Walker County Alabama Census Walker County Alabama Census
When making a request for a census 'Look up' from 1900-1930, it must either be able to be found in an index or you need to know approximately where in the county they were located. (ie: "Bartonville")
Alabama was settled prior to and/or became a territory, 3 March 1817. It was admitted as a state, 14 Dec 1819. AL was actually a Territory for two years. Prior to this time it was part of the Georgia Territory/State (most of the upper half of the state) and was also part of the Mississippi Territory.
Georgia became a state, 2 Jan 1788, Mississippi became a state, 10 Dec 1817.
There was a census taken for Alabama for the years of 1790 and also 1800 by the "parent" territory. States with an asterisk, that part of the census and/or all of the census for the years of 1810 and 1820 are missing, which refers to the Federal Census.
The State/Territorial Census was not taken in all areas/counties of the state. To be noted also are the continual changing county lines, where applicable.
It list the years of the Federal Mortality Census as:
1850 - 1860 - 1870 - 1880
It was not taken in all areas/counties, but does not state which ones were not included. The same holds true for the State Census as well as the Territorial Census.
Any census available for the state is located at the Alabama Archives in Montgomery, if available. The census that was taken for the Agricultural/Manufacturing census are also located in research departments of the larger libraries in some counties.
I hope this helps some of you who have had inquiries in regard to the State Census, and also the Mortality Schedules.
In order to research a census accurately it is helpful to have a reference book or working knowledge of the changing of the Alabama county lines as well as other states. The following books have proven to be helpful:
Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920 by William Thorndale and
William Dollarhide; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1001 N. Calvert St.,
Baltimore, MD 21202; Copyright 1987
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 87-80143
International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-8063-1188-6
Anyone wanting to volunteer for "look ups" would be greatly appreciated. Also, anyone who would like to either do look-ups or to furnish information or photos and biographies can contact Betty T Miller, your host:
The USGENWEB provides various Census records when they are made available.
