What Census Records Are Online?
(USA) • 1880 Census Records Index Free at Ancestry (name index is free with registration – viewing digitized census images from the microfilm requires subscription) • View and Search US Federal Census Records 1790-1930 Online (requires payment) Ancestry has digitized the U.S. Federal census records from 1790 to 1930 and they are indexed online. A subscription includes the following indexes and digitized images of the census records (from the National Archives microfilm)… • Surviving 1790-1930 U.S. Federal Census Records (most of the 1890 census was destroyed) • Small Fragment of the 1890 U.S. Federal Census • 1890 Veteran’s Schedules (Mostly Union Civil War Veterans or their Widows) • U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 (records of deaths in the year prior to the census being taken) • 1850 & 1860 Slave Schedules of Slave Owners • 1930 Census of Merchant Seamen State Census Records • State Census Records Genealogy Research Guide links to information and some online index