Title: United States. Bureau of the Census: United States Census Schedules for Wisconsin
Inclusive Dates: 1850-1880

Creator:

• United States. Bureau of the Census

Call Number: Series 1675; Series 1676; Series 1677; Series 1678

Quantity: 56.6 cubic feet (321 volumes) and 41 reels of microfilm (35 mm)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

See the catalog entries for information on possible additional materials and shelf locations: Series 1675, Series 1676, Series 1677, Series 1678

Abstract:

Schedules for the seventh through tenth census (1850, 1860, 1870, 1880) including agriculture, mortality, products of industry, social statistics schedules, and population schedules for 1850, 1860, and 1870.

Note:

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Language: English

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Schedules include agricultural schedules showing names of farm operators and land, crop, and livestock statistics; mortality schedules showing names of persons who died during the census year with causes of death; products of industry schedules showing statistics on manufactured products; and social statistics schedules showing schools, churches, libraries, and other institutions in each county.

Schedules for the tenth census (1880) also include population schedules listing the name of each person in the household, personal description, occupation, health, education and nativity; manufacturing schedules showing manufacturers and labor, operation, material, and product statistics; and a supplemental schedule of defective, dependent, and delinquent classes listing the insane, idiots, deaf mutes, blind, homeless children, prisoners, and paupers and indigents in institutions.

Also included are the above schedules for the seventh through ninth census (1850, 1860, 1870), bound together with the population schedules for each census.

Some schedules are also available on microfilm; see the container list for more information.

By year, thereunder by type of schedule, and thereunder alphabetical by county.

The Library has negative and positive microfilm of all schedules for the seventh through ninth census, arranged by county.

Typed transcriptions of the mortality schedules for the seventh through ninth census were prepared in 1945-1948 by members of the John Bell Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Madison, and are cataloged as Mss 905.

The mortality schedules for the tenth census are available on microfilm in the Library (produced by the Genealogical Society of Utah in 1981), as are the agriculture and manufacturing schedules. The Library also has a microfilm copy of the population schedule for the tenth census (1880).

Access Restrictions

The bound volumes of the population schedules for the tenth census (1880) are closed to use because of their poor physical condition. Researchers should use the microfilm version in the Historical Society Library.

Series 1675	Series: United States. Bureau of the Census: United States Census Schedules for Wisconsin, 1850 Physical Description: 5.0 cubic feet (39 volumes) and 3 reels of microfilm (35 mm)
	Agriculture Schedules
Volume   1 Reel   2	Adams-Kenosha
Volume   2 Reel   2	Lafayette-Winnebago
Volume   3 Reel   1	Mortality Schedules
Volume   4 Reel   3	Industry Schedules
Volume   5	Social Statistics Schedules Note: Not available on microfilm in this series.
	Population, Agriculture, and Special Schedules
Volume   6	Brown, Calumet
Volume   7	Columbia
Volume   8	Crawford, Chippewa
Volume   9-10	Dane
Volume   11-12	Dodge
Volume   13	Fond du Lac
Volume   14	Grant
Volume   15	Green
Volume   16	Iowa
Volume   17	Jefferson
Volume   18	Kenosha
Volume   19	La Fayette
Volume   20	La Pointe, Manitowoc
Volume   21	Marathon, Portage
Volume   22	Marquette
Volume   23-25	Milwaukee
Volume   26-27	Racine
Volume   28	Richland
Volume   29-30	Rock
Volume   31	Sheboygan
Volume   32	St. Croix, Sauk, Adams
Volume   33-34	Walworth
Volume   35-36	Washington
Volume   37-38	Waukesha
Volume   39	Winnebago
Series 1676	Series: United States. Bureau of the Census: United States Census Schedules for Wisconsin, 1860 Physical Description: 13.2 cubic feet (86 volumes) and 5 reels of microfilm (35 mm)	⇧
	Agriculture Schedules
Volume   1 Reel   3	Adams-Crawford
Volume   2 Reel   3	Dane-Dodge
Volume   3 Reel   3	Door-Grant
Volume   4 Reel   4	Green-Jefferson
Volume   5 Reel   4	Juneau-Marquette
Volume   6 Reel   4	Milwaukee-Richland
Volume   7 Reel   5	Rock-Walworth
Volume   8 Reel   ?	Washington-Wood
Volume   9 Reel   2	Industry Schedules
Volume   10	Social Statistics Schedules Note: Not available on microfilm in this series.
Volume   10a Reel   1	Mortality Schedules
	Population, Agriculture, and Special Schedules
Volume   11	Adams
Volume   12	Bad Ax
Volume   13	Brown
Volume   14	Calumet
Volume   15-16	Columbia
Volume   17	Crawford
Volume   18-23	Dane
Volume   24-28	Dodge
Volume   29	Eau Claire through Burnett Counties
Volume   30-32	Fond du Lac
Volume   33-35	Grant
Volume   36-37	Green
Volume   38	Green Lake
Volume   39-40	Iowa
Volume   41-43	Jefferson
Volume   44	Juneau
Volume   45	Kenosha
Volume   46-47	La Crosse
Volume   48-49	Lafayette
Volume   50	La Pointe through Chippewa Counties
Volume   51-52	Manitowoc
Volume   53	Marquette
Volume   54-57	Milwaukee
Volume   58	Monroe
Volume   59	Oconto, Buffalo, Trempealeau
Volume   60	Outagamie
Volume   61-62	Ozaukee
Volume   63	Pierce, Pepin, Dunn
Volume   64	Portage
Volume   65	Racine
Volume   66	Richland
Volume   67-69	Rock
Volume   70-71	Sauk
Volume   72-73	Sheboygan
Volume   74-75	Walworth
Volume   76-77	Washington
Volume   78	Waupaca
Volume   79-81	Waukesha
Volume   82	Waushara, Door
Volume   83-84	Winnebago
Volume   85	Wood, Jackson
Series 1677	Series: United States. Bureau of the Census: United States Census Schedules for Wisconsin, 1870 Physical Description: 19.4 cubic feet (135 volumes) and 2 reels of microfilm (35 mm)	⇧
	Agriculture Schedules Note: Not available on microfilm in this series.
Volume   1	Adams-Crawford
Volume   2	Dane-Fond du Lac
Volume   3	Grant-Iowa
Volume   4	Jackson-Lafayette
Volume   5	Manitowoc-Ozaukee
Volume   6	Pepin-Rock
Volume   7	Sauk-Vernon
Volume   8	Walworth-Wood
Volume   9	Recap. volume
	Mortality Schedules
Volume   10 Reel   1	Adams-Pierce
Volume   10 Reel   2	Pierce-Wood
Volume   11	Industry Schedules: Adams-Green Lake only Note: Not available on microfilm in this series.
Volume   12	Social Statistics Schedules Note: Not available on microfilm in this series.
	Population, Agriculture, and Special Schedules
Volume   13	Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield
Volume   14-16	Brown
Volume   17-18	Buffalo, Burnett
Volume   19-20	Calumet
Volume   21	Chippewa
Volume   22	Clark
Volume   23-26	Columbia
Volume   27	Crawford
Volume   28-31	Dane
Volume   32-36	Dodge
Volume   37	Door
Volume   38	Douglas, Dunn
Volume   39	Eau Claire
Volume   40-43	Fond du Lac
Volume   44-48	Grant
Volume   49-50	Green
Volume   51	Green Lake
Volume   52	Marathon, Marquette
Volume   53-55	Iowa
Volume   56	Jackson
Volume   57-60	Jefferson
Volume   61-62	Juneau
Volume   63-64	Kenosha
Volume   65-66	Kewaunee
Volume   67-68	La Crosse
Volume   69-70	Lafayette
Volume   71-73	Manitowoc
Volume   74-75	Marathon, Marquette
Volume   76-85	Milwaukee
Volume   86-87	Monroe
Volume   88	Oconto
Volume   89-91	Outagamie
Volume   92	Ozaukee
Volume   93-94	Pepin, Pierce
Volume   95-96	Polk, Portage
Volume   97-99	Racine
Volume   100-102	Richland
Volume   103-107	Rock
Volume   108-109	Sauk
Volume   110-111	St. Croix, Shawano
Volume   112-114	Sheboygan
Volume   115-116	Trempealeau
Volume   117-119	Vernon
Volume   120-121	Walworth
Volume   122-123	Washington
Volume   124-126	Waukesha
Volume   127-129	Waupaca
Volume   130-132	Waushara, Wood
Volume   133-135	Winnebago
Series 1678	Series: United States. Bureau of the Census: United States Census Schedules for Wisconsin, 1880 Physical Description: 19.0 cubic feet (61 volumes) and 31 reels of microfilm (35 mm)  Arrangement of the Materials The series is organized by type of schedule, thereunder by county and thereunder by civil divisions. In the population and agriculture schedules, civil divisions are arranged three ways: most are alphabetical, some are geographical (east to west starting at the county's southern border), and some are listed randomly. Below the county level, the manufacturing schedule is arranged alphabetically by civil division, and then by type of business schedule. Arrangement of the type of business schedule is in the following order: agricultural implements paper mills boots and shoes; leather tanned and curried brick yards and tile works; lumber and saw mills flour and grist mills; cheese, butter and condensed milk factories meat packing; salt works small coal mines and quarries Scope and Content Note Explanation of several aspects of the various schedules may be helpful. Mortality information was given by each household at the same time as the population information but recorded on a separate schedule. This schedule was intended as a ten year sample of death statistics. The agriculture schedule included only farms over three acres unless $500 worth of produce had been sold during the year. Ashland County was not surveyed since it was undeveloped at the time. The manufacturing schedule does not include all businesses. Certain industries (cotton, iron and steel, woolen goods, coke, glass, shipbuilding, silk and silk goods, distilleries and breweries, fisheries, mining), which were usually pursued in large establishments, were deemed “special” and not included in this schedule. Agents were appointed on a nation-wide basis to count these special categories. However, the whereabouts of these special schedules are unknown. Also, the manufacturing census did not enumerate businesses that earned under $500 annually. The supplemental schedule lists information for seven types of individuals classified as defective, dependent or delinquent: the insane, idiots, deaf-mutes, blind, homeless children, inhabitants in prison, and paupers and indigent persons in institutions. The schedule also defines each category. Information on the supplemental schedule also appears on the regular population schedule. After enumeration these schedules were forwarded to the district office for that county, corrections made, and the volumes sent to the United States Census Office in Washington. They were returned to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ca. 1918, and in 1953 were transferred from the Library to the Archives. The agriculture and manufacturing schedules are on microfilm in the Archives; the original volumes of the agriculture schedule have been retained but the manufacturing volumes were discarded after filming. The supplemental schedule is in volume format only.	⇧
	Agriculture Schedules
Volume   1 Reel   3	Adams
	Ashland: absent from this survey
Volume   1 Reel   3	Barron
Volume   1 Reel   3	Bayfield
Volume   1 Reel   3	Brown
Volume   2 Reel   31	Buffalo
Volume   2 Reel   31	Burnett
Volume   2 Reel   31	Calumet
Volume   2 Reel   31	Chippewa
Volume   3 Reel   4	Clark
Volume   3 Reel   4	Columbia
Volume   3 Reel   5	Crawford
Volume   4 Reel   6	Dane
Volume   5 Reel   7	Dodge
Volume   6 Reel   8	Door
Volume   6 Reel   8	Douglas
Volume   6 Reel   8	Dunn
Volume   6 Reel   8	Eau Claire
Volume   7 Reel   9	Fond du Lac
Volume   8 Reel   10	Grant
Volume   9 Reel   11	Green
Volume   9 Reel   11	Green Lake
Volume   9 Reel   11	Iowa
Volume   10 Reel   12	Jackson
Volume   10 Reel   12	Jefferson
Volume   11 Reel   13	Juneau
Volume   11 Reel   13	Kenosha
Volume   11 Reel   13	Kewaunee
Volume   12 Reel   14	La Crosse
Volume   12 Reel   14	Lafayette
Volume   12 Reel   14	Langlade
Volume   12 Reel   14	Lincoln
Volume   13 Reel   15	Manitowoc
Volume   14 Reel   15	Marathon
Volume   14 Reel   16	Marinette
Volume   14 Reel   16	Marquette
Volume   15 Reel   16	Milwaukee
Volume   15 Reel   17	Monroe
Volume   16 Reel   17	Oconto
Volume   16 Reel   17	Outagamie
Volume   16 Reel   18	Ozaukee
Volume   17 Reel   18	Pepin
Volume   17 Reel   18	Pierce
Volume   17 Reel   19	Polk
Volume   18 Reel   19	Portage
Volume   18 Reel   19	Price
Volume   18 Reel   19	Racine
Volume   18 Reel   20	Richland
Volume   19 Reel   20	Rock
Volume   19 Reel   21	St. Croix
Volume   20 Reel   21	Sauk
Volume   20 Reel   22	Shawano
Volume   21 Reel   22	Sheboygan
Volume   21 Reel   23	Taylor
Volume   22 Reel   23	Trempealeau
Volume   22 Reel   23	Vernon
Volume   23 Reel   24	Walworth
Volume   23 Reel   24	Washington
Volume   24 Reel   25	Waukesha
Volume   25 Reel   25	Waupaca
Volume   25 Reel   26	Waushara
Volume   26 Reel   26	Winnebago
Volume   26 Reel   26	Wood
	Manufacturing Schedules Note: Were Vols. 27-29; destroyed after microfilming.
Reel   27	Adams-Green
Reel   28	Green Lake-Oconto
Reel   29	Outagamie-Walworth
Reel   30	Washington-Wood
	Mortality Schedules Note: Microfilm produced by Genealogical Society of Utah in 1981.
Volume   30 Reel   1	Adams-Sauk (part)
Volume   30 Reel   2	Sauk (part)-Wood
Volume   1-32	Population Schedules Access Restrictions: Original volumes closed; use microfilm version in the Historical Society Library.
	Supplemental Schedules Note: Not available on microfilm in this series.
Volume   31	Adams-Manitowoc
Volume   32	Marathon-Wood