United States Census 1870

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Content
1870 Census was taken beginning 1 June 1870, for five months. The following information was recorded by the census taker:

1790-2000 Information: http://www.census.gov/prod/2000pubs/cff-2.pdf

Value
1850-1930 Search Tips: http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census/1850-1930.html

Unique Features and Problems

 * Asked if the father or mother of the individual were foreign born
 * Asked if born within the year and to give month
 * Asked if a male citizen over 21 years of age
 * Asked if a male citizen over 21 years of age, who has had their rights to vote denied other than because of the grounds of rebellion or crime
 * If a male individual is missing in this Census, it may serve as a clue that he may have been a casualty of the Civil War
 * The census was to list only those abiding in the house as of June 1 (those who died or children born after June 1 may not have been accounted for by the enumerator if they counted the household after that date)
 * It has been said that many people were missed in the South

States Covered and Missing

 * Alabama
 * Arkansas
 * California
 * Connecticut
 * Delaware
 * District of Columbia
 * Florida
 * Georgia
 * Illinois
 * Indiana
 * Iowa
 * Kansas
 * Kentucky
 * Louisiana
 * Maine
 * Maryland
 * Massachusetts
 * Michigan
 * Minnesota
 * Mississippi
 * Missouri
 * Nebraska
 * Nevada
 * New Hampshire
 * New Jersey
 * New York
 * North Carolina
 * Ohio
 * Oregon
 * Pennsylvania
 * Rhode Island
 * South Carolina
 * Tennessee
 * Texas
 * Vermont
 * Virginia
 * West Virginia
 * Wisconsin

Territories

 * Arizona
 * Colorado
 * Dakota
 * Idaho
 * Montana
 * New Mexico
 * Utah
 * Washington
 * Wyoming

Web Sites
1790-2000 Info: http://www.census.gov/prod/2000pubs/cff-2.pdf

1850-1930 Search Tips: http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census/1850-1930.html

Bibliographic Citations
1. Szucs, Loretto Dennis and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking. The Source: A Guide book to American Genealogy. 3rd ed. (Provo, UT: Ancestry, 2006.)