Quick Guide for Census Schedules

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Individual Census Records

Individual records from each decennial census are made public 72 years after the census has been taken. These records are available through the National Archives and on commercial sites such as Ancestry.com and Heritagequest.com. The local public libraries, such as Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Free Library offer state wide subscriptions to these databases. JHU owns the microfiche of the census records (known as Census Schedules) for Maryland 1790-1930.

Quick Guide to Maryland Federal Census Schedules

Listed below are the Maryland Federal Census Schedules acquired by Johns Hopkins University, Government Publications Library.

Federal Census Schedules contain the information about individuals who were counted in each Decennial Census. By law, the schedules are held in confidence for 72 years .

We own only the microfilm schedules for Maryland 1790-1930. The chart below gives the location of the microfilm and the name and location of indexing tools for the particular census.

Click on the year of the desired Census to see more details. Details include list of what you will find in the schedules, tips about using the schedules and the indexing aids.

Film #	Title	Indexing Aids	Location of Indexing Tools & Notes
M637 Md. reels 3-11 T489 Md. reels 3	First Census 1790	Heads of Families at the First Census of the U.S. (print)	Doc. Ref. HA201 1790 .H4 M3 1998 Printed index gives the same information as the film
M32 Md. reels 9-12	2nd Census 1800	Maryland 1800 Census IndexA-Z (print) and U.S. Federal Census Index Maryland 1800	Doc. Ref. F 180.M37 2000 Quarto(print) Heritage Quest Doc. Ref. F .180 .M37 1999 Quarto(print) Genealogical Services
M252 Md. reels 13-16	3rd Census 1810	U.S. Federal Census Index Maryland 1810 (print)	Doc. Ref. F 180 .M372 2000 Quarto (print)
M33 Md. reels 40-46	4th Census 1820	U.S. Federal Census Index Maryland 1820 (print)	Doc. Ref. F 180 .M372 2000 Quarto (print)
M19 Md. reels 53-58	5th Census 1830	Federal Census Index Maryland 1830 (print)	Doc. Ref. F 180 .J327 1978x Quarto (print
M704 Md. reels 53-58	6th Census 1840	Federal Census Index Maryland 1830(print)	Doc. Ref. F 180 .J327 1978x Quarto (print)
M432 Md. reels 277-299	7th Census 1850	U.S. Federal Census Index Maryland 1850(print)	Doc. Ref. F 180 .J333 Quarto (print)
M653 Md. reels 456-485	8th Census 1860	U.S. Federal Census Index Maryland 1860 Baltimore County With City of Baltimore (print)	Doc. Ref. F 187 .B2 J33 1997 Quarto (print)
M593 Md. reels 566-599	9th Census 1870	Maryland 1870 Census Index 2. vols. (print)	Doc. Ref. F 180 .M25 1999 Quarto (print) (two Vols.)
T9 Md. reels 493-518	10th Census 1880	T753 Soundex 1880 Location: reels 1-47	Microfilm Cabinet Users Guide to the Soundex Index System
T123 Md. reels 8-10	11th Census 1890	U.S. Federal Census Index Maryland 1890 Union Veterans Schedule (print)	Doc. Ref. F 180 .M376 2000 Quarto (print)
T623 Md. reels 604-630	12th Census 1900	T1050 Soundex 1900 Location: reels 1-127	Microfilm Cabinet Users Guide to the Soundex Index System
T624 Md. reels 549-570	13th Census 1910	No Soundex for Maryland	Use Geographic Method for locating your record within the census schedules.
T625 Md. reels 652-678	14th Census 1920	M1566 Soundex 1920 Film T-1566- Soundex reels 1-126	Microfilm Cabinet Users Guide to the Soundex Index System
T626 Md. reels 843-882	15th Census 1930	No Soundex 1930	Use Geographic Method for locating your record within the census schedules. Use Geographic Method to find address within Baltimore City
3449	Census Descriptions of Geographic Subdivisions and Enumeration Districts 1830-1950