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Jutley at 21:01, 4 June 2010

Jutley — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:01:59 GMT

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	'''This article originally appeared in "Census Records" by [[Loretto Dennis Szucs]] and [[Matthew Wright]] in ''[[The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy]]'''''		'''This article originally appeared in "Census Records" by [[Loretto Dennis Szucs]] and [[Matthew Wright]] in ''[[The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy]]'''''

Matrayback at 22:28, 26 May 2010

Matrayback — Wed, 26 May 2010 22:28:37 GMT

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	=External Links=		=External Links=
-	[http://search.ancestry.com/search/default.aspx?cat=35 Search the census on Ancestry.com]]	+	[http://search.ancestry.com/search/default.aspx?cat=35 Search the census on Ancestry.com]

Matrayback at 22:22, 26 May 2010

Matrayback — Wed, 26 May 2010 22:22:52 GMT

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	[[file:Emigration-Journal-lores.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|“Typescript of A Journal of the Emigration Company of Council Point, Pottawatomie Co., Iowa,” June 1852, p. 29; GS A979,2/H2be.]]		[[file:Emigration-Journal-lores.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|“Typescript of A Journal of the Emigration Company of Council Point, Pottawatomie Co., Iowa,” June 1852, p. 29; GS A979,2/H2be.]]

-	Other censuses were taken in Utah in 1852 and 1856. These tallies are valuable because many people did not survive the trek across the Great Plains and the Rockies; comparing the two censuses helps clarify mortality figures. Many of the companies that Brigham Young sent to colonize the Mormon Corridor before 1872 (Rocky Mountain valleys stretching from Mexico to Canada and from Las Vegas to San Bernardino, California) made summaries of individuals, professions, states of health, wagons, cattle, and weapons. Many of these schedules are among the collections of the LDS Church Historical Department.33 More widely known are the twentieth-century census cards (1914 to 1960), which enumerate all LDS families in organized wards. They are available for research on microfilm at the Genealogical Society of Utah.	+	Other censuses were taken in Utah in 1852 and 1856. These tallies are valuable because many people did not survive the trek across the Great Plains and the Rockies; comparing the two censuses helps clarify mortality figures. Many of the companies that Brigham Young sent to colonize the Mormon Corridor before 1872 (Rocky Mountain valleys stretching from Mexico to Canada and from Las Vegas to San Bernardino, California) made summaries of individuals, professions, states of health, wagons, cattle, and weapons. Many of these schedules are among the collections of the LDS Church Historical Department.<ref>LDS Church Historical Department, 50 North West Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84150.</ref> More widely known are the twentieth-century census cards (1914 to 1960), which enumerate all LDS families in organized wards. They are available for research on microfilm at the Genealogical Society of Utah.

	=Settlers Census=		=Settlers Census=
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	=References=		=References=

-	~~Coming soon...~~	+	<references/>

	=External Links=		=External Links=
	[http://search.ancestry.com/search/default.aspx?cat=35 Search the census on Ancestry.com]]		[http://search.ancestry.com/search/default.aspx?cat=35 Search the census on Ancestry.com]]

Matrayback at 21:57, 28 April 2010

Matrayback — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:57:41 GMT

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	As a more modern example, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints enumerated its members in Pottawatomie, Iowa, as part of the Iowa state census ordered in 1847 for all residents. These church schedules contain the standard information asked for in the Iowa tally, but also include wagons, guns, and the number of family members ill, aged, or infirm, and oxen, cattle, and horses. These data suggest a dual function for the census to comply with the Iowa law and to prepare for transporting a large body of people westward, a project even then under way. Emigrating companies were enumerated in tens and hundreds before they embarked, the organization under which they traveled to Utah.		As a more modern example, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints enumerated its members in Pottawatomie, Iowa, as part of the Iowa state census ordered in 1847 for all residents. These church schedules contain the standard information asked for in the Iowa tally, but also include wagons, guns, and the number of family members ill, aged, or infirm, and oxen, cattle, and horses. These data suggest a dual function for the census to comply with the Iowa law and to prepare for transporting a large body of people westward, a project even then under way. Emigrating companies were enumerated in tens and hundreds before they embarked, the organization under which they traveled to Utah.

-	[[file:Emigration-Journal.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|“Typescript of A Journal of the Emigration Company of Council Point, Pottawatomie Co., Iowa,” June 1852, p. 29; GS A979,2/H2be.]]	+	[[file:Emigration-Journal-lores.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|“Typescript of A Journal of the Emigration Company of Council Point, Pottawatomie Co., Iowa,” June 1852, p. 29; GS A979,2/H2be.]]

	Other censuses were taken in Utah in 1852 and 1856. These tallies are valuable because many people did not survive the trek across the Great Plains and the Rockies; comparing the two censuses helps clarify mortality figures. Many of the companies that Brigham Young sent to colonize the Mormon Corridor before 1872 (Rocky Mountain valleys stretching from Mexico to Canada and from Las Vegas to San Bernardino, California) made summaries of individuals, professions, states of health, wagons, cattle, and weapons. Many of these schedules are among the collections of the LDS Church Historical Department.33 More widely known are the twentieth-century census cards (1914 to 1960), which enumerate all LDS families in organized wards. They are available for research on microfilm at the Genealogical Society of Utah.		Other censuses were taken in Utah in 1852 and 1856. These tallies are valuable because many people did not survive the trek across the Great Plains and the Rockies; comparing the two censuses helps clarify mortality figures. Many of the companies that Brigham Young sent to colonize the Mormon Corridor before 1872 (Rocky Mountain valleys stretching from Mexico to Canada and from Las Vegas to San Bernardino, California) made summaries of individuals, professions, states of health, wagons, cattle, and weapons. Many of these schedules are among the collections of the LDS Church Historical Department.33 More widely known are the twentieth-century census cards (1914 to 1960), which enumerate all LDS families in organized wards. They are available for research on microfilm at the Genealogical Society of Utah.

Matrayback at 21:53, 28 April 2010

Matrayback — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:53:59 GMT

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	As a more modern example, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints enumerated its members in Pottawatomie, Iowa, as part of the Iowa state census ordered in 1847 for all residents. These church schedules contain the standard information asked for in the Iowa tally, but also include wagons, guns, and the number of family members ill, aged, or infirm, and oxen, cattle, and horses. These data suggest a dual function for the census to comply with the Iowa law and to prepare for transporting a large body of people westward, a project even then under way. Emigrating companies were enumerated in tens and hundreds before they embarked, the organization under which they traveled to Utah.		As a more modern example, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints enumerated its members in Pottawatomie, Iowa, as part of the Iowa state census ordered in 1847 for all residents. These church schedules contain the standard information asked for in the Iowa tally, but also include wagons, guns, and the number of family members ill, aged, or infirm, and oxen, cattle, and horses. These data suggest a dual function for the census to comply with the Iowa law and to prepare for transporting a large body of people westward, a project even then under way. Emigrating companies were enumerated in tens and hundreds before they embarked, the organization under which they traveled to Utah.

-	[[file:Emigration-Journal.jpg\|thumb\|right\|~~150px~~\|“Typescript of A Journal of the Emigration Company of Council Point, Pottawatomie Co., Iowa,” June 1852, p. 29; GS A979,2/H2be.]]	+	[[file:Emigration-Journal.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|“Typescript of A Journal of the Emigration Company of Council Point, Pottawatomie Co., Iowa,” June 1852, p. 29; GS A979,2/H2be.]]

	Other censuses were taken in Utah in 1852 and 1856. These tallies are valuable because many people did not survive the trek across the Great Plains and the Rockies; comparing the two censuses helps clarify mortality figures. Many of the companies that Brigham Young sent to colonize the Mormon Corridor before 1872 (Rocky Mountain valleys stretching from Mexico to Canada and from Las Vegas to San Bernardino, California) made summaries of individuals, professions, states of health, wagons, cattle, and weapons. Many of these schedules are among the collections of the LDS Church Historical Department.33 More widely known are the twentieth-century census cards (1914 to 1960), which enumerate all LDS families in organized wards. They are available for research on microfilm at the Genealogical Society of Utah.		Other censuses were taken in Utah in 1852 and 1856. These tallies are valuable because many people did not survive the trek across the Great Plains and the Rockies; comparing the two censuses helps clarify mortality figures. Many of the companies that Brigham Young sent to colonize the Mormon Corridor before 1872 (Rocky Mountain valleys stretching from Mexico to Canada and from Las Vegas to San Bernardino, California) made summaries of individuals, professions, states of health, wagons, cattle, and weapons. Many of these schedules are among the collections of the LDS Church Historical Department.33 More widely known are the twentieth-century census cards (1914 to 1960), which enumerate all LDS families in organized wards. They are available for research on microfilm at the Genealogical Society of Utah.
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-	~~[[file:ChurchCensus.jpg\|thumb\|left\|150px\|Entry for the John Frank Pincock family from the 1930 census of LDS Church members. FHL microfilm 245,155.]]~~

	=Settlers Census=		=Settlers Census=

	Still another example is the Holland Land Company Census of 1806. The Holland Land Company had great difficulty getting payments from settlers on their lands in central and western New York. Its census assessed the resources of these settlers and, hence, their ability to pay. The 1806 data is especially valuable, as many of these people moved on before the 1810 federal census. For some, it is the only record of their stop in New York City.		Still another example is the Holland Land Company Census of 1806. The Holland Land Company had great difficulty getting payments from settlers on their lands in central and western New York. Its census assessed the resources of these settlers and, hence, their ability to pay. The 1806 data is especially valuable, as many of these people moved on before the 1810 federal census. For some, it is the only record of their stop in New York City.
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-	[[file:HollandLandCoCensus.jpg\|thumb\|right\|150px\|Statement of settlers, Holland Land Company census, 1806. The original papers are in the possession of Central New York Park and Recreation Commission; microfilm copies are in Cornell University, Department of Manuscripts and Archives, Ithaca, NY 14853.]]

	=References=		=References=

Matrayback at 21:53, 28 April 2010

Matrayback — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:53:09 GMT

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	In the absence of official census records, genealogists and historians have shown ingenuity in filling the resulting gaps. An interesting 1776 census was compiled from oaths of allegiance ordered by the colonial government of Maryland. Several of the lists are arranged in family units, with ages given for each person. The pattern was later used for U.S. federal schedules. In 1778, a second census tallied those who opposed the American Revolution. Included on this second list are Quakers, Mennonites, and others who refused to take oaths, as well as some remaining Tories. Tax lists and city directories also make useful substitutes for missing censuses.		In the absence of official census records, genealogists and historians have shown ingenuity in filling the resulting gaps. An interesting 1776 census was compiled from oaths of allegiance ordered by the colonial government of Maryland. Several of the lists are arranged in family units, with ages given for each person. The pattern was later used for U.S. federal schedules. In 1778, a second census tallied those who opposed the American Revolution. Included on this second list are Quakers, Mennonites, and others who refused to take oaths, as well as some remaining Tories. Tax lists and city directories also make useful substitutes for missing censuses.
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-	[[file:SusquehannahCensus1776.jpg\|right\|thumb\|HollandLandCoCensus.jpg\|150px\|1776 census of Susquehannah Hundred, Barford County, Maryland, from 1776 Census of Maryland (published by B. Sterling Carothers, 14423 Eddington Dr., Chesterfield, MO 63017). ]]

	=School Censuses=		=School Censuses=
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-	~~[[file:SchoolCensus.jpg\|thumb\|left\|150px\|First Monday of August, 1821, School Census, Glastonbury, Connecticut, p 2. The originals are in the Connecticut State Library, Hartford.]]~~

	Traditionally, school censuses have been taken to ensure that local facilities and teachers are adequate, and to plan for future appropriations. These schedules count the children of school age. Some lists are in family units with parents’ names included. Some only list children and their ages. School districts or archives of the institutions that created the records are the most likely to have these types of records.		Traditionally, school censuses have been taken to ensure that local facilities and teachers are adequate, and to plan for future appropriations. These schedules count the children of school age. Some lists are in family units with parents’ names included. Some only list children and their ages. School districts or archives of the institutions that created the records are the most likely to have these types of records.

Matrayback at 21:44, 23 March 2010

Matrayback — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:44:39 GMT

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	[[Category:The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy]]		[[Category:The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy]]
	{{Template:Census series (The Source)}}		{{Template:Census series (The Source)}}
-	'''This article originally appeared in "Census Records" by [[Loretto Dennis Szucs]] and [[Matthew Wright]] in ''The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy'''''	+	'''This article originally appeared in "Census Records" by [[Loretto Dennis Szucs]] and [[Matthew Wright]] in ''[[The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy]]'''''

	In the absence of official census records, genealogists and historians have shown ingenuity in filling the resulting gaps. An interesting 1776 census was compiled from oaths of allegiance ordered by the colonial government of Maryland. Several of the lists are arranged in family units, with ages given for each person. The pattern was later used for U.S. federal schedules. In 1778, a second census tallied those who opposed the American Revolution. Included on this second list are Quakers, Mennonites, and others who refused to take oaths, as well as some remaining Tories. Tax lists and city directories also make useful substitutes for missing censuses.		In the absence of official census records, genealogists and historians have shown ingenuity in filling the resulting gaps. An interesting 1776 census was compiled from oaths of allegiance ordered by the colonial government of Maryland. Several of the lists are arranged in family units, with ages given for each person. The pattern was later used for U.S. federal schedules. In 1778, a second census tallied those who opposed the American Revolution. Included on this second list are Quakers, Mennonites, and others who refused to take oaths, as well as some remaining Tories. Tax lists and city directories also make useful substitutes for missing censuses.

Matrayback at 20:59, 23 March 2010

Matrayback — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:59:56 GMT

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	In the absence of official census records, genealogists and historians have shown ingenuity in filling the resulting gaps. An interesting 1776 census was compiled from oaths of allegiance ordered by the colonial government of Maryland. Several of the lists are arranged in family units, with ages given for each person. The pattern was later used for U.S. federal schedules. In 1778, a second census tallied those who opposed the American Revolution. Included on this second list are Quakers, Mennonites, and others who refused to take oaths, as well as some remaining Tories. Tax lists and city directories also make useful substitutes for missing censuses.		In the absence of official census records, genealogists and historians have shown ingenuity in filling the resulting gaps. An interesting 1776 census was compiled from oaths of allegiance ordered by the colonial government of Maryland. Several of the lists are arranged in family units, with ages given for each person. The pattern was later used for U.S. federal schedules. In 1778, a second census tallied those who opposed the American Revolution. Included on this second list are Quakers, Mennonites, and others who refused to take oaths, as well as some remaining Tories. Tax lists and city directories also make useful substitutes for missing censuses.

-	[[file:SusquehannahCensus1776.jpg\|right\|thumb\|HollandLandCoCensus.jpg\|~~200px~~\|1776 census of Susquehannah Hundred, Barford County, Maryland, from 1776 Census of Maryland (published by B. Sterling Carothers, 14423 Eddington Dr., Chesterfield, MO 63017). ]]	+	[[file:SusquehannahCensus1776.jpg\|right\|thumb\|HollandLandCoCensus.jpg\|150px\|1776 census of Susquehannah Hundred, Barford County, Maryland, from 1776 Census of Maryland (published by B. Sterling Carothers, 14423 Eddington Dr., Chesterfield, MO 63017). ]]

	=School Censuses=		=School Censuses=

-	~~Traditionally~~, ~~school censuses have been taken to ensure that local facilities and teachers are adequate~~, ~~and to plan for future appropriations~~. ~~These schedules count the children of school age. Some lists~~ are in ~~family units with parents’ names included. Some only list children and their ages. School districts or archives of~~ the ~~institutions that created the records are the most likely to have these types of records~~.	+	[[file:SchoolCensus.jpg\|thumb\|left\|150px\|First Monday of August, 1821, School Census, Glastonbury, Connecticut, p 2. The originals are in the Connecticut State Library, Hartford.]]

-	~~[[file:SchoolCensus.jpg\|thumb\|left\|200px\|First Monday of August~~, ~~1821~~, ~~School Census, Glastonbury, Connecticut, p 2~~. ~~The originals~~ are in the ~~Connecticut State Library, Hartford~~.]]	+	Traditionally, school censuses have been taken to ensure that local facilities and teachers are adequate, and to plan for future appropriations. These schedules count the children of school age. Some lists are in family units with parents’ names included. Some only list children and their ages. School districts or archives of the institutions that created the records are the most likely to have these types of records.

	=Constable’s or Sheriff’s Census=		=Constable’s or Sheriff’s Census=
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	As a more modern example, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints enumerated its members in Pottawatomie, Iowa, as part of the Iowa state census ordered in 1847 for all residents. These church schedules contain the standard information asked for in the Iowa tally, but also include wagons, guns, and the number of family members ill, aged, or infirm, and oxen, cattle, and horses. These data suggest a dual function for the census to comply with the Iowa law and to prepare for transporting a large body of people westward, a project even then under way. Emigrating companies were enumerated in tens and hundreds before they embarked, the organization under which they traveled to Utah.		As a more modern example, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints enumerated its members in Pottawatomie, Iowa, as part of the Iowa state census ordered in 1847 for all residents. These church schedules contain the standard information asked for in the Iowa tally, but also include wagons, guns, and the number of family members ill, aged, or infirm, and oxen, cattle, and horses. These data suggest a dual function for the census to comply with the Iowa law and to prepare for transporting a large body of people westward, a project even then under way. Emigrating companies were enumerated in tens and hundreds before they embarked, the organization under which they traveled to Utah.

-	[[file:Emigration-Journal.jpg\|thumb\|right\|~~200px~~\|“Typescript of A Journal of the Emigration Company of Council Point, Pottawatomie Co., Iowa,” June 1852, p. 29; GS A979,2/H2be.]]	+	[[file:Emigration-Journal.jpg\|thumb\|right\|150px\|“Typescript of A Journal of the Emigration Company of Council Point, Pottawatomie Co., Iowa,” June 1852, p. 29; GS A979,2/H2be.]]

	Other censuses were taken in Utah in 1852 and 1856. These tallies are valuable because many people did not survive the trek across the Great Plains and the Rockies; comparing the two censuses helps clarify mortality figures. Many of the companies that Brigham Young sent to colonize the Mormon Corridor before 1872 (Rocky Mountain valleys stretching from Mexico to Canada and from Las Vegas to San Bernardino, California) made summaries of individuals, professions, states of health, wagons, cattle, and weapons. Many of these schedules are among the collections of the LDS Church Historical Department.33 More widely known are the twentieth-century census cards (1914 to 1960), which enumerate all LDS families in organized wards. They are available for research on microfilm at the Genealogical Society of Utah.		Other censuses were taken in Utah in 1852 and 1856. These tallies are valuable because many people did not survive the trek across the Great Plains and the Rockies; comparing the two censuses helps clarify mortality figures. Many of the companies that Brigham Young sent to colonize the Mormon Corridor before 1872 (Rocky Mountain valleys stretching from Mexico to Canada and from Las Vegas to San Bernardino, California) made summaries of individuals, professions, states of health, wagons, cattle, and weapons. Many of these schedules are among the collections of the LDS Church Historical Department.33 More widely known are the twentieth-century census cards (1914 to 1960), which enumerate all LDS families in organized wards. They are available for research on microfilm at the Genealogical Society of Utah.

-	[[file:ChurchCensus.jpg\|thumb\|left\|~~200px~~\|Entry for the John Frank Pincock family from the 1930 census of LDS Church members. FHL microfilm 245,155.]]	+	[[file:ChurchCensus.jpg\|thumb\|left\|150px\|Entry for the John Frank Pincock family from the 1930 census of LDS Church members. FHL microfilm 245,155.]]

	=Settlers Census=		=Settlers Census=
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	Still another example is the Holland Land Company Census of 1806. The Holland Land Company had great difficulty getting payments from settlers on their lands in central and western New York. Its census assessed the resources of these settlers and, hence, their ability to pay. The 1806 data is especially valuable, as many of these people moved on before the 1810 federal census. For some, it is the only record of their stop in New York City.		Still another example is the Holland Land Company Census of 1806. The Holland Land Company had great difficulty getting payments from settlers on their lands in central and western New York. Its census assessed the resources of these settlers and, hence, their ability to pay. The 1806 data is especially valuable, as many of these people moved on before the 1810 federal census. For some, it is the only record of their stop in New York City.

-	[[file:HollandLandCoCensus.jpg\|thumb\|right\|~~200px~~\|Statement of settlers, Holland Land Company census, 1806. The original papers are in the possession of Central New York Park and Recreation Commission; microfilm copies are in Cornell University, Department of Manuscripts and Archives, Ithaca, NY 14853.]]	+	[[file:HollandLandCoCensus.jpg\|thumb\|right\|150px\|Statement of settlers, Holland Land Company census, 1806. The original papers are in the possession of Central New York Park and Recreation Commission; microfilm copies are in Cornell University, Department of Manuscripts and Archives, Ithaca, NY 14853.]]

	=References=		=References=

Matrayback at 20:54, 23 March 2010

Matrayback — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:54:31 GMT

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	In the absence of official census records, genealogists and historians have shown ingenuity in filling the resulting gaps. An interesting 1776 census was compiled from oaths of allegiance ordered by the colonial government of Maryland. Several of the lists are arranged in family units, with ages given for each person. The pattern was later used for U.S. federal schedules. In 1778, a second census tallied those who opposed the American Revolution. Included on this second list are Quakers, Mennonites, and others who refused to take oaths, as well as some remaining Tories. Tax lists and city directories also make useful substitutes for missing censuses.		In the absence of official census records, genealogists and historians have shown ingenuity in filling the resulting gaps. An interesting 1776 census was compiled from oaths of allegiance ordered by the colonial government of Maryland. Several of the lists are arranged in family units, with ages given for each person. The pattern was later used for U.S. federal schedules. In 1778, a second census tallied those who opposed the American Revolution. Included on this second list are Quakers, Mennonites, and others who refused to take oaths, as well as some remaining Tories. Tax lists and city directories also make useful substitutes for missing censuses.

-	[[file:SusquehannahCensus1776.jpg\|thumb\|HollandLandCoCensus.jpg\|~~300px~~\|1776 census of Susquehannah Hundred, Barford County, Maryland, from 1776 Census of Maryland (published by B. Sterling Carothers, 14423 Eddington Dr., Chesterfield, MO 63017). ]]	+	[[file:SusquehannahCensus1776.jpg\|right\|thumb\|HollandLandCoCensus.jpg\|200px\|1776 census of Susquehannah Hundred, Barford County, Maryland, from 1776 Census of Maryland (published by B. Sterling Carothers, 14423 Eddington Dr., Chesterfield, MO 63017). ]]
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	=School Censuses=		=School Censuses=
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	Traditionally, school censuses have been taken to ensure that local facilities and teachers are adequate, and to plan for future appropriations. These schedules count the children of school age. Some lists are in family units with parents’ names included. Some only list children and their ages. School districts or archives of the institutions that created the records are the most likely to have these types of records.		Traditionally, school censuses have been taken to ensure that local facilities and teachers are adequate, and to plan for future appropriations. These schedules count the children of school age. Some lists are in family units with parents’ names included. Some only list children and their ages. School districts or archives of the institutions that created the records are the most likely to have these types of records.

-	[[file:SchoolCensus.jpg\|thumb\|left\|~~300px~~\|First Monday of August, 1821, School Census, Glastonbury, Connecticut, p 2. The originals are in the Connecticut State Library, Hartford.]]	+	[[file:SchoolCensus.jpg\|thumb\|left\|200px\|First Monday of August, 1821, School Census, Glastonbury, Connecticut, p 2. The originals are in the Connecticut State Library, Hartford.]]
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	=Constable’s or Sheriff’s Census=		=Constable’s or Sheriff’s Census=
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	As a more modern example, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints enumerated its members in Pottawatomie, Iowa, as part of the Iowa state census ordered in 1847 for all residents. These church schedules contain the standard information asked for in the Iowa tally, but also include wagons, guns, and the number of family members ill, aged, or infirm, and oxen, cattle, and horses. These data suggest a dual function for the census to comply with the Iowa law and to prepare for transporting a large body of people westward, a project even then under way. Emigrating companies were enumerated in tens and hundreds before they embarked, the organization under which they traveled to Utah.		As a more modern example, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints enumerated its members in Pottawatomie, Iowa, as part of the Iowa state census ordered in 1847 for all residents. These church schedules contain the standard information asked for in the Iowa tally, but also include wagons, guns, and the number of family members ill, aged, or infirm, and oxen, cattle, and horses. These data suggest a dual function for the census to comply with the Iowa law and to prepare for transporting a large body of people westward, a project even then under way. Emigrating companies were enumerated in tens and hundreds before they embarked, the organization under which they traveled to Utah.

-	[[file:Emigration-Journal.jpg\|thumb\|~~left~~\|~~300px~~\|“Typescript of A Journal of the Emigration Company of Council Point, Pottawatomie Co., Iowa,” June 1852, p. 29; GS A979,2/H2be.]]	+	[[file:Emigration-Journal.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|“Typescript of A Journal of the Emigration Company of Council Point, Pottawatomie Co., Iowa,” June 1852, p. 29; GS A979,2/H2be.]]
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	Other censuses were taken in Utah in 1852 and 1856. These tallies are valuable because many people did not survive the trek across the Great Plains and the Rockies; comparing the two censuses helps clarify mortality figures. Many of the companies that Brigham Young sent to colonize the Mormon Corridor before 1872 (Rocky Mountain valleys stretching from Mexico to Canada and from Las Vegas to San Bernardino, California) made summaries of individuals, professions, states of health, wagons, cattle, and weapons. Many of these schedules are among the collections of the LDS Church Historical Department.33 More widely known are the twentieth-century census cards (1914 to 1960), which enumerate all LDS families in organized wards. They are available for research on microfilm at the Genealogical Society of Utah.		Other censuses were taken in Utah in 1852 and 1856. These tallies are valuable because many people did not survive the trek across the Great Plains and the Rockies; comparing the two censuses helps clarify mortality figures. Many of the companies that Brigham Young sent to colonize the Mormon Corridor before 1872 (Rocky Mountain valleys stretching from Mexico to Canada and from Las Vegas to San Bernardino, California) made summaries of individuals, professions, states of health, wagons, cattle, and weapons. Many of these schedules are among the collections of the LDS Church Historical Department.33 More widely known are the twentieth-century census cards (1914 to 1960), which enumerate all LDS families in organized wards. They are available for research on microfilm at the Genealogical Society of Utah.

-	[[file:ChurchCensus.jpg\|thumb\|left\|~~300px~~\|Entry for the John Frank Pincock family from the 1930 census of LDS Church members. FHL microfilm 245,155.]]	+	[[file:ChurchCensus.jpg\|thumb\|left\|200px\|Entry for the John Frank Pincock family from the 1930 census of LDS Church members. FHL microfilm 245,155.]]
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	Still another example is the Holland Land Company Census of 1806. The Holland Land Company had great difficulty getting payments from settlers on their lands in central and western New York. Its census assessed the resources of these settlers and, hence, their ability to pay. The 1806 data is especially valuable, as many of these people moved on before the 1810 federal census. For some, it is the only record of their stop in New York City.		Still another example is the Holland Land Company Census of 1806. The Holland Land Company had great difficulty getting payments from settlers on their lands in central and western New York. Its census assessed the resources of these settlers and, hence, their ability to pay. The 1806 data is especially valuable, as many of these people moved on before the 1810 federal census. For some, it is the only record of their stop in New York City.

-	[[file:HollandLandCoCensus.jpg\|thumb\|~~left~~\|~~300px~~\|Statement of settlers, Holland Land Company census, 1806. The original papers are in the possession of Central New York Park and Recreation Commission; microfilm copies are in Cornell University, Department of Manuscripts and Archives, Ithaca, NY 14853.]]	+	[[file:HollandLandCoCensus.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Statement of settlers, Holland Land Company census, 1806. The original papers are in the possession of Central New York Park and Recreation Commission; microfilm copies are in Cornell University, Department of Manuscripts and Archives, Ithaca, NY 14853.]]
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	'''This article originally appeared in "Census Records" by [[Loretto Dennis Szucs]] and [[Matthew Wright]] in ''The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy'''''		'''This article originally appeared in "Census Records" by [[Loretto Dennis Szucs]] and [[Matthew Wright]] in ''The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy'''''
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-	[[file:SusquehannahCensus1776.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|1776 census of Susquehannah Hundred, Barford County, Maryland, from 1776 Census of Maryland (published by B. Sterling Carothers, 14423 Eddington Dr., Chesterfield, MO 63017). ]]

	In the absence of official census records, genealogists and historians have shown ingenuity in filling the resulting gaps. An interesting 1776 census was compiled from oaths of allegiance ordered by the colonial government of Maryland. Several of the lists are arranged in family units, with ages given for each person. The pattern was later used for U.S. federal schedules. In 1778, a second census tallied those who opposed the American Revolution. Included on this second list are Quakers, Mennonites, and others who refused to take oaths, as well as some remaining Tories. Tax lists and city directories also make useful substitutes for missing censuses.		In the absence of official census records, genealogists and historians have shown ingenuity in filling the resulting gaps. An interesting 1776 census was compiled from oaths of allegiance ordered by the colonial government of Maryland. Several of the lists are arranged in family units, with ages given for each person. The pattern was later used for U.S. federal schedules. In 1778, a second census tallied those who opposed the American Revolution. Included on this second list are Quakers, Mennonites, and others who refused to take oaths, as well as some remaining Tories. Tax lists and city directories also make useful substitutes for missing censuses.

-	=~~School Censuses=~~	+	[[file:SusquehannahCensus1776.jpg\|thumb\|HollandLandCoCensus.jpg\|300px\|1776 census of Susquehannah Hundred, Barford County, Maryland, from 1776 Census of Maryland (published by B. Sterling Carothers, 14423 Eddington Dr., Chesterfield, MO 63017). ]]
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-	~~[[file:SchoolCensus.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|First Monday of August, 1821,~~ School ~~Census, Glastonbury, Connecticut, p 2. The originals are in the Connecticut State Library, Hartford.]]~~	+	=School Censuses=

	Traditionally, school censuses have been taken to ensure that local facilities and teachers are adequate, and to plan for future appropriations. These schedules count the children of school age. Some lists are in family units with parents’ names included. Some only list children and their ages. School districts or archives of the institutions that created the records are the most likely to have these types of records.		Traditionally, school censuses have been taken to ensure that local facilities and teachers are adequate, and to plan for future appropriations. These schedules count the children of school age. Some lists are in family units with parents’ names included. Some only list children and their ages. School districts or archives of the institutions that created the records are the most likely to have these types of records.
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	In areas where a church was established and supported by the civil government, enumerating the population was often the responsibility of church officials. The most common examples come from New England, but others can be found among church wardens’ records in Virginia and South Carolina.		In areas where a church was established and supported by the civil government, enumerating the population was often the responsibility of church officials. The most common examples come from New England, but others can be found among church wardens’ records in Virginia and South Carolina.

	As a more modern example, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints enumerated its members in Pottawatomie, Iowa, as part of the Iowa state census ordered in 1847 for all residents. These church schedules contain the standard information asked for in the Iowa tally, but also include wagons, guns, and the number of family members ill, aged, or infirm, and oxen, cattle, and horses. These data suggest a dual function for the census to comply with the Iowa law and to prepare for transporting a large body of people westward, a project even then under way. Emigrating companies were enumerated in tens and hundreds before they embarked, the organization under which they traveled to Utah.		As a more modern example, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints enumerated its members in Pottawatomie, Iowa, as part of the Iowa state census ordered in 1847 for all residents. These church schedules contain the standard information asked for in the Iowa tally, but also include wagons, guns, and the number of family members ill, aged, or infirm, and oxen, cattle, and horses. These data suggest a dual function for the census to comply with the Iowa law and to prepare for transporting a large body of people westward, a project even then under way. Emigrating companies were enumerated in tens and hundreds before they embarked, the organization under which they traveled to Utah.
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		+	[[file:Emigration-Journal.jpg\|thumb\|left\|300px\|“Typescript of A Journal of the Emigration Company of Council Point, Pottawatomie Co., Iowa,” June 1852, p. 29; GS A979,2/H2be.]]
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	Other censuses were taken in Utah in 1852 and 1856. These tallies are valuable because many people did not survive the trek across the Great Plains and the Rockies; comparing the two censuses helps clarify mortality figures. Many of the companies that Brigham Young sent to colonize the Mormon Corridor before 1872 (Rocky Mountain valleys stretching from Mexico to Canada and from Las Vegas to San Bernardino, California) made summaries of individuals, professions, states of health, wagons, cattle, and weapons. Many of these schedules are among the collections of the LDS Church Historical Department.33 More widely known are the twentieth-century census cards (1914 to 1960), which enumerate all LDS families in organized wards. They are available for research on microfilm at the Genealogical Society of Utah.		Other censuses were taken in Utah in 1852 and 1856. These tallies are valuable because many people did not survive the trek across the Great Plains and the Rockies; comparing the two censuses helps clarify mortality figures. Many of the companies that Brigham Young sent to colonize the Mormon Corridor before 1872 (Rocky Mountain valleys stretching from Mexico to Canada and from Las Vegas to San Bernardino, California) made summaries of individuals, professions, states of health, wagons, cattle, and weapons. Many of these schedules are among the collections of the LDS Church Historical Department.33 More widely known are the twentieth-century census cards (1914 to 1960), which enumerate all LDS families in organized wards. They are available for research on microfilm at the Genealogical Society of Utah.

-	[[file:ChurchCensus.jpg\|thumb\|~~right~~\|300px\|Entry for the John Frank Pincock family from the 1930 census of LDS Church members. FHL microfilm 245,155.]]	+	[[file:ChurchCensus.jpg\|thumb\|left\|300px\|Entry for the John Frank Pincock family from the 1930 census of LDS Church members. FHL microfilm 245,155.]]
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	Still another example is the Holland Land Company Census of 1806. The Holland Land Company had great difficulty getting payments from settlers on their lands in central and western New York. Its census assessed the resources of these settlers and, hence, their ability to pay. The 1806 data is especially valuable, as many of these people moved on before the 1810 federal census. For some, it is the only record of their stop in New York City.		Still another example is the Holland Land Company Census of 1806. The Holland Land Company had great difficulty getting payments from settlers on their lands in central and western New York. Its census assessed the resources of these settlers and, hence, their ability to pay. The 1806 data is especially valuable, as many of these people moved on before the 1810 federal census. For some, it is the only record of their stop in New York City.

-	[[file:HollandLandCoCensus.jpg\|thumb\|~~right~~\|300px\|Statement of settlers, Holland Land Company census, 1806. The original papers are in the possession of Central New York Park and Recreation Commission; microfilm copies are in Cornell University, Department of Manuscripts and Archives, Ithaca, NY 14853.]]	+	[[file:HollandLandCoCensus.jpg\|thumb\|left\|300px\|Statement of settlers, Holland Land Company census, 1806. The original papers are in the possession of Central New York Park and Recreation Commission; microfilm copies are in Cornell University, Department of Manuscripts and Archives, Ithaca, NY 14853.]]
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