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The 1810 census was begun on 6 August 1810. The count was due
within nine months, but the due date was extended by law to ten
months.
- Name of family head
- Number of free white males and females in age categories: 0
to 10, 10 to 16, 16 to 26, 26 to 45, 45 and older
- Number of other free persons except Indians not taxed
- Number of slaves
- Town or district
- County of residence
The 1810 census records are useful in identifying the locality to be searched
for other types of records for a named individual. The 1810 census will,
in most cases, help distinguish the target family from others of the same
name; help to determine family size; locate possible relatives with the same
name; identify immediate neighbors who may be related; identify slaveholders;
and spot spelling variations of surnames. Free men “of color” are
named as heads of household. Slaves appear in age groupings by name of owner.
By combining those age groupings with probate inventories and tax list data,
it is sometimes possible to determine names of other family members and the
birth order of those individuals. Manufacturing schedules are scattered among
the 1810 population schedules.
The information above is an excerpt from The Source: A Guidebook
of American Genealogy , edited by Loretto D. Szucs and Sandra H.
Luebking, Chapter 5, “Research in Census Records,” by
Loretto D. Szucs (page 112).
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