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Des Moines County Census Project |
General Information:
Abbreviations you may run into while reading census records. 1930, 1920, 1910, 1900, and 1870 have columns pertaining to citizenship.
AL — this abbreviation was used to signify that the individual was still an
alien (was not naturalized and had not begun the naturalization process).
PA — this abbreviation was used to signify that the individual had gone
through the declaration of intent and had filed his "first" papers.
NA — this abbreviation was used to signify that the individual had
completed the naturalization process and was a naturalized citizen.Virginia University provides 1790/1800 census information.
Des Moines County was formed from Wisconsin Territory in 1834.Census years (1840, 1850, 1860) kindly provided by Norma Jennings. Thank you Norma.
Visitors, if you have ancillary information, or later censuses to contribute to this page, please contact DesMoines County, Iowa.