This is a category for resources and links to learn more about the historical census.
Link to Census Bureau’s History Website
This document intends to help transcribers read cursive
This is a list of historical census information by Parish provided by the United States Census Bureau.
Get started adding the 1880 Census
This is a quick tutorial about entering the 1880 Census into History Forge. Links to access the historical census (Family Search) and the City Directories (Heritage Quest via the New Orleans Public Library.
Your guide to everything you need to know to enter records from the 1880 Census into HistoryForge.
Use this checklist to quickly review the census records you entered.
An official list of potential illnesses from the 1880 Census created by IPUMS USA, University of Minnesota, www.ipums.org.
Important for all transcribers-please read our HistoryForge transcription conventions here.
In depths look at the history of the 1880 Census
Here is a list of places of birth enumerated in our project area so far from the 1880 Census.
This is a quick tutorial about entering the 1900 Census into History Forge. Links to access the historical census (Family Search) and the City Directories (Heritage Quest via the New Orleans Public Library.
Your guide for adding records from the 1900 census into HistoryForge
Use this checklist to quickly review the census records you entered.
Important for all transcribers-please read our HistoryForge transcription conventions here.
An in-depth look to the history of the 1900 Census
List of citations
Map citations