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• 1940 Census-California | FamilySearch.org ^FREE

• AccessGenealogy - California Census Records

  Census links for online census research.

• African-American Census Schedules Online | California

• Ancestry.com - Search Census and Voter Lists

  US, UK, and Canadian census records. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

  • California Census & Voter Lists

  • California Census, 1790-1890

    AIS indexes. Original source: Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. California Census, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Original data: Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.

  • California Spanish Mission Censuses, 1796-1798

    Original source: Spanish Mission Census, 1796-1798. California State Archives. 1 roll.

• Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Census Collection

  Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription.

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  • 1910

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  • 1930

• Archives.com - Search For California Census Records $

  Use Archives.com with a FREE 7-day membership and search over 2.1 billion records. Pay-for-use after the seven day free trial.

• Census Online - Links to Online Census Data - California

• Census Project (USGenWeb) - California

  This site lists where volunteers are needed for transcription. The state pages give both links where there are censuses that need to be transcribed and links to completed transcriptions.

• Free Census Project (USGenWeb) - California Online Inventory

  Lists the completed transcriptions currently online, updated weekly. Copies of these transcriptions are placed in the USGenWeb Archives.

• Historical Census Populations of Places, Towns and Cities in California, 1850-1990

• National Archives & Records Administration

  • The Federal Population Censuses - Catalogs of NARA Microfilm

    • 1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Online Version

    • 1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Paper Version

    • 1900 Federal Population Census Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Paper Version

    • 1900 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Online Version

    • 1910 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Online Version

    • 1910 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Paper Version

    • 1920 Federal Population Census Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Paper Version

    • 1920 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Online Version

    • 1930 Census Microfilm Locator

      Provides the researcher with the correct microfilm roll number to search. It is not an online index of names and does not contain scanned images of the original records.

    • 1930 Federal Population Census Catalog of NARA Microfilm - Paper Version

• National Archives - Browse the 1940 Census - California ^FREE

• The USGenWeb Census Project - California County Index

  The US census data on this site was transcribed and proofread by USGenWeb Census Project volunteers.

• The USGenWeb Census Project On-Line Census Inventory - California

  State-by-state inventory of transcribed censuses with links to scanned images.

• USGenWeb Archives - Census Images - California