U.S. Census Searches
1860

Americans began moving south and west in 1784 and they never stopped. Their rapid movement and the simultaneous explosion of immigrants arriving in the United States make it difficult to track families during that period of westward expansion. Federal population schedules date from 1790 and have been taken every ten years since. The 1890 census, except for the Union Army Veteran's schedules, has been destroyed. By Congressional Act, population schedules are released for use by the public seventy-two years after a census was taken. The 1920 census was released in 1992 and the 1930 census is scheduled for release in 2002.

Every surviving Federal Census has been indexed, except portions of the 1870 and 1910 censuses. Be sure to check the lists of available indexes for the 1870 and 1910 censuses. If the state you are interested in is not indexed contact us for pricing.

Reasons Genealogists Use Census Records

• Identify members of an ancestral family.
• Narrow the time-frame of a person's or family's arrival in or departure from a town, city, or county.
• Narrow the time-frame of a couple's marriage.
• Narrowing the time-frame of a person's death.
• Determine when an immigrant arrived in the United States (1900-1920 only)
• Determine if an immigrant has been naturalized or petitioned for citizenship (1900-1920 only)
• Determine an immigrant's residence prior to arriving in the United States.

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Please Note: You can contribute to the thoroughness and success of this search by providing as much information as possible about your ancestor and his or her relatives. Sometimes the form will ask for more information than you are able to provide. If that's the case, simply leave the space blank. Record searchers must have some parameters to perform a search. At a minimum you must estimate dates and places of events. Although it takes more time than filling in this form, you might want to send a pedigree chart, family group record, or other details or instructions that might help get the best results. It's more convenient and faster to send additional information by e-mail. Many customers prefer to save time by sending GEDCOM files containing information pertinent to a search as attachments to their e-mail messages.

Record searchers are not responsible for, nor can they guarantee, the presence or absence of an ancestor's name in any record. When employing a professional record searcher, you are paying for the time involved in performing the search, not the results. By providing accurate, detailed information, you will help record searchers distinguish your ancestor from others with the same name.

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