LDS FAMILY SEARCH WEBSITES FOR VARIOUS CENSUSES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1850 to 1920.
As family researchers use these indexes for the United States Censuses, 1850 through 1920, please note that they are in various states of completion. Thus, do not assume, if, in a census not fully listed, that an individual or individuals does not appear. Also, for novice researchers, frequently, if you can not find a person or family in a census, the handwriting of the census taker may be unreadable for the scanner or the record is damaged and needs to be read either directly on the microfilm or in the original. Also, as of January 2010, neither the Census of 1910 or 1930 is yet available on a LDS Family Search site. It is wise to use the indexes and double check your searches, especially if there seems to be a void, on either HeritageQuest and/or Ancestry at your local library.
One other technique for identifying the physical location of a family in the various censuses is to record twenty heads of households, whole families if you are highly motivated, on either side of your family. Historically, census takers walked down the road and street. Thus, when you find your family in a specific place, the families listed before and after their name, in the census, are usually neighbors. This information helps track the moves by your family within the county and identify people when their are visual difficulties in reading a census.
Good hunting!
CENSUS SEARCH WEBSITES:
United States Census of 1850
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1401638;p=collectionDetails
United States Census of 1850 (Mortality Schedule)
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1420441;p=collectionDetails
United States Census of 1850 (Slave Schedule)
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1420440;p=collectionDetails
United States Census of 1860
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1473181;p=collectionDetails
United States Census of 1870
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1438024;p=collectionDetails
United States Census of 1880
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1417683;p=collectionDetails
United States Census of 1900
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1325221;p=collectionDetails
United States Census of 1920
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1488411;p=collectionDetails
United States Census of 1930
http://www.archive.org/details/1930_census
[The U. S. Census of 1930 for all States in the Union]
http://www.archive.org/stream/15thcensus1708unit#page/n957/mode/2up
[page n957 begins Nash County - Part I . Volume 77]
Nash Townships in order for reading: Baileys (n957) and Coopers (n1049); Coopers ends on page n1111.
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U. S. Census of 1930 – Nash County, NC – Part II. Volume 78]
Nash Townships, in Part II, with pages listed in consecutive order, are: Dry Wells (n3); Griffins (n99); Jackson (n199); Mannings (n249); Nashville (n349); North Whitakers (n449); Oak Level (n499); Red Oak (n549); Rocky Mount (n649); South Whitakers (n869); and Stony Creek (n899). The Nash County 1930 Census ends on page n957.
http://www.archive.org/stream/15thcensus1709unit#page/n1/mode/2up
POSTED CENSUS ABSTRACTS OF UNITED STATES CENSUSES FOR NASH COUNTY, NC:
Census of 1850 [Alphabetized by Surnames with Basic Information]
http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usge nweb/census/nc/nash/1850/
Index 1 – Surnames – Letters A to BY
Index 2 - Surnames – Letters CA to FU
Index 3 - Surnames – Letters GA to KN
Index 4 - Surnames – Letters LA to PU
Index 5 – Surnames – Letters RA to VI
Index 6 - Surnames – Letters WA to YO
Census of 1880 (another entry site for the Census of 1880)
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp
