Census Resources and Links
Updated August 13, 2007
General
- Genealogical CD-ROMs in the Archives Library Information Center, in the National Archives Building, Washington, DC
- Nonpopulation Census Records,
about researching in agriculture, mortality, business, and social statistics schedules
- Order copies of Census Records online or
with NATF Form 82
- The Soundex Indexing System
- How to Use NARA's Census Microfilm
Catalogs
- NARA Census Microfilm Rental Program
1960
1930
- 1930 Federal Population Census, Microfilm Locator
- 1930 Census Resources
- Circa 1930 City Directories Available at NARA
- How the 1930 Census Enumerators were Appointed, by Joseph A. Hill
- Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930
- "The WPA Census Soundexing Projects," Prologue, Vol. 34, No. (Spring 2002)
- "'Plans of Division':
Describing the Enumeration Districts of the 1930 Census", Prologue, Vol. 35, No. 3 (Fall 2003)
1920
- 1920 Federal Population Census Catalog
- Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930
- "The WPA Census Soundexing Projects," Prologue, Vol. 34, No. (Spring 2002)
1910
1900
- 1900 Federal Population Census Catalog
- Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930
- "The WPA Census Soundexing Projects," Prologue, Vol. 34, No. (Spring 2002)
1890
- 1890 Census Records
- 1890 Federal Population Census Catalog
- The Fate of the 1890
Census, article from Spring 1996 issue of Prologue magazine.
- 1890 Census Fragment for Delaware
1880
- 1880 Federal Population Census Catalog, Soundex, Census
- Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930
- "The WPA Census Soundexing Projects," Prologue, Vol. 34, No. (Spring 2002)
1870
- 1870 Federal Population Census Catalog
- Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930
- "Who Talked to the Census Taker? [1790-1870]," NGS NewsMagazine, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2005): 32-35.
1860
- 1860 Federal Population Census Catalog
- Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930
- "Who Talked to the Census Taker? [1790-1870]," NGS NewsMagazine, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2005): 32-35.
1850
- 1850 Federal Population Census Catalog
- Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930
- "Who Talked to the Census Taker? [1790-1870]," NGS NewsMagazine, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2005): 32-35.
1840
- 1840 Federal Population Census Catalog
- Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840
- "Who Talked to the Census Taker? [1790-1870]," NGS NewsMagazine, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2005): 32-35.
1830
- 1830 Federal Population Census Catalog
- Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840
- "Who Talked to the Census Taker? [1790-1870]," NGS NewsMagazine, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2005): 32-35.
1820
- 1820 Federal Population Census Catalog
- Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840
- "Who Talked to the Census Taker? [1790-1870]," NGS NewsMagazine, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2005): 32-35.
1810
- 1810 Federal Population Census Catalog
- Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840
- "Who Talked to the Census Taker? [1790-1870]," NGS NewsMagazine, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2005): 32-35.
1800
- 1800 Federal Population Census Catalog
- Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840
- "Who Talked to the Census Taker? [1790-1870]," NGS NewsMagazine, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2005): 32-35.
1790
- 1790 Federal Population Census Catalog
- Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840
- "Who Talked to the Census Taker? [1790-1870]," NGS NewsMagazine, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2005): 32-35.
Other Census Resources Online:
Informative Articles
Americans Overseas in U.S. Censuses by Karen M. Mills, U.S. Census Bureau Technical Paper No. 62 (issued November 1993) describes which components of the U.S. population living abroad were enumerated in the 1930 and earlier and later censuses.
Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-born Population of the United States, 1850-1990 by Campbell J. Gibson and Emily Lennon, U.S. Census Bureau Population Division Working Paper No. 29 (February 1999)
Historical Forms and Questions: 1930 shows pictures of the forms and instructions used by census enumerators.
Publications by the Bureau of the Census
Online Data
- Statistical Census Data for the Year 1930
-
Availability
of Census Records About Individuals
- 1790-1930 United States: homepage of a free database of the USGenWeb Census Project.
- 1790-1930 Census Records: homepage of a fee-for-search database from
Ancestry.com
- 1790-1960 Historical Census Data Browser
- Census Online: Links to Online Census Records
- 1850-1880 Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
- 1880 United States Census (also 1881
British and Canadian Censuses)
- 1885 Dakota
Territory Census: project of the Institute for Regional Studies, North Dakota
State University Libraries, Fargo, ND
- Census Facts
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