How do we access census records for free online?
I’ve done it before, I just can’t remember how I got there, all the websites that I’ve gone to all promise free access yet don’t deliver. Hint: I already googled US Census Records 1850.
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Tina February 1st
You can access some census records free at the LDS/Mormon site
http://www.familysearch.org
Your public libraries will most likely have both Ancestry.com and Heritage Quest.com free for anyone to use while at the library and with a library card you can use Heritage Quest at home…Heritage Quest has census records as does Ancestry.com.
Another free online resource is USGenWeb at http://www.usgenweb.org/ this sprawling all-volunteer site is packed with how-to tips, queries and records for every state and most counties within those states. Special projects usgenweb.org/projects cover subjects such as censuses, tombstones and family group sheets. Do not miss the easy-to-overlook search of the entire site http://searches.rootsweb.ancestry.com/htdig/search.html/
Those are all of the free census records that I can think of at the moment. There are some state specific census records out there but you should be able to find those with the US GenWeb link that I added.
Shirley T February 1st
Ancestry.Com isn’t free but your public library might have a subscription to it you can use for free. They have all the U.S. censuses through 1930. The 1940 and later are not available to the public yet.
They have transcribed the censuses but you can view the original images. There are errors in their transcriptions but when you view the original images you will pity the transcribers.
I don’t know any place that has all of the U.S. censuses for free on the internet.
Researcher February 1st
You could try going to Family History.com and putting in the persons Information.
ManofGod February 1st
http://search.labs.familysearch.org has free census records for years 1850-1900 (actual images for 1850, 1870, and 1900; indexes for 1860, 1880, and 1920).
HeritageQuest.com has free census records from 1790-1930 (actual images for all years). There’s no index for 1830, ‘40, ‘50, or 1930, but you can browse records for those years. If you have a library card, you can access the census records through and from your library website by putting in your library card’s number.
That’s the only two I can think of because I use them the most, other sites have free access to indexes/data from census for years you are looking for.
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