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St. Cloud, Minnesota

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serving Benton, Sherburne and Stearns Counties in Minnesota

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Census Records for Central Minnesota

Use the US Federal Census Checklist

Electronic record, need MS Excel software or spreadsheet, you will be asked to give your e mail before downloading,  they do not send further emails to you. adt

http://www.censustools.com/census/download.html

Census Records (are on line at paid subscription,  www.ancestry.com, www.footnote.com [add your own comments to the 1860 census]  www.rootsweb.com (free) on country and state webpages.  Also there is a www.censusonline.com

Year Census Date Census Time Allowed

1790

2 August

9 months

1800

4 August

9 months

1810

6 August

10 months

1820

7 August

13 months

1830

1 June

12 months

1840

1 June

18 months

1850 all household members listed

1 June

5 months

1860

1 June

5 months

1870

1 June

5 months

1880

1 June

1 month

1890  very few

1 June

1 month

1900

1 June

1 month

1910

15 April

1 month

1920

1 January

1 month

1930

1 April

1 month

Mortality    
Agriculture    

* dates are taken from

William Dollarhide's book, The Census Day [has good suggestions]

Emily Croom's, UnPuzzling Your Past, 3rd edition page 64

Kathleen W. Hinkcley,  Your Guide to the Federal Census

 

Document your source of each census record as you add the information to each family member, for example:

*Source: Ohio. Clermont County. 1850 US Population Census. Microfilm # M432. Washington, DC: National Archives, reprinted www.ancestry.com

*Detail citation: Roll: M432_667; Page: 27; Image: 464.

*Actual text: Family, He is age 26 born OH line 18 - 21, she is age 28 b. KY

*Comments: Hard to tell if a L or a S. daughter has name Mary S.

 

*Source Citation example from RootsMagic© v 3.2.6  following Elizabeth Shown Mills, Evidence Explained   rules of citations.

 

MN State Census Records In St. Cloud, Library on St. Cloud University Campus (all), Or Minnesota Historical Society Reference Library, St. Paul, MN. Only Local Counties = St. Cloud Great River Regional Library and Stearns History Museum research library

1857

1895

1865

1905

1875

1910  Legislature did not fund this one.

1885

 

 

 

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Resource Books:

recommended by adt   Most available at Borders or Barnes and Nobles or  www.genealogical.com

Genealogy Research Process  Mark Tucker at  www.ThinkGenealogy.com   A very nice chart explaining in picture form Evidence Analysis

Quick Sheet   Evidence Analysis  Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, GASG

Evidence Explained   Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, GASG

QuickSheet  Citing Online Historical Resources  Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, GASG

Tracing Your Ancestors in Minnesota, Vol 6. Central Minnesota, compiled and edited by Wiley R. Pope, available through Park Publishing, Brooklyn Park, MN

Unpuzzling Your Past, a  Basic Guide Genealogy by Emily Anne Croom. [These have several editions]

The Genealogist's Companion & Sourcebook, by Emily Anne Croom

Plugging Into Your Past, Rick Crume

Ancestry’s Guide to Research  Case Studies in American Genealogy, by Johni Cerny & Arlene Eakle Ancestry Publishing Co, Salt Lake City, UT

The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy, by Val D. Greenwood, The Genealogical Publishing Co Inc, Baltimore MD  Version 3 is available

Last updated: 09/15/08.

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Home | Membership | History of | Meetings | Obit Index | Press Release | Getting Started | Items for Sale | Projects Queries | Contact Information

 Copyright © St. Cloud Area Genealogists,  Inc.

P.O. Box 213, St. Cloud, MN 56302-0213
For problems or questions regarding this web, contact SCAG Web Author

This site is hosted by www.rootsweb.com
Last updated: 09/16/08.