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Contents 1 Online Texas indexes and images 2 Federal population schedules 2.1 Microfilm images 2.2 Indexes: fiche, film, or book 3 Federal non-population schedules 3.1 Online indexes and images 3.2 Microfilm images 3.3 Indexes: fiche, film, or book 4 State, republic, and colonial censuses 5 Existing and lost censuses 6 Why use a census? 7 More about censuses 8 Sources and footnotes

Tips If at first you don't find a name, try again under another spelling. Download a digital image of the page where each ancestor's name appears. Identify where you found it. Transcribe the entire household onto the appropriate year's census worksheet, making note of important information like number of years married, age at first marriage, number of children born to this mother, year of immigration, etc. Information gathered differs for each census. Look for an ancestor in every census during her or his lifetime. On the family group record show each person's census listings. Study others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in community context. For a list of the exact date of each federal census, see Actual Census Dates. Adopt-a-wiki page This page adopted by: Hidden Ancestors who welcome you to contribute. User:Evancol Adopt a page today

Online Texas indexes and images

Federal population schedules

Microfilm images

Indexes: fiche, film, or book

For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Texas, click here

Federal non-population schedules

Online indexes and images

Microfilm images

• Mortality Schedules of Texas(1850, 1860, 1870, 1880)

Indexes: fiche, film, or book

For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Texas, click here.

State, republic, and colonial censuses

Censuses were taken in Texas in different years than the federal censuses. These censuses may have different data compared to federal censuses. Check these censuses for more information on a family.

• 1854-1855 school censuses were taken in 1854 and 1855 by some counties. The original records are at the Texas State Archives. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of some school censuses.
• 1840-1849 Jackson, Ronald Vern, et al. Texas, 1840-49. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1981. FHL book 976.4 X2j 1840-1849
• 1830-1839 Jackson, Ronald Vern. Texas, 1830-1839, Census Index. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1981. FHL book 976.4 X2j 1830-1839
• 1830 White, Gifford E. 1830 Citizens of Texas. Austin, Texas: Eakin Press, 1983. FHL book 976.4 X2wh and FHL fiche 6051297
• 1829-1836 Mullins, Marion D. The First Census of Texas, 1829-1836: To Which are Added Texas Citizenship Lists, 1821-1845, and Other Early Records of the Republic of Texas. Washington, DC: National Genealogical Society, 1962. FHL book 976.4 X2mm and FHL film 844966 item 1
• Mission censuses Available mission censuses have been translated and are available on microfilm at the University of Texas, Institute of Texas Cultures, San Antonio, Texas.

Existing and lost censuses

For a list of available and missing Texas censuses, click here.

Why use a census?

A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.

More about censuses

Click here for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:

• index searching tips
• analyzing and using what you find
• census accuracy
• historical background
• contents of various census years and types

Sources and footnotes

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