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1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses - Catalog of NARA Microfilm

From the National Archives & Records Administration.

1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Online Version

From the National Archives & Records Administration.

Ancestry.com - 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules $

Includes research tips and information about the questions asked in each census. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Ancestry.com - 1850 United States Federal Census $

Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and digitized images available with fee-based subscription.

Ancestry.com - Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 $

This database contains U.S. federal non-population schedules from 1850-1880 for the following states: Alabama, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington Territory. Non-population schedules contained in this database include agriculture, industry/manufacturers, social statistics, and supplemental schedules. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Ancestry.com Learning Center - 1850 U.S. Census: Next Steps

Ancestry.com Wiki - 1850 U.S. Census

This article originally appeared in "Census Records" by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Matthew Wright in The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy. This wiki is a free service of Ancestry.com.

Archives.com - 1850 U.S. Federal Population Census $

20,563,954 Records. Source: National Archives, Courtesy of FamilySearch.org. Use Archives.com with a FREE 7-day membership and search over 2.1 billion records. Pay-for-use after the seven day free trial.

Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930

From the National Archives & Records Administration.

FamilySearch - FHL Catalog - United States - Census - 1850

FamilySearch - United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850 ^FREE

FamilySearch - United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ^FREE

FamilySearch - United States Census, 1850 ^FREE

Name index and images of population schedules listing inhabitants of the United States in 1850. This was the seventh census conducted since 1790. Searchable data and browse are available for all states and territories.

FamilySearch Wiki - United States Census 1850

IPUMS USA | 1850 Enumerator Instructions (to Marshals and Assistant Marshals)

IPUMS USA | Census Questions (1850)

MyHeritage - 1850 United States Federal Census $

MyHeritage has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. The United States Census of 1850, conducted on June 1, 1850, determined the resident population of the United States to be 23,191,876 - an increase of 35.9 percent over the 1840 Census. The total population included 3,204,313 slaves.

United States Census Bureau - Decennial Census by Decades - 1850

US Census Headings 1790-1860 ^FREE

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