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CENSUS RECORDS

FEDERAL POPULATION CENSUS SCHEDULES are available on microfilm for a three state area, North and South Dakota and Minnesota. Most schedules are accompanied by a Soundex index on microfilm or by a published computer generated index. Published mortality schedules are available for the 1850-1880 census enumerations of the three states.

1840 Iowa, no index (Clayton County enumerates the present-day state of Minnesota and the Pembina District of North Dakota)

1850 Minnesota Territory, index (includes Pembina District of North Dakota)

1860 Dakota Territory, index
1860 Minnesota, index

1870 Dakota Territory, index
1870 Minnesota, index

1880 Dakota Territory, index and Soundex index
1880 Iowa, no index
1880 Minnesota, index and Soundex index
1880 Wisconsin, no index

1890 Index to schedules which escaped fire in 1921

1900 Minnesota, Soundex index
1900 North Dakota, Soundex index
1900 South Dakota, Soundex index

1910 Minnesota, no index
1910 North Dakota, no index, except McIntosh & Oliver Counties
1910 South Dakota, no index

1920 Minnesota, Soundex index
1920 North Dakota, Soundex index
1920 South Dakota, Soundex index

1930 Minnesota, no index
1930 North Dakota, no index
1930 South Dakota, no index

Also available are census schedules of select counties in Mississippi, 1850-1880

Kemp, Thomas Jay. American Census Handbook. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 2001.

SPECIAL FEDERAL CENSUS SCHEDULES

1860-1880 Minnesota Non-population Census Schedules: Agriculture, Mortality, and Social Statistics

1880 Standing Rock Indian Reservation

1885-1939 Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota Indian Reservations, periodic enumerations

1890 Minnesota, Special schedule of the 11th census enumerating Union veterans and widows of Union veterans of the Civil War, index

1890 North Dakota, Special schedule of the 11th census enumerating Union veterans and widows of Union veterans of the Civil War, index

1890 Mississippi, Special Schedule of the 11th census enumerating Union veterans and widows of Union veterans of the Civil War

TERRITORIAL AND STATE POPULATION CENSUS SCHEDULES are available on microfilm for a three state area, North and South Dakota and Minnesota.

1849 Minnesota Territorial Census, no index

1885 Dakota Territorial Census, indexes for 22 counties (northern portion of the Territory)

1895 Minnesota State Census, no index

1925 North Dakota State Census, no index

CANADIAN POPULATION CENSUS SCHEDULES are available on microfilm for the provinces of Manitoba and Ontario. An index published by county accompanies the 1871 Ontario census. A published index substitutes for the 1881 Manitoba census.

1851 Ontario Provincial Census

1861 Ontario Provincial Census

1870 Manitoba Provincial Census (includes Red River Census, 1831-1847)

1871 Ontario Provincial Census

1891 Manitoba Provincial Census

1891 Ontario Provincial Census

PUBLISHED CENSUS INDEXES are cataloged and available for a number of states. These computer generated indexes provide the name of the individual, county and township location, and the page number on which the individual appears on the original census schedule.

Jackson, Ronald Vern and Gary Ronald Teeples, eds. Illinois 1850 Census Index. Bountiful, UT: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1976.
F540 .J33

-----. Iowa Census Records, 1851-1859. Bountiful, UT: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1981.
F620 .J36

-----. Kansas 1860 Territorial Census Index. Bountiful, UT: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1978.
F680 .J35

-----. Michigan 1850 Census Index. Bountiful, UT: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1978.
HA446 .J23 1978

-----. Nebraska 1860 Territorial Census Index. Bountiful, UT: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1978.
F665 .J33

-----. Ohio 1850 Census Index. Salt Lake City, UT: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1978.
F495 .J34 1850

-----. Pennsylvania 1850 Census Index. Bountiful, UT Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1976.
F148 .J33

-----. Wisconsin 1840 Census Index. Bountiful, UT: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1978.
HA716 .J32 1978

-----. Wisconsin 1850 Census Index. Bountiful, UT: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1981.
F580 .J34 1981

-----. Wisconsin 1855 Census Index. Bountiful, UT: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1984.
HA716 .J325 1984

The published transcription of the Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790 is available for the original thirteen states.

Bowen, Jeff. 1932 Census of the North and South Dakota Sioux on Standing Rock Reservation, North Dakota. Signal Mountain, TN: Mountain Press, 1996.
E99 .D1 B68 1996b

Morin, Gail. 1900 Census Turtle Mountain Chippewa, Roulette, ND. Pawtucket, RI: Quintin Publications, 2000.
E99 .C6 M73 2000C

-----. Metis Families: A Genealogical Compendium. Pawtucket, RI: Quintin Publications, 2001.

-----. Turtle Mountain Chippewa: 1936 Annuity Rolls. Pawtucket, RI: Quintin Publications, 2000.
E99 .C6 M73 2000b

-----. Turtle Mountain Chippewa, Pembina Band: Anuity Payments, 1865, 1868- 1874, Turtle Mountain Agency Census 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1892. Pawtucket, RI: Quintin Pub., 2000.
E99 .C6 M73 2000

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