General Resource Sites

• Family Tree Connection - Tax Records 
  Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.
• Genealogy.com: Finding Residences with Tax Records 
• Genealogy.com: Former Residences - Finding Minimum Information for Tax Records 
• Income Tax Records of the Civil War Years 
  Article by Cynthia G. Fox.
• Public Records Online 
  Links to Tax Assessors' and Recorders' office information on the Internet arranged by state and county.
• Tax History Project 
  Exploring the history of American taxation.
  • Presidental Tax Returns 
  • Tax History Museum 

Libraries, Archives & Museums

• National Archives of Scotland Fact Sheets - Customs & Excise 
• National Archives of Scotland Fact Sheets - Taxation Records 
• The National Archives | The Catalogue | Research Guides: A to Z  ~ U.K.
  • Civil Servants Personnel Records 
  • Customs and Excise Officials and Tax Collectors 
  • The Hearth Tax 1662-1689 
  • Taxation Records Before 1689 
  • Tithe Records 

Locality Specific

• 1660 Poll Tax  ~ St. Austell Parish, Cornwall, U.K.
• 1759 Rowan County Tax List  ~ North Carolina
• 1780 Montgomery County Tax List  ~ North Carolina
• 1786 Taxables Located in Captain Krous' District, Surry County (Present-Day Forsyth)  ~ North Carolina
• 1786 Taxables Located in Captain Atkins' District, Surry County   ~ North Carolina
  Located in southern region of present-day Surry, along the Yadkin River.
• Wood County, WV Genealogy Tax Lists  ~ West Virginia
• 1815 Taxables - Cumberland County, NC 
• The 1864 Luxury Tax on Photographs 
• 1905 Personal Property Tax List  ~ Clay County, Minnesota
• An Abstract Of An Act For Granting To His Majesty A Duty On Certificates Issued For Using Hair Powder 
  Description of the hair powder tax from "The Register of the Times", 1795.
• Assessment of 1783 Anne Arundel County  ~ Maryland
  From Maryland State Archives.
• The Assessors Roll of Crown Point - 1818  ~ Essex County, New York
• The Assessor's Roll of Crown Point - 1835  ~ Essex County, New York
• The Assessors Roll of Crown Point - 1872  ~ Essex County, New York
• The British Academy Hearth Tax Project 
  From Roehampton University of Surrey.
  • The History of the Hearth Tax 1662-1689 
  • The British Record Society: Hearth Tax Volumes 
• Buffalo Tax Roll of 1800  ~ Erie County, New York
• Census INDEX 1791 Cumberland County (POLL TAX)  ~ Nova Scotia, Canada
• City of Toronto Tax Assessment Transcription Project  ~ Ontario, Canada
  Substitute for missing 1852 census for Toronto. Complete transcription of the 1853 City of Toronto Tax Assessment Rolls listing all occupants over the age of 21 and all owners of land in Toronto. You can view the original images of the assessment online. Part of an onging project by the Ontario Genealogical Society, Toronto Branch.
• Dauphin County Tax Lists  ~ Pennsylvania
• Digitalarkivet - Tax Lists  ~ Norway
  Searchable online databases.
• Dorset Poll Book 1807  ~ England
• Early Tax Lists At The Tennessee State Library And Archives 
• Fredericksburg Personal Property Tax List 1798  ~ Virginia
• Fredericksburg Personal Property Tax List 1813  ~ Virginia
• Fredericksburg Personal Property Tax List 1815  ~ Virginia
• Greene County, Tennessee 1783 Tax List 
• Greene County, TN, Early Tax Lists 
• Georgia Tax Records FAQ 
  From the Georgia Archives.
• The Hampshire Hearth Tax Assessment 1665  ~ Longparish, Hampshire, England
• The Hearth Tax (1662-1666, 1669-1674) 
• The Hearth Tax For Ayrshire 1691  ~ Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Henderson County Tax Roll 1799  ~ Kentucky
• HM Customs & Excise National Museum 
  The museum at Merseyside, England has an associated library which includes resources of interest to the family historian researching their excise officer or customs official ancestors.
• Houston, Texas Tax List, September, 1839 
  From the Houston Morning Star Newspaper.
• Kanawha County Tax Lists  ~ West Virginia
• Lawrence County Kentucky 1823 Taxlist 
  Online transcription.
• List of Montgomery County Tax Payers in 1779  ~ North Carolina
• A List of Taxable Persons & Estates for the Year 1777 in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County, DE 
• Logan County Inheritance Tax Records 1913 - 1942  ~ Colorado
  The following index was compiled from the official record of Inheritance Tax records filed in the Logan County, County Court during these years. The information contained in the record generally shows the name of the estate, date of filing, case number, name of the deceased, date of death, a description of real and personal property, value of the estate, tax liability due and names of next of kin.
• Louisa County Tax List  ~ Iowa
• Maryland State Archives Tax Lists 
• Moffat County Inheritance Tax Record 1920 -1943  ~ Colorado
  By Connie & Jesse Ryan, Colorado State Archives Volunteers.
• New Kent Co. Land Tax - 1782  ~ Virginia
• Poll Tax Rolls – 1791-1793  ~ Nova Scotia
• Saline County, Arkansas Tax Records 
  Including poll tax lists for 1907, 1911, 1926.
• Southern Township 1891 Tax Collectors Book Williamson County, IL Township 10 South, Range 2 
• Stamford Grand Lists 
  Taxation in Stamford, CT from 1441 to the Code of 1821.
• Sumner County Tax Records and Other Lists  ~ Tennessee
• Tax Lists for Belmont County, Ohio 
• Tax Lists of Perquimans County, North Carolina 
  1702 poll tax, 1713 poll tax & estate tax, 1718/1719 poll tax & land tax, 1754 poll tax, Corn lists ca. 1715, 1772 poll tax, 1787 property tax.
• Tax Lists: 1734 Philadelphia County Taxables: Berks County Portion  ~ Pennsylvania
• Tax Lists: 1753 Assessment List - Heidelberg Township, Lancaster County  ~ Pennsylvania
• The Taxatio Database 
  Searchable online database contains the valuation, plus related details, of the English and Welsh parish churches and prebends listed in the ecclesiastical taxation assessment of 1291-2.
• Texas County Tax Rolls 
  Information on how to order these records on microfilm.
• Various Census Indexes For Clermont County, Ohio 
  Tax lists and census indexes.

Publications, Software & Supplies

• Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore 
  A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.

• Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Taxes 
  The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
  • The Hearth Tax, Other Later Stuart Tax Lists, and the Association Oath Rolls  ~ U.K.
    A book by Jeremy Gibson.
  • Poll Books C. 1696-1872 
    A book by Jeremy Gibson.
  • Poll Books c. 1696-1872 A Directory of Holdings in Great Britain 3rd Edition 
    A book by Jeremy Sumner Wycherley Gibson, Colin D. Rogers.
• The Beginner's Guide to Using Tax Lists 
  A book by Cornelius Carroll. For sale from Genealogical Publishing Company.

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