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1790 United States Federal Census For more family history charts and forms, visit www.ancestry.com/save/charts/ancchart.htm State: _________________ Call Number/URL:________________________________ Enumeration Date: ___________________ ©The Generations Network 2007 To search the 1790 census online, visit www.ancestry.com Ancestry Census Form 001 county city page names of heads of families free white males of 16 years & upwards, including heads of families free white males under 16 years free white females including heads of families all other free persons slaves

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  • 1790 United States Federal Census For more family history charts and forms, visit www.ancestry.com/save/charts/ancchart.htmState: _________________ Call Number/URL:________________________________ Enumeration Date: ___________________

    ©The Generations Network 2007 To search the 1790 census online, visit www.ancestry.com Ancestry Census Form 001

    county city page names of heads of familiesfree white males of 16 years

    & upwards, includingheads of families

    free white malesunder 16 years

    free white femalesincluding heads of families

    all otherfree persons slaves

  • 1800 United States Federal Census

    Ancestry® Census Form 002 To search the 1800 census online. visit www.ancestry.com ©The Generations Network, Inc. 2007

    State: ____________________ Call Number/URL: __________________________________ Enumeration Date: __________________________________

    County County Page Names of Heads of FamiliesSlaves

    All otherFree Persons

    Free White Males Free White Females

    Under10

    10 thru15

    16 thru25

    26 thru44

    45 andover

    Under10

    10 thru15

    16 thru25

    26 thru44

    45 andover

  • 1810 United States Federal Census

    Ancestry® Census Form 003 To search the 1800 census online. visit www.ancestry.com ©The Generations Network, Inc. 2007

    State:_____________________ _Call_Number/URL:_ __________________________________ _Enumeration_Date:_ __________________________________

    County County Page Names_of_Heads_of_Families SlavesAll_other

    Free_Persons

    Free_White_Males Free_White_Females

    Under10

    10_thru15

    16_thru25

    26_thru44

    45_andover

    Under10

    10_thru15

    16_thru25

    26_thru44

    45_andover

  • 1820 United States Federal Census For more family history charts and forms, visit www.ancestry.com/save/charts/ancchart.htmPage: ______________ State: __________________ County: ________________________ Call Number/URL:________________________________ Enumeration Date: _____________________

    Free

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    Num

    bers

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    Num

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    Num

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    Slaves Free Colored PersonsMales Females Males Females

    All

    othe

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    rson

    s ex

    cept

    Indi

    ans

    not t

    axed

    to 10 10 to 16 16 to 18 16 to 26 26 to 45 45 & c. to 10 10 to 16 16 to 26 26 to 45 45 & c. to 14 to 26 to 45 45 & c. to 14 to 26 to 45 45 & c. to 14 to 26 to 45 45 & c. to 14 to 26 to 45 45 & c.

    ©The Generations Network 2007 To search the 1820 census online, visit www.ancestry.com Ancestry Census Form 004

    Name of thecounty, parish,

    township, town,or city where the

    family resides

  • Slaves. Freed Colored Persons.

    TOTAL

    WHITE PERSONS included inforegoing.

    SLAVES AND COLOREDPERSONS, included in foregoing.Males. Females. Males. Females.

    LIN

    E N

    uM

    bER

    under ten years

    of age.

    Of ten and under tw

    enty-four.

    Of tw

    enty-four and under thirty-six.

    Of thirty-six and

    under fifty-five.

    Of fifty-five and

    under one hundred.

    Of one hundred

    and upwards.

    under ten years

    of age.

    Of ten and under tw

    enty-four.

    Of tw

    enty-four and under thirty-six.

    Of thirty-six and

    under fifty-five.

    Of fifty-five and

    under one hundred.

    Of one hundred

    and upwards.

    under ten years

    of age.

    Of ten and under tw

    enty-four.

    Of tw

    enty-four and under thirty-six.

    Of thirty-six and

    under fifty-five.

    Of fifty-five and

    under one hundred.

    Of one hundred

    and upwards.

    under ten years

    of age.

    Of ten and under tw

    enty-four.

    Of tw

    enty-four and under thirty-six.

    Of thirty-six and

    under fifty-five.

    Of fifty-five and

    under one hundred.

    Of one hundred

    and upwards.

    Who are D

    eaf andD

    umb, under fourteenyears of age.

    Who are D

    eaf andD

    umb, of the age of

    fourteen and under 25.

    Who are D

    eaf twenty-

    five and upwards.

    Who are blind.

    ALIEN

    S—Foreigners

    not naturalized

    Who are D

    eaf andD

    umb, under fourteenyears of age.

    Who are D

    eaf andD

    umb, of the age of

    fourteen and under 25.

    Who are D

    eaf twenty-

    five and upwards.

    Who are blind.

    under 10 10 to 24 24 to 36 36 to 55 55 to 100 100 & c. under 10 10 to 24 24 to 36 36 to 55 55 to 100 100 & c. under 10 10 to 24 24 to 36 36 to 55 55 to 100 100 & c. under 10 10 to 24 24 to 36 36 to 55 55 to 100 100 & c. under 14 14 to 25 25 & c. under 14 14 to 25 25 & c.

    ©The Generations Network 2007 To search the 1830 census online, visit www.ancestry.com Ancestry Census Form 005

    LIN

    E N

    uM

    bER

    Name of the county, city, ward, town, township, parish, precinct,

    hundred, or district.

    Names of

    Heads of Families

    FREE WHITE PERSONS, (including heads of families).Males. Females.

    under five years

    of age.

    Of five and under

    ten.

    Of ten and under

    fifteen.

    Of fifteen and under

    twenty.

    Of tw

    enty and under thirty.

    Of thirty and under

    forty.

    Of forty and under

    fifty.

    Of fifty and under

    sixty.

    Of sixty and under

    seventy.

    Of seventy and under

    eighty.

    Of eighty and under

    ninety.

    Of ninety and under

    one hundred.

    Of one hundred and

    upward.

    under five years

    of age.

    Of five and under

    ten.

    Of ten and under

    fifteen.

    Of fifteen and under

    twenty.

    Of tw

    enty and under thirty.

    Of thirty and under

    forty.

    Of forty and under

    fifty.

    Of fifty and under

    sixty.

    Of sixty and under

    seventy.

    Of seventy and under

    eighty.

    Of eighty and under

    ninety.

    Of ninety and uner one hundred.

    Of one hundred and

    upward.

    under 5 5 to 10 10 to 15 15 to 20 20 to 30 30 to 40 40 to 50 50 to 60 60 to 70 70 to 80 80 to 90 90 to 100 100. &c. under 5 5 to 10 10 to 15 15 to 20 20 to 30 30 to 40 40 to 50 50 to 60 60 to 70 70 to 80 80 to 90 90 to 100 100. &c.

    1830 United States Federal Census For more family history charts and forms, visit www.ancestry.com/save/charts/ancchart.htmPage: _______________ State: _______________ County: __________________ Call Number/uRL:___________________________ Enumeration Date: ___________________

  • 1840 United States Federal Census For more family history charts and forms,visit www.ancestry.com/save/charts/ancchart.htmPage: _________________ State: ___________________ County: ___________________ Call Number/URL:_____________________________ Enumeration Date: ___________________

    LIN

    E N

    UM

    BER

    Under 10

    10 & under

    24

    24 & under

    35

    36 & under

    55

    56 & under

    100

    100 & up-wards

    Under 10

    10 & under

    24

    24 & under

    35

    36 & under

    55

    56 & under

    100

    100 & up-wards

    Males.Slaves.

    TOTAL

    Females.

    Min

    ing.

    Agr

    icul

    ture

    .

    Com

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    ce.

    Man

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    and

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    Nav

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    ion

    ofth

    e oc

    ean.

    Nav

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    ion

    ofca

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    , lak

    es,

    rive

    rs.

    Lear

    ned

    prof

    e-

    ssio

    nal e

    ngin

    eers

    .

    Number of persons in eachfamily employed in

    Pensioners for Revolutionaryor military services, included

    in the foregoing.

    Names

    Deaf and Dumb, Blind,and Insane White Persons,Included in the foregoing

    Deaf and Dumb, Blind,and Insane Colored Persons,

    Included in the foregoingAges Deaf and Dumb Blind and Insane Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Insane and Idiots

    Schools & c.

    Under

    14

    14& under

    25

    25& up- wards

    Blind.

    Insane andidiots atpublic

    charge.

    Insaneand idiotsat private

    charge

    Deaf &Dumb Blind.

    Insane andidiots atprivatecharge

    Insane andidiots atpubliccharge U

    nive

    rsiti

    es o

    r co

    llege

    Num

    ber

    of s

    tude

    nts

    Aca

    dem

    ies

    &G

    ram

    mar

    Sch

    ools

    No.

    of S

    chol

    ars

    Prim

    ary

    and

    Com

    mon

    Scho

    ols

    No.

    of S

    chol

    ars

    atPu

    blic

    cha

    rge

    No.

    of w

    hite

    per

    sons

    over

    20

    yea

    rs o

    f age

    inea

    ch fa

    mily

    who

    can

    not

    read

    and

    wri

    te.

    ©The Generations Network 2007 To search the 1840 census online, visit www.ancestry.com Ancestry Census Form 006

    LIN

    E N

    UM

    BER

    Nam

    e of

    the

    coun

    ty,

    city

    , war

    d, to

    wn,

    tow

    nshi

    p,pa

    rish

    , pre

    cinc

    t, hu

    ndre

    d,or

    dis

    tric

    t. Namesof

    Heads of FamiliesUnder

    5

    5& under

    10

    10& under

    15

    15& under

    20

    20& under

    30

    30& under

    40

    40& under

    50

    50& under

    60

    60& under

    70

    70& under

    80

    80& under

    90

    90& under

    100

    100& up- wards

    Males. Females.

    Under5

    5& under

    10

    10& under

    15

    15& under

    20

    20& under

    30

    30& under

    40

    40& under

    50

    50& under

    60

    60& under

    70

    70& under

    80

    80& under

    90

    90& under

    100

    100& up- wards

    Males. Females.

    Under10

    10& under

    24

    24& under

    35

    36& under

    55

    56& under

    100

    100& up- wards

    Under10

    10& under

    24

    24& under

    35

    36& under

    55

    56& under

    100

    100& up- wards

    FREE WHITE PERSONS, (INCLUDING HEADS OF FAMILIES) Free Colored Persons.

  • 1850 United States Federal Census

    Ancestry® Census Form 007 To search the 1850 census online. visit www.ancestry.com ©The Generations Network, Inc. 2007

    Page: ______________________ State: ______________________ County: __________________________________ City: ______________________________________Call Number/URL: ______________________________________________________ Enumeration Date:______________________________________________________

    Dw

    ellin

    g- h

    ouse

    snu

    mbe

    red

    in th

    eor

    der

    of v

    isit

    atio

    n

    Description

    Age

    3

    Fam

    ilies

    num

    bere

    d in

    the

    orde

    r of

    vis

    itat

    ion

    The Name of every Person whose usual placeof abode on the first day of June, 1850, was

    in this family

    1 2

    Sex

    Col

    or (

    Whi

    te, B

    lack

    or M

    ulat

    to)

    4 5 6

    Profession, Occupation or Tradeof each Male Person over 15

    years of age

    7 8

    Val

    ue o

    f Rea

    l Est

    ate

    owne

    d Place of BirthNaming the State,

    Territory or County

    Mar

    ried

    wit

    rhin

    the

    year

    9 10

    Att

    ende

    d Sc

    hool

    wit

    hin

    the

    year

    Whether deafand dumb,

    blind, insane,idiotic, pauper

    or convict

    Pers

    ons

    over

    20

    yea

    rs o

    f age

    who

    ca

    nnot

    read

    & w

    rite

    11 12 13

  • 1850 Slave Schedule

    Schedule 2.–Slave Inhabitants in ___________________________ _____ in the County of ____________________ State of ____________ , enumerated by me, on the _________ day of _______________, 1850 _______________ Ass’t Marchal.

    African Americans were enumerated in the census as all other U.S. residents from 1870 (the first census year following the Civil War and emancipation) onward. Prior to 1870, however, the situation was far different. Although free African Americans were enumerated by name in 1850 and 1860, slaves were consigned to special, far less informative, schedules in which they were listed anonymously under the names of their owners. The only personal information provided was usually that of age, gender, and racial identity (either black or mulatto). As in the free schedules, there was a column in which certain physical or mental infirmities could be noted. In some instances, the census takers noted an occupation, usually carpenter or blacksmith, in this column. Slaves aged 100 years or more were given special treatment; their names were noted, and sometimes a short biographical sketch was included. In at least one instance, that of 1860 Hampshire County, Virginia, the names of all slaves were included on the schedules, but this happy exception may be the only instance when the instructions were not followed. Sometimes the listings for large slaveholdings appear to take the form of family groupings, but in most cases slaves are listed from eldest to youngest with no appar-ent effort to portray family structure. In any event, the slave schedules themselves almost never provide conclusive evidence for the presence of a specific slave in the household or plantation of a particular slaveowner. At best, a census slave schedule can provide supporting evidence for a hypothesis derived from other sources.1 Prior to 1850 there were no special slave schedules for the manuscript census, as slave data was recorded as part of the general population schedules. In these, only the heads of household were enumerated by name. In the absence of any contradictory information, it might be assumed that a fam-ily of freed people enumerated in the 1870 census was living not far from its last owner, whose surname they also bore. There would, of course, be reasons to dispute both assumptions. (Knowledge of the Civil War history of a locality could come into play here; for example, such relative stability would not have existed in a Georgia county that was in the path of Sherman’s march to the sea.) Even so, this assump-tion represents one of the more obvious exploratory lines of research, especially in the absence of any other options. The first step in testing the hypothesis would be to search for slaveowners of the same surname in the 1860 slave schedules of the

    county in which the African American family resided in 1870. Starting in 1850, another supplemental schedule, the mortality schedule, listed all deaths within a year before the regular census enumeration.2 The deaths of blacks and mulattoes, both free and slave, are recorded in them, even though their names have not been included in many of the indexes to these schedules.3 The deaths of slaves were generally enumerated in four fashions: unnamed (as in the slave schedules), but perhaps with the owner identified; by first name only; by first name and surname; and by first name with the owner noted.

    Notes1. The use of the slave schedules as supporting documentation is amply demon-strated in David H. Streets, Slave Genealogy: A Research Guide with Case Studies (Bowie, MD: Heritage, 1986), although, not surprisingly, their use is confined to small slaveholdings.2. See Loretto Dennis Szucs, “Research in Census Records” in The Source: A Guide-book of American Genealogy, Rev. ed. (Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry, 1997).3. A notable exception is found in Jonnie B. Arnold, Index to 1860 Mortality Sched-ule of South Carolina (Greenville, SC: the author, 1982). On the other hand, many of the indexes appearing on the National Archives microfilm publications of these schedules, as well as those published by Accelerated Indexing, should be treated with caution.

    Editor’s Note: This article was excerpted from Finding Your African American Ancestors, by David Thackery. Other sources covered in the book include: pro-bate records; deeds and other local records; plantation records; other records of slave births and deaths; runaway slaves; The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands; The Freedman’s Savings and Trust; and military records. Also included are case studies, a selection of slave narratives from a variety of states, bibliographic information, and an extensive listing of additional resources for Afri-can American research.

    African Americans in the Federal Censuses

    NAMES OF SLAVE OWNERSDeaf & Dumb,blind, insane

    or idiotic

    Num

    ber

    of

    Slav

    es

    Age

    Sex

    Col

    or

    Fugi

    tive

    s fr

    om th

    e St

    ate

    Num

    ber

    man

    umit

    tedDESCRIPTION

    1

    2

    3

    4

    5

    6

    7

    8

    9

    10

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

    1

    2

    3

    4

    5

    6

    7

    8

    9

    10

    1

    2

    3

    4

    5

    6

    7

    8

    9

    1

    2

    3

    4

    5

    6

    7

    8

    9

    1010

    NAMES OF SLAVE OWNERSDeaf & Dumb,blind, insane

    or idiotic

    Num

    ber

    of

    Slav

    es

    Age

    Sex

    Col

    or

    Fugi

    tive

    s fr

    om th

    e St

    ate

    Num

    ber

    man

    umit

    tedDESCRIPTION

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

  • 1860 United States Federal Census

    Ancestry® Census Form 008 To search the 1860 census online. visit www.ancestry.com ©The Generations Network, Inc. 2007

    Page:_ ______________________ _State:_______________________ _County:___________________________________ _City:_______________________________________Call_Number/URL:_ _______________________________________________________Enumeration_Date:______________________________________________________

    Dwellin

    g-_hou

    ses

    numbe

    red_in_th

    eor

    der_of

    _visitat

    ion

    Description

    Age

    3

    Families

    _num

    bere

    d_in

    the_or

    der_of

    _visitat

    ion

    The_Name_of_every_Person_whose_usual_placeof_abode_on_the_first_day_of_June,_1860,_was

    in_this_family

    1 2

    Sex

    Color

    _(W

    hite

    ,_Black

    or_M

    ulat

    to)

    4 5 6

    Profession,_Occupation_or_Tradeof_each_Male_Person_over_15

    years_of_age

    7 8

    Value

    _of_R

    eal_E

    stat

    e

    Place_of_BirthNaming_the_State,Territory_or_County

    Mar

    ried

    _witrh

    in_th

    e_ye

    ar

    10 11

    Atten

    ded_Sc

    hool_w

    ithin_th

    e_ye

    ar

    Whether_deafand_dumb,

    blind,_insane,idiotic,_pauper

    or_convict

    Person

    s_ov

    er_20_yea

    rs_of_a

    ge_w

    ho_

    cann

    ot_re

    ad_&

    _write

    12 13 14

    Value

    _of_P

    erso

    nal_E

    stat

    e

    9

  • 1860 Slave Schedule

    Schedule 2.–Slave Inhabitants in __________________________________ in the County of ____________________ State of ____________ , enumerated by me, on the _________ day of _______________, 1860 _______________ Ass’t Marchal.

    African Americans were enumerated in the census as all other U.S. residents from 1870 (the first census year following the Civil War and emancipation) onward. Prior to 1870, however, the situation was far different. Although free African Americans were enumerated by name in 1850 and 1860, slaves were consigned to special, far less informative, schedules in which they were listed anonymously under the names of their owners. The only personal information provided was usually that of age, gender, and racial identity (either black or mulatto). As in the free schedules, there was a column in which certain physical or mental infirmities could be noted. In some instances, the census takers noted an occupation, usually carpenter or blacksmith, in this column. Slaves aged 100 years or more were given special treatment; their names were noted, and sometimes a short biographical sketch was included. In at least one instance, that of 1860 Hampshire County, Virginia, the names of all slaves were included on the schedules, but this happy exception may be the only instance when the instructions were not followed. Sometimes the listings for large slaveholdings appear to take the form of family groupings, but in most cases slaves are listed from eldest to youngest with no appar-ent effort to portray family structure. In any event, the slave schedules themselves almost never provide conclusive evidence for the presence of a specific slave in the household or plantation of a particular slaveowner. At best, a census slave schedule can provide supporting evidence for a hypothesis derived from other sources.1 Prior to 1850 there were no special slave schedules for the manuscript census, as slave data was recorded as part of the general population schedules. In these, only the heads of household were enumerated by name. In the absence of any contradictory information, it might be assumed that a fam-ily of freed people enumerated in the 1870 census was living not far from its last owner, whose surname they also bore. There would, of course, be reasons to dispute both assumptions. (Knowledge of the Civil War history of a locality could come into play here; for example, such relative stability would not have existed in a Georgia county that was in the path of Sherman’s march to the sea.) Even so, this assump-tion represents one of the more obvious exploratory lines of research, especially in the absence of any other options. The first step in testing the hypothesis would be to search for slaveowners of the same surname in the 1860 slave schedules of the

    county in which the African American family resided in 1870. Starting in 1850, another supplemental schedule, the mortality schedule, listed all deaths within a year before the regular census enumeration.2 The deaths of blacks and mulattoes, both free and slave, are recorded in them, even though their names have not been included in many of the indexes to these schedules.3 The deaths of slaves were generally enumerated in four fashions: unnamed (as in the slave schedules), but perhaps with the owner identified; by first name only; by first name and surname; and by first name with the owner noted.

    Notes1. The use of the slave schedules as supporting documentation is amply demon-strated in David H. Streets, Slave Genealogy: A Research Guide with Case Studies (Bow-ie, MD: Heritage, 1986), although, not surprisingly, their use is confined to small slaveholdings.2. See Loretto Dennis Szucs, “Research in Census Records” in The Source: A Guide-book of American Genealogy, Rev. ed. (Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry, 1997).3. A notable exception is found in Jonnie B. Arnold, Index to 1860 Mortality Schedule of South Carolina (Greenville, SC: the author, 1982). On the other hand, many of the indexes appearing on the National Archives microfilm publications of these sched-ules, as well as those published by Accelerated Indexing, should be treated with caution.

    Editor’s Note: This article was excerpted from Finding Your African American Ancestors, by David Thackery. Other sources covered in the book include: pro-bate records; deeds and other local records; plantation records; other records of slave births and deaths; runaway slaves; The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands; The Freedman’s Savings and Trust; and military records. Also included are case studies, a selection of slave narratives from a variety of states, bibliographic information, and an extensive listing of additional resources for Afri-can American research.

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    er o

    f vis

    itat

    ion

    Num

    ber

    of fa

    mily

    in o

    rder

    of v

    isit

    atio

    nRELAtION

    Relationship ofthis person to

    the head of thefamily

    Hom

    e ow

    ned

    or re

    nted

    Val

    ue o

    f hom

    e,if

    ow

    ned,

    or

    mon

    thly

    rent

    al,

    if re

    nted

    Rad

    io s

    et

    Doe

    s th

    is fa

    mily

    live

    on a

    farm

    ?

    HOmE DAtA PERSONAL DESCRIPtION EDUCAtION

    Sex

    Col

    or o

    r ra

    ce

    Age

    at l

    ast b

    irth

    day

    mar

    ital

    con

    diti

    on

    Age

    at fi

    rst m

    arri

    age

    Att

    ende

    d sc

    hool

    or

    colle

    ge a

    ny ti

    me

    sinc

    e Se

    pt.1,

    1929

    Whe

    ther

    abl

    e to

    read

    and

    wri

    te

    Place of birth of each person and parents of each person enumerated. If bornin the United States, give the State or territory. If of foreign birth, give thecountry of birth. See Instructions for additional entries required for certain

    countries

    PLACE OF BIRtH

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

    21 A B C 22 23 24 25 26 D 27 28 29 30 31 32

    Line

    num

    ber

    mOtHER tONGUE (OR NAtIVELANGUAGE) OF FOREIGN BORN

    Language spokenin home beforecoming to theUnited States

    CODE

    (For office use only.Do not write inthese columns)

    Year

    of i

    mm

    igra

    tion

    to th

    e U

    nite

    d St

    ates

    Nat

    ural

    ized

    or

    alie

    n

    Whe

    ther

    abl

    e to

    spe

    akEn

    glis

    h

    CItIZENSHIP

    Stateor m.t Country

    INDUStRY

    Industry or business, ascottonmill, dry goods store,shipyard, public school, etc.

    OCCUPAtION

    trade, profession, or particularkind of work, as spinner,

    salesman, riveter, etc.

    CODE

    (For office use only.

    Do not write

    inthis

    column)

    Cla

    ss o

    f Wor

    ker

    EmPLOYmENt

    Whether actuallyat work

    YesorNo

    Line numberfor

    unemployedYes or

    No

    VEtERANSWhether a veteran of the

    U.S. military ornaval forces mobilized

    for any war orexpedition

    No.

    of f

    arm

    sche

    dule

    What war orexpedition

    NOtES:

    ©The Generations Network 2007 to search the census online, visit www.ancestry.com Ancestry Census Form 015

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    OCCUPAtION AND INDUStRY

    PERSON FAtHER mOtHER

  • Lin

    e N

    o.

    PERSONS 14 YEARS OLD AND OVER – EMPLOYMENT STATUS

    Nu

    mb

    er o

    f F

    arm

    Sch

    edu

    le

    Was

    th

    is p

    erso

    n A

    T W

    OR

    K f

    or

    pay

    or

    pro

    fit

    in p

    riv

    ate

    or

    no

    nem

    erg

    ency

    Go

    vt.

    wo

    rk d

    uri

    ng

    wee

    k o

    f M

    arch

    24-

    30

    ?

    (Y o

    r N

    )

    If n

    ot,

    was

    he

    at w

    ork

    on

    , o

    r as

    sig

    ned

    to,

    pu

    bli

    c E

    ME

    RG

    EN

    CY

    WO

    RK

    (W

    PA

    ,

    NY

    A,

    CC

    C,

    etc.

    ) d

    uri

    ng

    wee

    k o

    f M

    arch

    24-3

    0?

    (

    Y o

    r N

    )

    If neither at work nor

    assigned to public

    emergency work. (―No‖ in cols. 21 &22)

    For persons answering ―No‖ to questions

    21-24.

    If at private or

    nonemergency

    Govt. work. ―Yes‖ in col. 21

    If seeking

    work or

    assigned to

    public

    emergency

    work.

    ―Yes‖ in col.

    22 or 23

    OCCUPATION, INDUSTRY, AND CLASS OF WORKER

    For a person at work, assigned to public emergency work, or with a job (―Yes‖

    in col. 21, 22, or 24), enter present occupation, industry, and class of worker.

    For a person seeking work (―Yes‖ in col. 23): (a) if he has previous work

    experience, enter last occupation, industry, and class of worker; or (b) if he does

    not have previous work experience, enter ―New worker‖ in Col. 28, and leave

    Cols. 29-30 blank.

    Nu

    mb

    er o

    f w

    eek

    s w

    ork

    ed i

    n 1

    93

    9

    (Eq

    uiv

    ale

    nt

    full

    -tim

    e w

    eek

    s)

    INCOME IN 1939

    (12 months ending

    Dec. 31, 1939.)

    Am

    ou

    nt

    of

    mo

    ney

    , w

    ages

    or

    sala

    ry r

    ecei

    ved

    (in

    clu

    din

    g

    com

    mis

    sio

    ns)

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    th

    is p

    erso

    n r

    ecei

    ve

    inco

    me

    of

    $5

    0 o

    r m

    ore

    fro

    m

    sou

    rces

    oth

    er t

    han

    mo

    ney

    wag

    es o

    r sa

    lary

    (Y

    or

    N)

    Was

    th

    is p

    erso

    n

    SE

    EK

    ING

    WO

    RK

    ?

    (Y o

    r N

    )

    If n

    ot

    seek

    ing

    wo

    rk,

    did

    he

    HA

    VE

    A J

    OB

    ,

    bu

    sin

    ess,

    etc

    .?

    (Y o

    r N

    )

    Ind

    icat

    e w

    het

    her

    eng

    aged

    in

    ho

    me

    ho

    use

    wo

    rk (

    H),

    in

    sch

    oo

    l (S

    ), u

    nab

    le

    to w

    ork

    (U

    ), o

    r

    oth

    er (

    Ot)

    .

    CO

    DE

    Nu

    mb

    er o

    f h

    ou

    rs

    wo

    rked

    du

    rin

    g

    wee

    k o

    f M

    arch

    24

    -

    30

    , 1

    94

    0.

    Du

    rati

    on

    of

    un

    -

    emp

    loy

    men

    t u

    p t

    o

    Mar

    ch 3

    0,

    19

    40

    in w

    eek

    s.

    OCCUPATION

    Trade, profession, or

    particular kind of work, as –

    Frame spinner

    Salesman

    Laborer

    Rivet heater

    Music teacher

    INDUSTRY

    Industry or business, as—

    Cotton mill

    Retail grocery

    Farm

    Shipyard

    Public school

    Cla

    ss o

    f W

    ork

    er

    CO

    DE

    (l

    eav

    e b

    lan

    k)

    21 22 23 24 25 E 26 27 28 29 30 F. 31 32 33 34

    1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

    National Archives and Records Administration NA 14129 (6-09)

    NARA’s web site is http://www.archives.gov

    STATE

    1940 Federal Census

    ENUMERATION DISTRICT NO. SHEET NO.

    COUNTY SUPERVISOR’S DISTRICT NO.

    TOWNSHIP OR OTHER DIVISION OF COUNTY ENUMERATED BY ME ON , 1940

    INCORPORATED PLACE , ENUMERATOR

    WARD OF CITY BLOCK NO. UNINCORPORATED PLACE INSTITUTION

    Lin

    e N

    o.

    LOCAT-

    ION HOUSEHOLD DATA NAME RELATION

    PERSONAL

    DESCRIPTION EDUCATION PLACE OF BIRTH

    CITI-

    ZEN-

    SHIP

    RESIDENCE, APRIL 1, 1935

    Str

    eet,

    Aven

    ue,

    road

    , et

    c.

    House

    Num

    ber

    No

    . o

    f H

    ou

    seh

    old

    in

    ord

    er o

    f

    vis

    itati

    on

    Hom

    e ow

    ned

    (O

    ) or

    rente

    d

    (R)

    Val

    ue

    of

    hom

    e or

    Month

    ly

    renta

    l if

    ren

    ted.

    Far

    m?

    (Yes

    or

    No)

    Name of each person whose usual

    place of residence on April 1,

    1940, was in this household.

    BE SURE TO INCLUDE:

    1. Persons temporarily absent from household.

    Write ―Ab‖ after names of such persons.

    2. Children under 1 year of age. Write ―Infant‖ if

    child has not been given a first name.

    Enter x after name of person furnishing

    information.

    Relationship of

    this person to the

    head of the

    household, as

    wife, daughter,

    father, mother-in-

    law, grandson,

    lodger, lodger’s

    wife, servant,

    hired hand, etc. CO

    DE

    (L

    eav

    e B

    lan

    k)

    Sex

    Co

    lor

    or

    Rac

    e

    Ag

    e at

    Las

    t B

    irth

    day

    Mar

    ital

    Sta

    tus

    Att

    ended

    sch

    ool

    or

    coll

    ege

    at a

    ny t

    ime

    since

    Mar

    ch 1

    ,

    1940?

    Hig

    hes

    t gra

    de

    of

    school

    com

    ple

    ted

    CO

    DE

    (L

    eav

    e B

    lan

    k)

    If born in U.S. give state,

    territory or possession.

    If foreign born, give country

    in which birthplace was

    situated on Jan. 1, 1937.

    Distinguish: Canada-French

    from Canada-English and

    Irish Free State from

    Northern Ireland. CO

    DE

    (L

    eav

    e B

    lan

    k)

    Cit

    izen

    ship

    of

    the

    fore

    ign

    bo

    rn

    In what place did this person live on April 1, 1935?

    For a person who lived in a different place, enter city or

    town, county, and State.

    City, town,

    or village

    having

    2,600 or

    more

    inhabitants

    If less, enter

    ―R.‖

    County

    State (or

    Territory

    or foreign

    country)

    On a

    Far

    m?

    (Y o

    r N

    )

    CO

    DE

    (L

    eav

    e B

    lan

    k)

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 A 9 10 11 12 13 14 B 15 C 16 17 18 19 20 D

    1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

  • SUPPLEMENTARY

    QUESTIONS FOR PERSONS OF ALL AGES FOR PERSONS 14 YEARS OLD AND OVER

    FOR ALL WOMEN

    WHO ARE OR

    HAVE BEEN

    MARRIED

    For Persons Enumerated

    on Lines 14 and 29.

    PLACE OF BIRTH OF

    FATHER AND MOTHER

    MOTHER

    TONGUE

    CO

    DE

    (l

    eave b

    lank

    )

    VETERANS SOCIAL SECURITY USUAL OCCUPATION, INDUSTRY, AND CLASS OF WORKER

    Enter that occupation which the person regards as his usual occupation

    and at which he is physically able to work. If the person is unable to

    determine this, enter that occupation at which he has worked longest

    during the past 10 years and at which he is physically able to work.

    Enter also usual industry and usual class of worker.

    Has

    this

    wom

    an b

    een m

    arri

    ed m

    ore

    than

    once

    ? (Y

    es o

    r N

    o)

    Age

    at f

    irst

    mar

    riag

    e.

    Num

    ber

    of

    chil

    dre

    n e

    ver

    born

    .

    (Do n

    ot

    incl

    ude

    stil

    lbir

    ths.

    )

    If born in U.S. give state,

    territory or possession. If

    foreign born, give country

    in which birthplace was

    situated on Jan. 1, 1937.

    Distinguish: Canada-

    French from Canada-

    English and Irish Free

    State from Northern

    Ireland.

    CO

    DE

    (l

    eave b

    lank

    )

    Language

    spoken in

    home in

    earliest childhood.

    Is this person a veteran of the

    United States military forces: or the

    wife, widow, or under 18-year-old

    child of a veteran?

    Do

    es t

    his

    pers

    on

    hav

    e a

    Fed

    era

    l

    So

    cial

    Secu

    rity

    Nu

    mb

    er?

    (Yes

    or

    No

    )

    Wer

    e d

    edu

    cti

    on

    s fo

    r F

    edera

    l O

    ld-

    Ag

    e In

    sura

    nce

    or

    Rail

    road

    Ret

    irem

    ent

    mad

    e fr

    om

    th

    is p

    ers

    on

    s

    wag

    es

    or

    sala

    ry i

    n 1

    93

    9?

    (Yes

    or

    No

    )

    If s

    o,

    were

    ded

    uct

    ion

    s m

    ade

    fro

    m

    all,

    ½ o

    r m

    ore

    , p

    art

    bu

    t le

    ss t

    han

    ½,

    of

    wag

    es

    or

    sala

    ry?

    Lin

    e N

    o.

    Name

    If s

    o e

    nte

    r ―Y

    es‖

    If c

    hil

    d,

    is v

    eter

    an-

    fath

    er d

    ead

    ?

    (Y o

    r N

    )

    War

    or

    Mil

    itar

    y

    Ser

    vic

    e

    CO

    DE

    (l

    eave b

    lank

    )

    Usual

    Occupation

    Usual

    Industry

    Usu

    al c

    lass

    of

    wo

    rker

    CODE (leave blank)

    Father Mother

    35 36 37 G 38 H 39 40 41 I 42 43 44 45 46 47 J 48 49 50

    14

    29

    National Archives and Records Administration NA 14129 (6-09)

    NARA’s web site is http://www.archives.gov

    Col. 24 DID THIS PERSON HAVE A JOB ?

    Enter ―Yes‖ for a person (not seeking work)

    who had a job, business, or professional

    enterprise, but did not work during week of

    March 24–30 for any of the following

    reasons: Vacation; temporary illness;

    industrial dispute; layoff not exceeding 4

    weeks with instructions to return to work at a

    specific date; layoff due to temporarily bad

    weather conditions.

    SYMBOLS

    AND

    EXPLANATORY

    NOTES

    Col. 5 VALUE OF HOME, IF OWNED:

    Where owner’s household occupies

    only a part of a structure, estimate value

    of portion occupied by owner’s

    household. Thus the value of the unit

    occupied by the owner of a two-family

    house might be approximately one-half

    the total value of the structure.

    Col. 10 COLOR OR RACE:

    White W

    Negro Neg

    Indian In

    Chinese Chi

    Japanese Jp

    Filipino Fil

    Hindu Hin

    Korean Kor

    Other races, spell out in full.

    Other races, spell out in full

    Col. 14 HIGHEST GRADE OF SCHOOL COMPLETED:

    None 0

    Elementary school, 1st – 8th 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

    High school, 1st – 4th year H-1, H-2, H-3, H-4

    College, 1st – 4th year C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4

    College, 5th or subsequent year C-5

    Col. 11 AGE AT LAST BIRTHDAY:

    Enter age of children born on or after April 1,

    1939, as follows. Born in:

    April 1939 11/12

    May 1939 10/12

    June 1939 9/12

    July 1939 8/12

    August 1939 7/12

    September 1939 6/12

    October 1939 5/12

    November 1939 4/12

    December 1939 3/12

    January 1940 2/12

    February 1940 1/12

    March 1940 0/12

    (Do not include children born on or after April 1, 1940.

    Col. 16 CITIZENSHIP OF THE FOREIGN BORN:

    Naturalized Na

    Having first papers Pa

    Alien Al

    American citizen born abroad Am Cit

    Col. 21 WAS THIS PERSON AT WORK ?

    Enter ―Yes‖ for persons at work for pay or profit in

    private or nonemergency Government work.

    Include unpaid family workers – that is, related

    members of the family working without money

    wages or salary on work (other then housework or

    incidental chores) which contributed to the family

    income.

    Cols. 30 and 47 CLASS OF WORKER:

    Wage or salary worker in private work PW

    Wage or salary worker in Gov’t work GW

    Employer E

    Working on own account OA

    Unpaid family worker NP

    Col. 41 WAR OR MILITARY SERVICE:

    World War W

    Spanish -American War; Philippine

    Insurrection or Boxer Rebellion S

    Spanish-American War & World War SW

    Regular establishment (Army, Navy or

    Marine Corps) Peace-Time Service only R

    Other war or expedition Ot

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