1870 U.S. Federal Census

State Records in 1870:

Alabama Arizona Terr. Arkansas California Colorado Terr. Connecticut Dakota Terr. Delaware Dist. of Columbia Florida Georgia Idaho Terr. Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas

Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Terr. Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Terr. New York

North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Terr. Vermont Virginia Washington Terr. West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Terr.

1870 U.S. Federal Census Records
The 1870 census form called for dwelling houses to be numbered in the order of visitation; families numbered in order of visitation; and the name of every person whose place of abode on the first day of June 1870 was with the family. The census further asked the age of each individual at the last birthday. If a child was under one year of age, months of age were to be stated in fractions, such as 1/12. Additionally, the census asked the sex, color, profession, and occupation or trade of every male and female. There were also columns for disclosure of value of real estate and personal property. The 1870 census asked for the place of birth, specifically in which state or territory of the United States, or in which country if foreign born (including the province if born in Germany). The schedule provided space to indicate whether or not the father and the mother of the individual was foreign born, and if an individual was born or married within the year, the month in which the event occurred was to be entered.