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Virginia Research Outline |
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Table of Contents
Records Of The Family History Library
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Bible Records
Biography
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Law And Legislation
Maps
Military Records
Minorities
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
Public Records
Societies
Taxation
Vital Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
CENSUS
Population Schedules The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the U.S. federal censuses for the state of Virginia for 1810 (partial),1810. These are described in the “Taxation” section of this outline and are listed in the Family History Library Catalog Locality Search under VIRGINIA - TAXATION.
Statewide indexes Countywide indexes When indexes are not available or a name is omitted, you can still look for the name in the census. In large cities it helps to first learn the person's address by searching the city directory The following reference tools help determine which census schedule microfilm and enumeration district Census Descriptions of Geographic Subdivisions and Enumerations Districts.
United States. Bureau of the Census. Cross Index to Selected City Streets and Enumeration Districts, 1910 Census. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, [1984]. (51 FHL fiche 6331481; computer number 258163.) Fiche 43 lists Richmond street addresses with corresponding census enumeration districts.
Veterans Schedules Dilts, Bryan Lee. 1890 Virginia Census Index of Civil War Veterans or Their Widows. Salt Lake City: Index Publishing, 1986. (FHL book 975.5 X22d 1890; computer number 419653).
Mortality Schedules Slave Schedules Master Indexes FamilyFinder™ Index and Viewer: Version 4.0. [Novato, Calif.]: Brøderbund Software, 1997. (FHL compact disc no. 9 1997 index [does not circulate to Family History Centers]; computer number 808500.) Single, composite index to several Virginia 1607-1810 tax and residents lists, some 1735-1880 Virginia marriage records, an the 1810-1870 Virginia federal censuses. Includes the following Jackson indexes:
Jackson, Ronald Vern. AIS Microfiche Indexes of U.S. Census and Other Records. Bountiful, Ut: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1984. (No FHL fiche number but available at many Family History Centers.) Several Virginia 1607-1810 tax and residents lists and the 1810 census index are combined together on Search 1. Separate 1820, 1830, 1840, and 1850 indexes are on other searches.
In addition to the federal censuses, lists of residents are available for some colonial years. The lists of 1624 and 1787 have been published and are available at the Family History Library. These censuses list only the heads of households. For additional information related to the 1624 census, see the Jester and Hiden book listed in the “Genealogy” section of this outline. For the 1787 tax list, see the “Taxation” section of this outline.
You may wish to look at:
Virginia in 1740: A Reconstructed Census. Miami Beach, Fl.: T.L.C. Genealogy, 1992. (FHL book 975.5 X22t; computer number 681362.)
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Federal Censuses
. Many federal census records are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal and state archives. The United States Research Outline (30972) provides more detailed information about the federal records.
are available for the 1810 (partial),1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, and 1870, censuses. The 1810 census is also indexed on 35 microfilms available at the National Archives and the Family History Library. A soundex (phonetic) index is available on microfilm for part of the 1880 and all of the 1900, 1910, and 1920 censuses.
sometimes help locate names overlooked in statewide indexes. Several countywide indexes are listed in the Family History Library Catalog Locality Search under VIRGINIA, [COUNTY] - CENSUS.
under the census year (see the “Directories” section of this outline). Then look for that address on the original census schedules.
to search for specific addresses:
. The 1890 Union veterans schedules are available at the Family History Library on FHL films 338265-66; computer number 59376. They are also available at the National Archives. The veterans schedules for Virginia have been indexed.
. Mortality schedules (lists of deaths during the census year) for the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses are available on microfilm at the Family History Library. The Library of Virginia has the original 1850, 1870, and 1880 schedules. Duke University (William R. Perkins Library, Duke University, Durham, NC 27706) has the 1860 schedules. The 1850 and 1860 schedules for the area that later became West Virginia are also on microfilm at the Family History Library and the West Virginia Archives and History Library.
. Slave schedules for 1850 and 1860 list the names of slave owners but do not normally list the names of the slaves. The number of slaves, the gender, and the slaves' age ranges are given. Virginia slave schedules at the Family History Library are cataloged with the census population schedules. See also the “Mortality Schedules” section of this outline.
. Some of the indexes mentioned above are combined into composite master indexes of several census years, states, and census types:
Colonial Censuses
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