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Census Records at the Berkshire Athenaeum
By Kathleen
M. Reilly, Supervisor Local History & Genealogy Department
Federal Census Records
If you have research needs involving the U.S. Census, your
best bet for ‘one-stop-shopping’ is the National Archives. However, for evening
and Saturday excursions into the Census there is much available at the Local
History & Genealogy Department of the Berkshire Athenaeum, where the following
U.S. Federal Census Records can be found:
1790 All 13 original states (in book form)
1800-1920 All Berkshire County, MA, Census
PLUS:
1800 MA Barnstable, Bristol & Hampshire counties
1810 MA Barnstable, Bristol & Hampshire counties
1820 MA Franklin, Hampshire, Hampden & Plymouth counties
1830 MA Franklin, Dukes, Hampshire, Hampden, Nantucket,
Plymouth, Worcester (part), Suffolk (part)
1840 MA Franklin, Hampshire & Hampden counties
1850 MA Franklin, Hampshire & Hampden c ounties
NY Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Dutchess, Essex, Greene,
Jefferson, Montgomery, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Warren, Washington,
Schenectady, Schoharie & Ulster counties
OH Ashtabulah & Portage counties
VT Addison, Bennington, Caledonia, Chittenden, Essex,
Franklin, Grande Isle, Lamoille, Orleans, Orange, Rutland, Washington, Windham
& Windsor counties
1860 MA Franklin county
NY Albany, Columbia & Rensselaer counties
VT Bennington, Rutland & Windham counties
1870 NY Albany county
1880 MA Soundex for all of Massachusetts; Barnstable,
Bristol (part) counties
NY Albany county
1890 MA Census of Civil War Veterans and Widows for all of
Massachusetts
1900 MA Soundex for all of Massachusetts; Barnstable,
Essex, Franklin, Hampden counties
VT Addison, Bennington, Orleans & Rutland counties
1910 MA Barnstable, Dukes (part), Franklin & Hampden
counties
1920 MA Barnstable county, Bristol county (part)
For the years 1850, 1860 and 1870, the Athenaeum has
microfilm of the original Berkshire County Census Books for most towns. These
particular books include the Agricultural, Industrial and Mortality Schedules as
they were originally recorded. Also available is the AISI Census Search. These
micro-fiche indexes are divided into nine sets, each set called a “Search”. The
nine Searches cover the time period from 1608-1906, however the bulk of the
records covered date from 1790 to 1850. This source is particularly helpful in
tracking those pesky ancestors who keep moving around without leaving a
forwarding address!
Census Indexes on CD-Rom
MA 1860, 1870
CT 1860
VT 1860
NY 1810, 1840, 1850, 1860
Mortality Schedules 1850-1880
New England 1810, 1840, 1850 & 1900
Northeast 1820-1829
Mid-Atlantic 1840
Mid-Atlantic, South & Midwest 1810 - 1819
Great Lakes, South, Mid-Atlantic 1791-1809
PA, DE & NJ 1850, 1860
In addition to these Federal Census Records, the Athenaeum
also offers access to Census Records you may not find at the Archives. These
include:
1771 Massachusetts Tax Evaluation List (functions as a list
of property owners for some towns in Massachusetts in that year)
1798 Massachusetts & Maine Direct Tax Census
1855 Massachusetts State Census (entire state, partially
indexed)
1865 Massachusetts State Census (entire state, partially
indexed)
1855, 1865, 1875, 1892, 1905, 1915, 1925 -
New York State Census for Albany County
And Coming Soon . .
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Early in 2001 the Athenaeum, having entered into an agreement
with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, will begin accepting
orders for the loan of microfilm from their holdings of over 2 million reels.
Through this program, which will operate in the same manner as the service
currently provided through the Mormon Family History Centers, Census materials
from all over the world, (as well as many other types of records) will become
available right here in Pittsfield. More specific details of this new offering
will be available at the Athenaeum by early February.
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Berkshire
Athenaeum, Local History & Genealogy Department
1 Wendell Avenue
Pittsfield, MA 01201
413-499-9486
Open: Monday -
Thursday, 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Friday, 9:00 am -
5:00 pm
Saturday, 10:00 am -
5:00 pm
http://www.berkshire.net/PittsfieldLibrary/
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