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1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses - Catalog of NARA Microfilm

From the National Archives & Records Administration.

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

From the National Archives & Records Administration.

1870 Enumeration Form

Sample picture of the form.

1870 Enumerator Instructions (to Assistant Marshals)

Ancestry.com - 1870 United States Federal Census $

Includes research tips and information about the questions asked in each census. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Ancestry.com - Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 $

This database contains U.S. federal non-population schedules from 1850-1880 for the following states: Alabama, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington Territory. Non-population schedules contained in this database include agriculture, industry/manufacturers, social statistics, and supplemental schedules. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Ancestry.com Learning Center - 1870 U.S. Census: Next Steps

Ancestry.com Wiki - 1870 U.S. Census

This article originally appeared in "Census Records" by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Matthew Wright in The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy. This wiki is a free service of Ancestry.com.

Archives.com - 1870 U.S. Federal Population Census $

40,383,357 Records. Source: National Archives, Courtesy of FamilySearch.org. 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.

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Census Questions (1870)

Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930

From the National Archives & Records Administration.

FamilySearch - FHL Catalog - United States - Census - 1870

FamilySearch - United States Census, 1870 ^FREE

Name index and images of population schedules listing inhabitants of the United States in 1870. This was the ninth census conducted since 1790.

FamilySearch Wiki - United States Census 1870

MyHeritage - 1870 United States Federal Census $

MyHeritage has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. The United State Census of 1870, conducted during June 1870, determined the population to be 38,555,983 - an increase of 22.62 percent since the 1860 Census.

United States Census Bureau - Decennial Census by Decades - 1870

US Census Headings 1870-1930 ^FREE

A chart by FamilySearch.