Record Description
Population schedules consisted of large sheets with rows and columns. The schedules were arranged by place, such as township or post office. The places were not filed in any particular order. The arrangement of families on a schedule is normally in the order in which the enumerator visited the households.
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The U.S. federal census was conducted each decade from 1790-present. This information pertains to censuses conducted in 1850, 1860, and 1870.
Federal census takers were asked to record information about all those who were in each household on the census day, which was 1 June. 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 for This Collection
7th Decennial Census Office. "Population Schedules for the 1850 Census." NARA microfilm publication M432. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. : n.d.
Transcription
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Individuals in this Source
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Documents from this Source
1820 Federal Census - Georgia, Camden County, St Marys - Page
1850 Federal Census - Georgia, Camden County, 9th Subdivision - page 789 (written)
1850 Federal Census - Georgia, Camden County, 9th Subdivision - page 790 (written)
1850 Federal Census - Georgia, Camden County, 9th Subdivision - page 795 (written)
1850 Federal Census - Georgia, Camden County, 9th Subdivision - page 799 (written)
1850 Federal Census - Georgia, Ware County, 89th Subdivision - page 232 (written)
1850 Federal Census - Georgia, Ware County, 89th Subdivision - page 233 (written)
1850 Federal Census - Georgia, Ware County, 89th Subdivision - page 235 (written)
1850 Federal Census - Georgia, Ware County, 89th Subdivision - page 236 (written)
1850 Federal Census - Georgia, Ware County, 89th Subdivision - page 238 (written)
1850 Federal Census - Georgia, Ware County, 89th Subdivision - page 239 (written)
1860 Federal Census - Georgia, Pierce County, 9th District
1860 U.S. Federal Census - Georgia, Pierce County, 9th District - Page 1027
1860 U.S. Federal Census - Georgia, Pierce County, 9th District - Page 26
1860 U.S. Federal Census - Georgia, Pierce County, 9th District - Page 28
1860 U.S. Federal Census - Georgia, Pierce County, 9th District Page 1031
1860 U.S. Federal Census - Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Watertown - Edwards
1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia - Page 499
1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia - Page iii
1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia - Page iv
1870 Federal Census - Georgia, Pierce County - Hickox
1870 Federal Census - Illinois, Ford County, Lyman
1870 Federal Census - Illinois, La Salle County, Manlius
1870 Federal Census - Ohio, Butler County, Hamilton
1870 Federal Census - Ohio, Medina County, Lafayette
1870 U.S. Federal Census - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts - Edwards
1880 Federal Census - Ohio, Richland County, Madison
1880 Federal Census including Hickox family
1892 New York State Census Including Titus Family
1900 Federal Census Including the Barth Family
1900 United States Census - King Family
1910 Federal Census Including James Family
1920 Census Including the James Family
1920 Federal Census including Andrew Birkett
1920 Federal Census including the Burke Family
1920 United States Federal Census including Barth Family
1930 U.S. Federal Census - Illinois, Jo Daviess County, East Dubuque, District 6 - Jansen
1940 Census including Titus Family
1940 Federal Census including the Birkett family
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