Census records are a great way to search for your ancestors. They are easy to search and readily available. If you’re are just searching for families and residency in these census records, then you may be missing the clues that will help you break your brick walls.
The 1840 census is two pages wide. On the right-hand page, there is a column for Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, and the column next to that is for the person’s age. The 1840 census is a “name of household only” census, but the Penson information is for anyone living in that household.
The1850-1870 Censuses have Agriculture and Manufacturer's schedules besides the Federal Census. If your ancestor is listed as a farmer or manufactures something, check out these schedules at Ancestry and FamilySearch.
The 1850 census asks if you were married that year.
1870 census asks if your mother or father were of foreign birth. Great for finding children of immigrant ancestors.
The 1880 census asks questions on lines 16-20 about disabilities. If there are check marks in these disability boxes, be sure and look at the Special Schedule of Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes.
In the 1900 census you will find years in current marriage, month and year of birth, mother of how many children and how many are still living. Naturalization status, year of immigration, and how many years lived in the US.
On the right-hand side of the1910 Census is a question about Civil War Service. The question asked is "Whether a survivor of the Union or Confederate Army or Navy?" The abbreviations used in this column for UA for Union Army; UN for Union Navy; CA for Confederate Army; and CN for Confederate Navy.
The 1920 census asks the year of naturalization.
In the 1930 census, you will find the age at first marriage and if you are a military veteran, which war.
The1940 Census has an X in a circle by the name of the informant of the census information. If it was Harry, the border, then the information may have errors in it. The informant information is a nice heads-up to the accuracy of the information.
There is so much more information available. Be sure and look at the headings of each census year, and you may find the answers that help you find your ancestors.
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