Carolyn Weiss - Searching the Census Online

Web site links from Tips for Federal Census Searches Online presented by by CCGS member Carolyn Weiss, 13 January 2010

Census Essentials

Enumerators Instructions: http://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/tEnumInstr.shtml
Abbreviations used in censuses: http://genealogy.about.com/od/us_census/f/abbreviations.htm

Further Reading

National Archives Census Guide (includes all censuses): http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census
Historical Census Browser: http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus
Bobbie's Genealogical Classroom: http://www.barbsnow.net/census.htm

Location Search

http://www.familyhistory101.com/maps.html for state and county maps

Blank Census Forms to Download or Print

www.ancestry.com/trees/charts/census.aspx for blank census and mortality forms
http://www.genealogy.com/00000023.html
for Excel or PDF census forms - http://www.censustools.com/census/download.html

Spelling Problems

"Surname suggestion list" download - http://mattcombs.webs.com/sslmain.html

Census Portals

Census Finder: http://www.censusfinder.com
Census Diggins: http://www.censusdiggins.com
Census-Online: http://www.census-online.com
Cyndi's List: http://www.cyndislist.com/census.htm

Popular Transcription Sites

US GenWeb Census Projects: http://usgenweb.com
FamilySearch 1880 and 1920 Census: http://pilot.familysearch.org

Record Sites

http://www.ancestry.com - free access via local library and at the Cape Cod Genealogical Society Library
Heritage Quest Online - free access via local library and at the Cape Cod Genealogical Society Library
http://pilot.familysearch.org - free access
http://www.footnote.com - costs money, try 1 week trial membership

Enumeration Districts Info

One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse has a number of census resources for the the US, Canada, and New York City. See how to work with Enumeration Districts (ED).