Allen County, Indiana Genealogy

Indiana Territory

Indiana Territory was established from the Old Northwest Territory in 1800. Michigan Territory was separated in 1805 and Illinois Territory in 1809. Indiana Counties: Knox County formed in 1790, Clark County in 1801 and Dearborn County in 1803. In 1806 the General Assembly of the Indiana Territory passed a resolution to enable the Governor of this territory, for equal representation to the general assembly. The sheriffs of the counties of Dearborn, Clark, Knox and Randolph (Illinois). Take a list of all the free males 21 years and older, and return the list to the secretary of the state on or before the June 1st 1807. There are no known copies of the Clark County census taken in 1806; there are copies of the voters list for this county for the same year. Dearborn County included an area from Fort Recovery, Ohio southwest to Madison,Indiana, including all or part of current Wayne, Franklin, Union, Fayette, Dearborn, Ohio, Rush and Switzerland Counties. There is a 57 page book: Census of Indiana Territory for 1807 at the Allen County Public Library. See 1807 Indiana Territory Census list of names by Karen Creamer, Census Schedule 1807 by John Minneman, 1807 Dearborn Co, Indiana Territory Census Schedule at INGenWeb and 1807 Knox County Census of Indiana Territory at GenealogyTrails.com.

On August 29, 1814, the Indiana Territorial Legislature adopted a resolution requiring a census of the "free inhabitants" of the territory, which excluded Native Americans and enslaved African Americans. In 1812, the U.S. Congress recommended that the territory's population be at least 35,000 as a qualification for statehood. The census, completed in 1815, enumerated the population of Indiana at 63,897. Learn more about Indiana's road to Indiana Statehoodon IN.govcopied August 29, 2017 with census image from Indiana Historical Bureau on Facebook.

December 11, 1816, James Madison the 4th President of the United States admitted Indiana as the 19th state of the union, so the earliest federal census will be the 1807 Territorial Census currently found on Ancestry.com by subscription. The Indiana Bicentennial and Indiana Bicentennial - Allen County on Facebook were formed for the bicentennial. More bicentennial information can be found on our Indiana Bicentennial page.

Allen County, Indiana was organized December 17, 1823 from Delaware and Randolph counties; and officially formed as a county April 1, 1824, so there are no Federal Census records for Allen County, Indiana before 1830. Allen County residents might be found in either Delaware or Randolph County in the 1820 Federal Census.

Census Information

1. The first census? Population count from 1780's discovered in an old ledger by Frederick Wertz published June 5, 2016 on FindMyPast.com.
2. Over 670 rolls of microfilm of Indian Census of the United States - 1885-1940 from The Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana are at the Internet Archive.
3. Census Academy webinars at Census.gov.
4. Census Instructions for each census since 1790 at the United States Census Bureau
5. The Census: Tips for using in historic research posted November 9, 2019 on the Archives of Hoosier History Live podcast on Saturdays, noon to 1 p.m. ET on WICR 88.7 FM introduction starts with: As the nation readies itself for the 2020 U.S. Census, Hoosier History Live will take a close look at how records of the previous national headcounts - there have been 23 of them in all, beginning with the first in 1790 - can be used to unearth factual information and illuminate social history, as well as inform us about other aspects of our heritage. Our exploration will highlight various challenges faced by the once-a-decade tallying of the population - most of the 1890 Census records were destroyed in a massive fire, for example - as well as the widely disparate questions that have been asked by census takers."The first five enumerations listed the number of slaves in each household, and the 1930 enumeration listed whether or not there was a radio in the household," says our guest, Indianapolis-based history researcher Sharon Butsch Freeland. Sharon regularly uses census information to delve into the history of families and old houses, as well as to investigate historical figures such as the Indianapolis-born wife of Treasure Island author Robert Louis Stevenson.
6. List of Occupations on Census.gov
7. Indiana Census 1807 - 1940 on FamilySearch Wiki - adopted by Indiana Genealogical Society has links, organized by year, to various online census records
8. 1807 Knox County Census of Indiana Territory on GenealogyTrails.com
9. Allen County, Indiana Federal Census Index - on us-census.org, shows NARA microfilm roll numbers. 1830 and 1840 are transcribed, 1850 and 1900 assigned, the rest waits for volunteers for indexing. Robert E. Lane Coordinator.
10. 137 years of Popular Science magazine is online - you can search their archive with over 225 pages mentioning census.
11. Search guide: US Census by Frederick Wertz published June 5, 2016 on FindMyPast.com.
12. US Census Information Year-by-Year for Genealogists by David A. Fryxell on FamilyTreeMagazine. Your forebears answered a surprising number of questions every 10 years. And buried in those census columns may be the key to an ancestral mystery. Copied from their Family Tree Magazine post October 7, 2022 on Facebook.
13. USGenWeb Census Project - Indiana Links - Territory in 1800, State in 1816 - Michelle Pesola Coordinator.

Genealogy Introduction—Census Records at the National Archives Dec 12, 2011 by U.S. National Archives on YouTube
Know Your Records PROGRAM: Know Your Records Program - Introduction to Genealogy (5 of 5 videos) LECTURE TITLE: Census Records by Constance Potter LECTURE DESCRIPTION: Archivist Constance Potter discusses U.S. Federal Census records from 1790 to 1930 and how they can be used for genealogical research. Census records are available in digital or microfilm form. LECTURER'S BIOGRAPHY: Constance Potter, an archivist at the National Archives in Washington, DC, specializes in federal records of interest to genealogists. She worked on the release of the 1920 and 1930 censuses. She is the editor for "Genealogy Notes" in Prologue, the Journal of the National Archives and has written about the history of the National Archives for the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly and various topics for Prologue. Potter is a regular speaker at the Federation of Genealogical Societies, the National Genealogical Society, the National Institute on Genealogical Research as well as local genealogical groups in Virginia and Maryland. Learn more about the Know Your Records program at http://www.archives.gov/calendar/know....

Lots of good census information for each decade on Overview of the U.S. Census on Ancestry.com This article originally appeared in "Census Records" by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Matthew Wright in The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy.

From 1890 to 1940 southern Indiana was the center of the United States population from the U.S. Census Bureau Center of Population and Territorial Expansion, 1790-2010on census.gov.

The U.S. Census Bureau shows changes in Top Languages Other than English Spoken in 1980 and Changes in Relative Rank, 1990-2010 and their U.S. and World Population Clock shows the most recent national population estimates.

Non-Population Censuses

Agricultural schedule provides details about farms, number of animals and amount of crops produced. Manufacturing schedules provide details of how many people involved and what kind of machines and raw materials used. The National Archives has an intro page Nonpopulation Census Records  . The Census Bureau PDF explains what's on the agricultural schedules. Non-population schedules were not microfilmed by the National Archives, instead were kept on the state level, such as the Indiana State Archives in charge of the originals and microfilm copies given to the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis and the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne. A majority of these schedules are available on microfilm in the Genealogy Center. To locate these schedules, one can search their Microtext Catalog under the Census Records category https://www.genealogycenter.info/search_microtext.php. The Genealogy Center has most of Indiana’s schedules on microfilm, but they are not accessible online.

The Indiana State Archives has these nonpopulation censuses for Indiana:

• Agriculture: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
• Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes: 1880
• Industry/Manufacturing: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
• Social Statistics: 1850, 1860, 1870

Genealogy Gems: News from the Allen County Public Library at Fort Wayne, No. 226, December 31, 2022 at Friends of Allen County Public Library.

U.S. Census Non-Population Schedules
by Cynthia Theusch
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When doing genealogical research, one should look for ways to add more historical context for one’s ancestors. A useful and often overlooked resource is the 1850-1880 Non-Population Census Schedules, which provide detailed information about farms, factories, and other types of statistical information. These supplementary schedules include Agricultural; Manufacturing/Industrial; Social Statistics (1850-1870); Mortality; Slave (1850-1860); Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes (1880); and Business (1935).

The Genealogy Center has the Non-Population Census schedules for some states on microfilm. To access this list, go to our homepage www.genealogycenter.org, select the “Our Resources” tab and choose Free Databases, and then click on the Microtext Catalog. At this screen, click on Census Records. A box will pop-up with a display showing what schedules and years we have for specific states. Those of some, but not all, states can also be found on Ancestry by selecting “Census and Voter Lists” and then choosing the “U.S. Federal Census Collection.”

The Agricultural Schedules provide detailed information about specific farms with the number of acres of developed and undeveloped land. Other collected data include the number and type of livestock; types and amount of grain and potatoes; butchered meat; wool; milk; butter; eggs; and honey. To be included in these schedules, a farm had to be valued at $100 or more. If you are lucky enough to find an ancestor’s farm, it will provide you with a detailed statistical record of its operation.

The Manufacturing/Industrial Schedules contain the business name or the name of the proprietor, the type of business, the amount of capital investment, raw materials used (including fuel); type of power or machinery; the average number of employees; wages paid; and annual products (quantity, kinds, and value).

The Mortality Schedules cover deaths that happened during the year before the population census was taken (June 1 through May 31). They record the name of the deceased, sex, age, color, whether widowed, place of birth, month of death, profession, cause of death, number of days he/she was ill, parents’ birthplaces (added in 1870), and the place where disease was contracted and how long the deceased lived in the area (added in 1880). The 1870 and 1880 schedules also include the family dwelling number from the population schedule (this connection presents possible new family members that were unknown from the population schedule).

Because Indiana’s Agricultural and Manufacturing schedules are not available on Ancestry or FamilySearch, researchers may wish to use those on microfilm here in the Genealogy Center. In addition, the Center has three book indexes for Indiana’s mortality schedules. Two sets cover the 1850 schedule. The 1850 Indiana Mortality Schedule (9772.2 V88E, v1-v3) is a county-by-county transcript, while the other 1850 is an alphabetical index (977.2 J13im). There is also a 3-volume name index for 1850 to 1880 (977.2 In2683i).

The 1850-1870 Social Statistics contain three different schedules, but researchers have access only to one. This schedule covers data and information about county and city taxes, schools, libraries, newspapers and magazines, churches and hourly wages, with or without board.

In 1880, these schedules focus on Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes. The set contains seven schedules that cover Insane, Idiots, Deaf-Mutes, Blind, Homeless Children, Pauper and Indigent, and Prisoners. The first six tells whether the individual was living at home, living with someone else in a private home, or in a specialized home or institution.

As previously stated, Ancestry and FamilySearch have images of non-population schedules for a select number of states. Linda L. Green has compiled abstracts in book form of the Agricultural and Manufacturing schedules for additional states: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia. These volumes can be found in the Genealogy Center collection and at other research libraries. Blank forms of these schedules are available on the National Archives (NARA) website: https://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/charts-forms. NARA also provides a list of original extant schedules by state, 1820-1930, at https://www.archives.gov/research/census/nonpopulation.  For example, Indiana’s schedules include the original Agricultural, Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes (1880), Industry/Manufacturing, and the Social Statistics, all of which are located at the Indiana State Archives. The Mortality Schedules, 1850–1880, are kept at the Indiana State Library.

If you haven’t used these non-population schedules in your family research, they are worth the effort to find and review them. They offer a way of discovering new information beyond the population schedules that will help make your ancestors come alive.

Census of Agriculture

#DYK: The United States first collected data about American farms in 1820? Two centuries later, the Census of...

Posted by U.S. Census Bureau on Sunday, November 3, 2024

Sunday, November 3, 2024 post by U.S. Census Bureau on Facebook:

#DYK: The United States first collected data about American farms in 1820?

Two centuries later, the Census of #Agriculture collects #CensusData on topics like crops, livestock, farm ownership and even internet connectivity and use of renewable energy.

Learn more about the history of the Census of Agriculture: November 2024: American Agriculture and Farm Data

Allen County, Indiana has three names listed on page 181 of the original, page 558 of 572 pages in the pdf for the 1840 Census shown above in the document titled: Compendium of the Enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States. 97 year old Michael Crance was in Wayne Township, 79 year old Charles Weeks, senior in Perry Township, and 76 year old William Berry in Cedar Creek Township. Their names are found in the section starting on page 379 of 572 pages titled: Pensioner for Revolutionary and Military Services as Returned Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census, in 1840.
The 1850 Census has lots of statistics, but does not appear to have individual names. Other census years will have to be searched to see if names or only statistics are listed.

The Census of Agriculture is a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Even small plots of land - whether rural or urban - growing fruit, vegetables or some food animals count if $1,000 or more of such products were raised and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the Census year. The Census of Agriculture, taken only once every five years, looks at land use and ownership, operator characteristics, production practices, income and expenditures. For America’s farmers and ranchers, the Census of Agriculture is their voice, their future, and their opportunity. Copied from Census of Agriculture at United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service.

The Historical Census of Ag Publications has a dropdown menu with pdf's back to 1840 on the Census of Agriculture page or a seperate page: USDA Census of Agriculture Historical Archive at Cornell University which is a collaborative project between Albert R. Mann Library at Cornell University and USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). The site serves as the public archive of all historical agricultural census publications. The Census of Agriculture, taken every five years, is a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. The Census looks at land use and ownership, operator characteristics, production practices, income and expenditures, and many other areas. The first agriculture Census was taken in 1840 as part of the Sixth Decennial Census of Population. For 156 years (1840 – 1996) the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census was responsible for collecting data for the Census of Agriculture.

This information came from a November 7, 2022 post by Indiana State Data Centeron Facebook stating: From the Indiana Department of Agriculture: The Census of Agriculture is a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Even small plots of land - whether rural or urban - growing fruit, vegetables or some food animals count if $1,000 or more of such products were raised and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the Census year. The Census of Agriculture, taken only once every five years, looks at land use and ownership, operator characteristics, production practices, income and expenditures. For America’s farmers and ranchers, the Census of Agriculture is their voice, their future and their opportunity.

Census and Race

1. Why We Ask Questions About... Race at the United States Census Bureau.
2. See One-drop Rule on our African American page.

3. From 1790 to 1950, census takers determined the race of the Americans they counted, sometimes taking into account how individuals were perceived in their community or using rules based on their share of “black blood.” Americans who were of multiracial ancestry were either counted in a single race or classified into categories that mainly consisted of gradations of black and white, such as mulattoes, who were tabulated with the non-white population. Beginning in 1960, Americans could choose their own race. Since 2000, they have had the option to identify with more than one.

   Copied from Chapter 1: Race and Multiracial Americans in the U.S. Census at the Pew Research Center.

4. The varying ways in which the U.S. government has counted Americans over time offer a glimpse into the country’s past, from the days of slavery to recent waves of immigration. Racial categories, which have been included on every U.S. census since the first one in 1790, have changed from decade to decade, reflecting the politics and science of the times.

   It was not until 1960 that people could select their own race. Prior to that, an individual’s race was determined by census takers, known as enumerators. And it was not until 2000 that Americans could choose more than one race to describe themselves, allowing for an estimate of the nation’s multiracial population. In 2020, for the first time, the form asks respondents who choose white or black for their race to give more information about their origins – for example, German, Lebanese, African American or Somali.

   Copied from The changing categories the U.S. census has used to measure race at the Pew Research Center.

5. Before 1960, census-takers filled out the enumeration forms and chose the category for each American they counted. They used a detailed set of instructions from the government, key points of which are listed below. The 1960 Census was a transitional year in which census-takers chose the race for some Americans, and others self-identified from a list of categories. From 1970 to 1990, most Americans filled out their own forms and checked off a race category for themselves. Starting in 2000, they could choose more than one.

   Race and the Census: The “Negro” Controversyat the Pew Research Center.

6. A (short) history of the race question on the decennial census at The Center For Community Solutions.

7. The Pocahontas Exception

   The Pocahontas Exception Existing laws had allowed any person with one sixteenth or less of American Indian blood and no other non-caucasian blood to identify as white. This was because many prominent white Virginian families had long espoused themselves to be descendants of Pocahontas and John Rolfe. This became known as the “Pocahontas Exception,” and allowed many white families to maintain their ancestral connection to Pocahontas without nullifying their white racial identity.

   Copied from The Racial Integrity Act, 1924: An Attack on Indigenous Identity at the National Park Service

More Census Information

Democracy's Data: The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them posted September 8, 2022 by the US National Archives on YouTube
Streamed live 19 hours ago In Democracy’s Data, data historian Dan Bouk examines the U.S. Census to uncover the meaning behind the numbers. He introduces us to the men and women employed to go door to door as census takers and takes us into the halls of the Census Bureau, where hundreds of civil servants worked to divide and conquer the nation’s data. Democracy’s Data not only teaches us how to read between the lines but offers a new perspective on the relationship between representation, identity, and governance today. Joining the author in conversation will be author Maud Newton.

1. 5 Hidden Clues in the US Census by Amy Johnson Crow posted April 6, 2018 on her blog. Read about: 1. 1940 Census: The X in the Circle, 2. 1910 Census: Civil War Service, 3. 1840 Census: Military Pensioners, 4. 1880 Census: Disabilities 5. 1850-1870 Census: Agriculture and Manufacturers.
2. 1790 - 1930 Federal Census FREE online at Internet Archive scanned from our local Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. They don't have an index, but they are scrollable from beginning to end of the original microfilm so is much easier to survey neighbors and neighborhoods. Try using with the Steve Morse search tool below, FamilySearch or Ancestry.com census indexes.
3. Indiana Census, 1790-1890 Ancestry.com1790 (Northwest Territory) Federal Census Index; 1807 State Census Index; 1810 Wayne County Census Index; 1812 Census Index; 1820 Federal Census Index; 1830 Federal Census Index; 1840 Federal Census Index; 1840 Pensioners List; 1850 Federal Census Index; 1860 Federal Census Index; 1870 Federal Census Index; 1890 Veterans Schedule.
4. 1790-1940 blank Census forms - on Ancestry.com easily read what was requested on the original forms, print and fill in as needed free
5. 1790 - 1940 Federal Census Searchusing the tool Searching the US Census by Name in One Step by Steve Morse searches by name, age, parents, geographic region, etc. - subscription is needed, but will show name is in the census. See his Unified Census ED Finder for 1880 to 1950 and One-Step Webpages for searching data on other websites.
6. 1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA (National Archives Records Administration) Microfilm
7. Census History - Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses From 1790 to 2000 at United States Census Bureau
8. 2010 Federal Census numbers hover over results on a Google map
9. 10 Census Questions That Lead to More Answers - Ancestry.com
10. Charts and Forms for census and more from Rootsweb
11. Enumeration District Maps for the Twelfth through the Sixteenth US Censuses, 1900-1940 at FamilySearch.org.
12. French immigrants in Allen County, Indiana, 1850-1870 compiled from the population schedules for the 7th, 8th, and 9th, censuses of the U.S. for Allen County, Indiana (1850-1870) : names edited and indexed, call number: 977.201 AL5BA at The Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana
13. How to Find Enumeration District Maps by Lisa Louise Cookes published April 2, 2014 on Genealogy Gems blog.
14. History of Enumeration Procedures, 1790-1940 - Minnesota Population Center
15. How to Use NARA's Census Microfilm Catalogs from the The National Archives.
16. Indian Census of the United States - 1885-1940 on Internet Archive.
17. Indiana Census Records at IN.gov lists years available and format available - including the first 1807 Territorial Census in book format
18. Languages - 14 Maps That Show What Languages People Speak In The U.S. The Census Bureau maps show the areas of the United States where large concentrations of people speak a language at home other than English. August 6, 2013 on BuzzFeed.
19. Maps for U.S. Federal Census Schedules on USGenWeb
20. Names: How to Tell Someone’s Age When All You Know Is Her Name by Nate Silver and Allison McCann published May 29, 2014 on FiveEightThirty.com.
21. Names: Top 10 Baby Names by year on Social Security.com.
22. National Archives Census Resources and Links - information on every census since 1790 to the present
23. Northwest Territory at USGenWeb says no Federal census in 1790.
24. Special Census schedules are available on microfilm in the reading room at the Indiana State Archives Census Records The State Archives does not have copies of the regular Federal Census.
25. Understanding Geographic Relationships: Counties, Places, Tracts and More by Katy Rossiter posted July 31, 2014 on the United States Census Bureau blog. Geography is the basis for taking a census and tabulating census data. 
26. United States Census records at Internet Archive.
27. United States Federal Census Pathfinder - 2012 pdf lists many census resources by Michael Hiat CG
28. When the Census Taker Gets it Wrong from the FamilySearch blog published December 19, 2012.

29. March 25, 2023 post by the U.S. Census Bureau on Facebook:

    #ICYMI: More than a quarter of the U.S. population in 2021 (26.4%) had lost both parents. Among those who had ever lost a parent, 50.7% had lost their mother and 69.2% their father by age 50, according to #CensusData.

    Learn more and examine the data with our new #DataVisualization on parent mortality. ▶️

    New 2021 Data Visualization Shows Parent Mortality: 44.2% Had Lost at Least One Parent

    #AmericaCounts #family #population #COVID19

30. April 20, 2023 post by the U.S. Census Bureau on Facebook:

    New #blog: Learn about the technological advances that have made it possible to link #CensusData from 1850 to the present.

    Linking data sheds light on where and why people move, and generational changes in social class and family structure.

    https://www.census.gov/.../technology-largest-dataset-in...

31. April 27, 2023 post by US National Archives on Facebook:

    Check out our YouTube channel as National Archives Chief Operating Officer William J. Bosanko invites you to join us for the 2023 Genealogy Series starting May 3. In this video, he speaks about our 18th annual Genealogy Series and how top experts from our research facilities will discuss how to use military and civilian records in your #genealogy research! Bosako also details the billions of records the National Archives holds that can assist in genealogy research. View this series online or watch it at a later date.

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    #GenieSeries2023

32. On March 31, 1951, we signed a contract to purchase the UNIVAC I from the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation. 📄 ...

    Posted by U.S. Census Bureau on Sunday, March 31, 2024

    Sunday, March 31, 2024 post by the U.S. Census Bureau on Facebook:

    On March 31, 1951, we signed a contract to purchase the UNIVAC I from the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation.

    Following testing and a dedication ceremony, we used UNIVAC I to tabulate #data until 1963, including the 1950 Census and 1954 Economic Census. Today, it resides in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution.

    Learn more about the UNIVAC I: https://www.census.gov/.../innov.../technology/univac_i.html

    #CensusHistory #OTD #OnThisDay #OnThisDayInHistory

33. How is the population shifting in cities or towns in your state? Check out our #DataVisualization to find out. Explore the percent change in population for the 15 largest cities or towns in each state with new #CensusData from our Vintage 2023 #PopulationEstimates. 🔍 https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/population-shifting-in-cities-or-towns-2023.html #PopEstimates #DataViz

    Posted by U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday, May 16, 2024

    Thursday, May 16, 2024 post by the U.S. Census Bureau on Facebook:

    How is the population shifting in cities or towns in your state? Check out our #DataVisualization to find out.

    Explore the percent change in population for the 15 largest cities or towns in each state with new #CensusData from our Vintage 2023 #PopulationEstimates.

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34. Census History: Genealogy Age Search

    Census records are confidential for 72 years. However, #DYK you can still request your own records through our Age Search Service? Learn more: https://www.census.gov/.../census.../proof-of-age.html... #CensusHistory #CensusData

    Posted by U.S. Census Bureau on Friday, October 11, 2024

    Friday, October 11, 2024 post by the U.S. Census Bureau on Facebook:

    Census records are confidential for 72 years. However, #DYK you can still request your own records through our Age Search Service?

    Learn more: Your Personal Census Record