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Research in Michigan Census Records
Statewide Records that exist for Michigan are 1800 - 1810 - 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890 (fragment, see below), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940. There are Industry and Agriculture Schedules 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. The Mortality Schedules for the years 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Union Veterans Schedules for 1890
Territorial and State Censuses were taken in Michigan, although few are extant. In 1710 the French compiled the first Michigan census. This, plus numerous others through the year 1792, were basically of the Detroit area. Fort Saint Joseph had a census taken in 1780, as did Wayne County in 1796. A tax list of Wayne County in 1802 and a list of residents of Detroit in 1805 may be considered early enumerations of Michigan population.
The state census schedules for 1845, 1854, 1864, 1874, 1884, and 1894 are held by the State Archives of Michigan. Some of these are partial and/or incomplete. Prior to 1884 the state census names only the head of the household. The 1884 census, however, will identify those in each household that have married within the census year, giving the month of and the location of the marriage. There are also mortality schedules included in the 1884 and 1894 state censuses. A special Civil War Veteran Census was taken by the state in 1888.
- Michigan, State Census, 1894 (search.ancestry.com)
- Census of the state of Michigan, 1894 (search.ancestry.com)
- Census of the state of Michigan, 1904 (search.ancestry.com)
- Census of the state of Michigan, 1884 (search.ancestry.com)
- Michigan, State Census, 1894 (familysearch.org)
Michigan Census Links
- Rootsweb Michigan Census Look Ups (rootsweb.ancestry.com)
- Michigan Census Project (usgenweb.org)
- Michigan Census QuickFacts (census.gov)
- Links to Online Michigan Census Records (census-online.com)
- Michigan Census Extraction Forms (ancestry.com)
- U.S. Federal Census Guides
- United States Federal Census for Michigan (search.ancestry.com)
- Michigan Census, 1827-70 (search.ancestry.com)
- 1860 Michigan Federal Census (fold3.com) Browse the 1860 US census by state, county, and civil division. This particular census is especially helpful in researching the Civil War era and the soldiers who fought in the imminent conflict.
- 1930 Michigan Federal Census (fold3.com) The 1930 census schedules are arranged by state or territory and then by county. All 48 states are included, plus the territories of Alaska and Hawaii, as well as the District of Columbia and U.S. possessions like Puerto Rico.
- Population of Michigan, 1880, 1890 (search.ancestry.com)
- Census 2000 Data for the State of Michigan (census.gov)
- Overview of the U.S. Census (ancestry.co.uk) from The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy.
- Michigan Census Books (amazon.com)
