Census records.

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Census records.

This record describes the records found in the Census Record category. This is one of the eighteen major circuit court records groups.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6736202

Library of Virginia

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Virginia. Circuit Court.

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The census records group encompasses a small group of federal records created to enumerate population. The census was taken every ten years beginning in 1790. Most of the earliest ones for Virginia were destroyed by fire, only a few counties surviving for 1800 and eighteen counties missing for 1810. The types of information listed in these records varies -- the head of the household being the only named individual until 1850. Prior to that date, members of a household are numerically listed by a...