Federal census records

When the first Federal Census was taken in 1790, Michigan was still under British rule. At the time of the second census in 1800, Michigan was part of the Northwest Territory and those schedules have been lost. Census records for only two of the four districts existing at the time of the 1810 census have survived: those for Detroit and Michilimackinac, but both are incomplete.

The 1820 census counted residents in seven counties, including two that were later to become part of Wisconsin Territory: Brown and Crawford. The 1830 census enumerated residents in 16 counties, including three that were later to become part of Wisconsin Territory: Brown, Crawford and Iowa. Residents in 32 counties were counted in the 1840 census, and residents in 43 counties were enumberated in the 1850 census. Sixty-two Michigan counties were represented in the 1860 census, 71 in 1870, 77 in 1880, and the 83 current counties in the 1900 and later censuses.

Census records are available on microfilm, on CD, in print, and online.

• 1820 census <www.members.tripod.com/~tfred/1820ind.html>
• 1830 census <www.rootsweb.com/~mikent/census/1830/>
• 1870 census <envoy.libofmich.lib.mi.us/1870_census/>
• Census Online <www.census-online.com/links/MI/>
• The USGenWeb Census Project: Michigan <www.rootsweb.com/~census/states/michigan/>

A companion site for the book Michigan Genealogy.
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