Censuses

US Censuses  1790 to 1930  Census released after 72 years 1940 will be released in April 2012  Different info available each census  Blank forms (each census) available

Censuses – Where to find  (free) , 1860, 1870, 1900 with images 1880, 1910, 1920, 1930 index only  ($) Free if accessed through some libraries  Auburn city, Opelika Also by subscription  Monthly, quarterly, yearly Complete US censuses, some states  Includes images

1930 US Census  address  name; relationship to head of household  home owned or rented  value or monthly rental  radio set  whether on a farm  sex; race; age  marital status, age at first marriage

1930 US Census (con’t)  school attendance; literacy  birthplace of person and parents  if foreign born, language spoken before coming to US  year of immigration  whether naturalized, ability to speak English  occupation, industry, and class of worker  whether at work (had job) previous day  veteran status; number of farm schedule

1920 US Census  name  relation to head of household  whether home owned or rented; if owned, whether free or mortgaged  sex; color or race; age at last birthday  marital status  year of immigration whether naturalized or alien (column 14); if naturalized, year of naturalization (column 15) [A or AL = Alien; NA = Naturalized; NR = Not Reported; PA = First Papers Filed]

1920 US Census (con’t)  whether attended school since 1 September 1919  whether able to read; whether able to write  birthplace (state, territory or country), and mother tongue  birthplaces (state, territory or country) and mother tongues of parents  whether able to speak English  trade, profession or type of work done  employed in what industry  whether employer, salary or wage worker, or working on own account  number of farm schedule

1910 US Census  name  relation to head of household  sex; color or race; age at last birthday  marital status; number years of present marriage  number children born (to wife, widow or divorcee)  number of those children living  birthplace (state, territory or country), if foreign born, mother tongue  birthplaces (state, territory or country) of parents  year of immigration  for foreign born males 21 years old or older: whether naturalized or alien; whether able to speak English

1910 US Census (con’t)  occupation; employed in what industry  whether out of work on 15 April 1910  number of weeks out of work during 1909  whether able to write and write  whether able to attend school at any time since 1 September 1909  whether house is owned or rented; a farm or house; whether it is mortgage free  whether a survivor of Union or Confederate Army or Navy (column 30 - UA=Survivor - Union Army; UN=Survivor of the Union Navy; CA=Survivor - Confederate Army; CN=Survivor - Confederate Navy)  whether blind, deaf or dumb

1900 US Census  name  relation to head of household  color; sex; month and year of birth, and age  marital status; number of years married  for married women, number children born; number living  birthplace; father's birth; mother's birth  citizenship: year of immigration; number of years in US; whether still an alien, applied for citizenship, naturalized  occupation (10 and older); months not employed  school attendance, literacy, ability to speak English  whether residence was farm; whether occupant was homeowner

1890 US Census  99% destroyed by fire in 1921 Parts of Perry County (Marion) remain  1890 Veterans Schedule remains

1880 US Census  name  whether white, black, mulatto, Indian or Chinese; sex; age; month of birth if born within the year  relation to head of household  occupation and months unemployed  name of state, territory or country of birth; father's birthplace; mother's birthplace  school attendance within the year  inability to read if aged 10 or older; inability to write if aged 10 or older  whether sick or temporarily disabled on the day of enumeration and the reason

1870 US Census  name  age at last birthday  sex; color; profession, occupation or trade  value of real estate; personal property  place of birth (state, territory or country)  whether father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth  month of birth if born within the year  month of marriage if married within the year  whether attended school within the year  whether can read; write  whether deaf, dumb, blind, insane or idiotic  whether male citizen, aged 21 years and up; denied vote

1860 US Census  name  age; sex; color (white, black or mulatto)  occupation of persons over 15  value of real estate; value of personal estate  place of birth (state, territory or country)  whether person was married during the year  whether deaf-mute, blind, insane, an idiot, a pauper or a convict

1860 US Census (con’t)  separate slave schedule name of slave owner number of slaves owned number of slaves manumitted (freed) under the slave owner's name a line for each slave shows: age, color, sex, whether deaf-mute, blind, insane, idiotic or a fugitive from the state; names of slaves were not entered

1850 US Census  name of each free person in a household  age; sex; color (white, black or mulatto)  occupation of males over 15  value of real estate owned  place of birth (state, territory or country)  whether person attended school, married within year  whether the person could read or write if over 20  whether deaf-mute, blind, insane, an idiot, a pauper or a convict  separate slave schedules contain the same information as the 1860 census

1790 to 1840 US Censuses  only name the head of each family  other household members are grouped together by age range and gender, but their names are not given  1810 Census is spotty District wide loss for District of Columbia, Georgia, Indiana Territory, Mississippi Territory, Louisiana Territory (MO), New Jersey and Tennessee Partial loss for some others  lists Revolutionary War pensioners

Other US Census Info  Mortality Schedules – 1850 to 1880 Lists those who have died in previous year, along with cause of death  Agricultural Schedules – 1850 to 1880 Not available online

Other Censuses  State Censuses for many states Alabama 1850, 1855, 1866  Not all counties  1866 census– (Civil War ended in 1865) first one to list African-American Head of Household lists soldiers killed, died of disease, or disabled  Canada, England, Scotland  Others