U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index

This database contains the following mortality schedules: Alabama 1850, Alabama 1860, Arkansas 1850, Arkansas 1860, Arkansas 1870, Arizona 1860, Arizona 1880, California 1850, Colorado 1870, Colorado 1880, Connecticut 1850, Connecticut 1860, Connecticut 1870, District of Columbia 1860, District of Columbia 1870, District of Columbia 1880, Delaware 1850, Delaware 1860, Delaware 1870, Delaware 1880, Dakota Territory 1860, Dakota Territory 1880, Florida 1850, Florida 1860, Florida 1870, Florida 1880, Georgia 1850, Georgia 1860, Iowa 1850, Idaho 1870, Idaho 1880, Illinois 1850, Indiana 1850, Indiana 1860, Kansas 1860, Kansas 1870, Kansas 1880, Kentucky 1850, Kentucky 1860, Louisiana 1850, Louisiana 1860, Michigan 1850, Minnesota 1850, Minnesota 1870, Missouri 1860, Mississippi 1850, Mississippi 1860, Mississippi 1870, Mississippi 1880, Montana 1870, Montana 1880, North Carolina 1850, North Dakota 1870, North Dakota 1880, Nebraska 1860, Nebraska 1870, Nebraska 1880, New Hampshire 1850, New Jersey 1850, Nevada 1860, Nevada 1870, Nevada 1880, Ohio 1850, Oregon 1850, Oregon 1860, Oregon 1870, Oregon 1880, Pennsylvania 1850, Pennsylvania 1860, Pennsylvania 1870, Pennsylvania 1880, South Carolina 1850, South Carolina 1860, South Dakota 1860, South Dakota 1870, South Dakota 1880, South Dakota 1885, Tennessee 1850, Tennessee 1860, Texas 1850, Texas 1860, Texas 1870, Utah 1850, Utah 1860, Utah 1870, Utah 1880, Virginia 1850, Vermont 1850, Vermont 1860, Vermont 1870, Washington 1850, Washington 1860, Washington 1870, Washington 1880, Wisconsin 1850, West Virginia 1850, West Virginia 1860, West Virginia 1870, West Virginia 1880, Wyoming 1870, Wyoming 1880.

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Included in the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses were questions regarding those who died in the twelve months prior to the enumeration. They list persons who died between 1 June and 31 May of the year prior to the census. Even though these lists of deaths are widely believed to underreport actual numbers of deceased, this is still a valuable source of information. In many states where vital records were not kept it provides a nation-wide death register for five years between 1849 and 1880. The schedule lists the deceased name, sex, age, color, widowed or not, place of birth, month of death, occupation, and cause of death. In 1870 the parents' birthplace was added.