Census research is one of the first and most important steps in constructing a family tree. Everyone from genealogists to historians use the federal census for researching family histories. Deciphering census data, however, is not always easy.
It is usually best to begin a census search in the most recently available census records (1930) and to work from what is already known about a family. With any luck, birthplaces and other clues found in these more recent records will point to locations of earlier residence
United States Census Website Links
- United States Census Project - USgenweb.org
- United States Census Records 1790-1930 – Archives.com
- Finding and Reading U.S. Census Records - from Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
- United States Census QuickFacts – US Census Bureau (Free Site)
- Links to Online Census Records – Census Online (Free Genealogy Site)
- Census Search Strategies - from Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
- U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index for Arizona – Ancestry.com
- United States Census Extraction Forms
- U.S. Federal Census Guides
- United States Federal Census – Ancestry.com
- United States Historical Census Data Browser – University of Virginia Library
- Native American Census Links
- Overview of the U.S. Census - from The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy.
- Canadian Censuses
- United States Census Books – Amazon.com
