Essential Skills for New Genealogists 3 of 12: U.S. Census Records from 1790-1950 and Beyond

Dave Mc Donald
Free

Background on census creation; constitutionally-mandated headcount; pre-1820 tables and their use; 1830 & 1840, with the slave schedules; 1850-70, including the mortality schedules; 1880, and relationships to heads of household; 1890 and its destruction; 1900-1910, with special questions; 1920-1950 with their special characteristics (1920: date; 1940, informant’s identity, etc.).

Fri, June 5 2026: 18:00 UTC

About the speaker

About the speaker

Dr. David Mc Donald, The Preacher Genealogist, has been an active genealogist for nearly 50 years. He took his first client as a sophomore in high school, and taught his first classes in genealogy as a teen. Dave’s lectured nationally and in
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