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Easy access to free images of 1850-1930 US census

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mgnv

mgnv Report 9 Sep 2011 19:07

As many of you know, one can look up the 1850-1930 US census transcriptions at:

https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/list#page=1®ion=NORTH_AMERICA

The 1890 census was 99.9% destroyed by fire.
A couple of weeks back, FS linked the 1910/20 images to the transcription.
Now the only unlinked years are 1880, 1930 (plus 1890).
Before 1850, there was not a full listing of names in a h/h - just the head of h/h, and # in various age/sex categories.

I'll give an example of how to get free access to 1880, 1930 images below.




Here's an 1880 look up on FS

Name: Wm. H. Slessor
Residence: Grant, Tama, Iowa
Birthdate: 1819
Birthplace: Scotland
Relationship to Head: Self
Spouse's Name: Ketty Slessor
Spouse's Birthplace: Scotland
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace: Scotland
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace: Scotland
Race or Color (Expanded): White
Ethnicity (Standardized): American
Gender: Male
Martial Status: Married
Age (Expanded): 61 years
Occupation: Farmer
NARA Film Number: T9-0365
Page: 463
Page Character: D
Entry Number: 173
Film number: 1254365

Household Gender Age
Wm. H. Slessor M 61
Spouse Ketty Slessor F 53
Child Esebell J. Slessor F 23
Child Nicter A. Slessor M 19
Child Albert E. Slessor M 17
John W. Slessor M 10
Archiebald C. Slessor M 9


For the image, go to http://www.archive.org/details/1880_census

Click Iowa, then reel 365, then read online, and we get:
http://www.archive.org/stream/10thcensus0365unit#page/n0/mode/2up
Now change the URL to, say:
http://www.archive.org/stream/10thcensus0365unit#page/n463/mode/1up

Find a nice name on the page and look them up on FS (a nice name is one that's clear so there's no transcription worries, and a bit unusual so we're not stuck with 300 John Smiths to examine)
I picked - Line 19 James M Mills a=61 - and the look up got - Page: 498
It's a surprise it's so far out (maybe it always is in 1880), but when I check the header, I'm not even in Grant Twp - I'm in Indian Village Twp.

http://www.archive.org/stream/10thcensus0365unit#page/n430/mode/1up
is in Howard Twp.

http://www.archive.org/stream/10thcensus0365unit#page/n400/mode/1up
is in Grant Twp, - Line 3 Jannet Sloss a=38 - and the FS look up got - Page: 467

The image I want is:
http://www.archive.org/stream/10thcensus0365unit#page/n393/mode/1up


This William wasn't my g grandad's uncle, but:
CATHERINE MESS - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Marriage: 10 NOV 1845 Old Deer, Aberdeen, Scotland
ISABELLA JANE SLESSOR - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 31 AUG 1853 Kirkmaiden By Drummore, Wigtown, Scotland
VICTOR ALBERT SLESSOR - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 20 SEP 1858 Rosemarkie, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland
ALBERT OLREY CUNINGHAM SLESSON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 29 JAN 1862 Bride, Isle Of Man, England




1930's similar, except for the image, go to http://www.archive.org/details/1930_census
Here's an FS look up I did for another post recently.

Name: Harold Williams
Event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Philadelphia (Districts 1001-1236), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Age: 38
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birthplace: England
Estimated Birth Year: 1892
Immigration Year: 1911
Relationship to Head of Household: Brother-in-law
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England
Enumeration District Number: 1066
Family Number: 510
Sheet Number and Letter: 28A
Line Number: 8
NARA Publication: T626, roll 2135
Film Number: 2341869
Digital Folder Number: 4639472
Image Number: 00609

Household Gender Age
James A Robertshaw M 32
Ivy Robertshaw F 34
Edith Howard F 54
Lenora Howard F 27
Harold Williams M 38


As before, I change the image # in the URL, and also switch to /1up, do an FS look up of a name on the image, and adjust my guess accordingly, until I get


http://www.archive.org/stream/fifteenthcensus00reel2135#page/n603/mode/1up