United States Census Internet Availability

 

Census Year

Ancestry.com

Genealogy.com

HeritageQuest

FamilySearch.org

Census4all.com

1930

ENI

 

Partial HOH

 

 

1920

HOH

 

HOH

 

 

1910

 

HOH

HOH

 

ENI for VT/RI/NH

1900

 

HOH

HOH

 

 

1890

Destroyed by fire

1880

ENI

 

 

ENI

 

1870

Partial ENI
AIS for remainder

HOH

HOH

 

 

1860

Partial HOH
AIS for remainder

HOH

HOH

 

 

1850

HOH

 

 

 

 

1840

HOH

 

 

 

 

1830

HOH

 

 

 

 

1820

HOH

HOH

HOH

 

 

1810

HOH

HOH

HOH

 

 

1800

HOH

HOH

HOH

 

 

1790

HOH

HOH

HOH

 

 

 

AIS=Accelerated Indexing Systems—a head of household index

ENI= Every-name index

HOH= Head of household index

 

Ancestry.com requires a paid subscription to the census.  It is also available free at Family History Centers.

Genealogy.com requires a paid subscription.  There is no way to access Genealogy.com for free.

HeritageQuest.com sells subscriptions to libraries.  You must access this service through a library that subscribes to Heritage Quest.  Brigham Young University subscribes to this service so HeritageQuest is free to all current Brigham Young University students.

The index on FamilySearch.org is free to everyone.  To view the images of the 1880 Census, you must have a subscription to the census on Ancestry.com or you must be an LDS church member signed into familysearch.org with your church membership number and confirmation date.

Census4all.com has head of household indexes for several states.  The indexes are available to the general public.  You must purchase the images.

© August 2003 Jeffrey Wilde