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This
database details those persons enumerated in the 1800
United States Federal Census. In addition,
the names of those listed on the population schedule
are linked to the actual images of the 1800 Federal
Census, copied from the National Archives and Records
Administration microfilm, M32, 52 rolls. (If you do
not initially find the name on the page that you are
linked to, try a few pages forward or backward, as sometimes
different pages had the same page number.)
Enumerators of the 1800 census were asked to include
the following categories in the census: name of head
of household, number of free white males and females
in age categories: 0 to 10, 10 to 16, 16 to 26, 26 to
45, 45 and older; number of other free persons except
Indians not taxed; number of slaves; and town or district
and county of residence. The categories allowed Congress
to determine persons residing in the United States for
collection of taxes and the appropriation of seats in
the House of Representatives. Most entries are arranged
in the order of visitation, but some have been rearranged
to appear in alphabetical order by initial letter of
the surname.
The following rolls of film have not yet been linked
to federal census images by Ancestry.com, and thus can
not be searched in this linked index, M32: 4, 20-22,
50-52. They have however been indexed and can be searched
in the separate, unlinked, U.S. Federal Census indexes
at U.S. Federal Census index. For details on the contents
of the film numbers that have not been linked yet, visit
the following N.A.R.A. web page: N.A.R.A.. The linked
images for these rolls of film will be made available
on Ancestry.com in the near future. This database is
certain to prove useful for those seeking early American
ancestors.
Additional Information
The United States was the first country to call for
a regularly held census. The Constitution required that
a census of all "Persons...excluding Indians not
taxed" be performed to determine the collection
of taxes and the appropriation of seats in the House
of Representatives. The first nine censuses from 1790-1870
were organized under the United States Federal Court
system. Each district was assigned a U.S. marshal who
hired other marshals to administer the census. Governors
were responsible for enumeration in territories.
The official enumeration day of the 1800 census was
4 August 1800. All questions asked were supposed to
refer to that date. The enumeration was to be completed
within nine months. Schedules survive for 13 states.
Lost schedules include those for Georgia, Indiana Territory,
Kentucky, Mississippi Territory, New Jersey, Northwest
Territory, Virginia, Tennessee, and Alexandria County,
District of Columbia. Some of the schedules for these
states have been re-created using tax lists and other
records.
Taken from Chapter 5: Research in Census Records, The
Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy by Loretto
Dennis Szucs; edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra
Hargreaves Luebking (Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry Incorporated,
1997).
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