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Search Census Records Online and Other Resources. Federal Census records have been digitized by several of NARA's partners, and will eventually be available as well through the National Archives Catalog. Click on a Census year to start your search.
Online subscription services are available to access the 1790–1950 census records. Many public libraries provide access to these services free of charge to their patrons. Contact your local library to inquire if it has subscribed to one of these services. Learn how to search for Census Records online through the U.S. National Archives.
Census records can provide the building blocks of your research. The first Federal Population Census was taken in 1790, and has been taken every ten years since. Because of a 72-year restriction on access to the Census, the most recent year available is 1950.
United States census records up to 1950 are available for free on FamilySearch.org, and the collections are fully indexed. Every time you do a general records search for one of your ancestors, FamilySearch will search through all the federal censuses from 1790 to 1950, many of the indexed state collections, and other helpful records as well!
United States Censuses 1850-1920—Free Internet census indexes and images to the 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930; 1940 can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search. These indexes show every name listed on the census and include information about each person’s residence, age, birthplace, occupation, other family ...
Search online for publicly-released census records by year and ancestor’s name. Order copies from NARA of publicly-released census records (under Genealogical or Family History records). In addition, online subscription services are available to access the 1790–1950 census records.
Search for your ancestors in birth certificates, marriage registrations, census records, and other documents.
View digitized Census Records online through one of our partners, ancestry.com or familysearch.org. (Familysearch.org is free-of-charge. Ancestry.com is available free-of-charge at the National Archives facilities nationwide and through many libraries, otherwise by subscription.)