New York State Census, 1905 - FamilySearch Historical Records



This wiki article describes a collection that is available for free online at FamilySearch Record Search – Pilot Site. To access the collection, see New York State Census, 1905

Collection Time Period
This information pertains to the census taken in the year 1905.

Collection History
State censuses were created by the state of New York and were taken about every ten years beginning in 1795. These records do not cover the entire population of New York because information from eight counties, Livingston, Oneida, Ontario, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, and Wyoming, is missing.

Why This Collection Was Created
The census was compiled to obtain a count and description of the population of the state of New York.

Collection Reliability
Use the information with caution, since the information may have been given to a census taker by any member of the family or by a neighbor. Some information may have been incorrect or deliberately falsified.

Collection Description
The record is a printed form that was filled in by hand by the enumerator. The schedules are usually arranged by county and political subdivisions.

Record Content
Key genealogical facts found in the 1905 New York State Census are:


 * Street and house number
 * Name of each person whose usual place of abode on June 1, 1905, was in this family
 * Relationship of each person to the head of the family
 * Color or race
 * Gender
 * Age at last birthday.
 * If born in the United States, if not, name of the country
 * Number of years in the United States and if a citizen or not
 * Occupation

How To Use This Collection
A census can provide you with names and ages of family members, which you can use to calculate birth or marriage dates, the county and town where your ancestor lived, people living with (or gone from) the family, and relatives that may have lived nearby.

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