federal Census - State, County, City - page
• example: 1850 Federal Census - Georgia, Ware County, 89th Subdivision - page 123 (written).jpg

Evidentia Standards

Source Title

• 1850 Federal Census - State, County Georgia, Locality
• Example: 1850 Federal Census - Georgia, Ware County, 89th Subdivision

Citation Title

• 1850 Census - head of household name"
• Example: 1850 Census - David Hickox