Census Resources

Census Indexes Unless noted otherwise, shelved in alphabetical order by state to the left of the microfilm cabinets in the Genealogy and Local History Room (GLH). Ask for CD-ROMs at the Help Desk. Search the catalog by county name for additional indexes that cover single counties. Ask Help Desk staff for assistance, if needed. Iowa – 1840 (Des Moines County), 1850, 1850 Mortality (Des Moines County), 1852 (Des Moines County), 1860, 1870, 1870 Mortality (Des Moines County), 1900 Soundex, 1910, 1920 Soundex, and 1925 (Des Moines County). All Iowa state census indexed on Ancestry Library Edition (for use in the library). All States – 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1860, 1870, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 (some states) are available on Heritage Quest Online at the library or through the library’s Web site. All federal census indexed on Ancestry Library Edition (for use in the library). 1880 available on CD-ROM for checkout or at www.familysearch.org. Special – African-Americans in 1870 (CD-ROM 096 / Rotunda), Germans in 1870 (CD-ROM) Connecticut – 1800 Delaware – 1800 District of Columbia – 1800 Illinois – 1820 Indiana – 1812, 1820 Kentucky – 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830 Louisiana – 1890 Maine – 1800 Maryland – 1800, 1890 Massachusetts –1800, 1890 Mississippi – 1890 Missouri -- 1890 New England – 1830 (CD-ROM) New Hampshire – 1790, 1800 New York – 1800, 1830 (CD-ROM), 1890 North Carolina – 1800 Pennsylvania – 1790, 1820, 1830 (CD-ROM) Rhode Island – 1800 South Carolina – 1800 Tennessee – 1820 Texas -- 1890 Vermont – 1800 Virginia – 1810, 1890

Microfilm or Digital Images Iowa – 1840-1930 federal, 1836-1895 state, 1850-1880 mortality, industrial, and agricultural schedules, 1850-1870 social statistics schedules, and 1880 Defective, Dependent and Delinquent schedules. State census images on Ancestry Library Edition. Illinois – 1820-1850, 1860-1930 (select counties) All States – 1790-1930 census images available on Heritage Quest Online and Ancestry Library Edition. 1880 transcripts available for checkout or at www.familysearch.org. The library has only partial holdings for the years listed below. Check the microfilm boxes for a list of counties. Colorado – 1880 Connecticut – 1790 Indiana – 1820, 1950, 1880 Kansas – 1900 Kentucky – 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860 Maine – 1790 Maryland – 1790 Massachusetts – 1790 Missouri – 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1910, 1920, 1930 Nebraska – 1890 (Veterans Schedule) New Hampshire – 1790, 1810, 1880 New York – 1790, 1820 North Carolina – 1790, 1830, 1840, 1850 Ohio – 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850 Pennsylvania – 1790 Rhode Island – 1790 South Carolina – 1790 Tennessee – 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840 Vermont – 1790, 1800 Virginia – 1790, 1820, 1830 Washington – 1857-1889 territorial census West Virginia – 1870 Wisconsin -- 1840

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