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1850 United States Federal Census

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Sample Forms
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You can fill out the form with information on your ancestor, or just use it to better read the column headings.

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Please choose a county in Indiana:

Adams Hendricks Porter
Allen Henry Posey
Bartholomew Howard Pulaski
Benton Huntington Putnam
Blackford Jackson Randolph
Boone Jasper Ripley
Brown Jay Rush
Carroll Jefferson Scott
Cass Jennings Shelby
Clark Johnson Spencer
Clay Knox St Joseph
Clinton Kosciusko Starke
Crawford La Porte Steuben
Daviess LaGrange Sullivan
De Kalb Lake Switzerland
Dearborn Lawrence Tippecanoe
Decatur Madison Tipton
Delaware Marion Union
Dubois Marshall Vanderburgh
Elkhart Martin Vermillion
Fayette Miami Vigo
Floyd Monroe Wabash
Fountain Montgomery Warren
Franklin Morgan Warrick
Fulton Noble Washington
Gibson Ohio Wayne
Grant Orange Wells
Greene Owen White
Hamilton Parke Whitley
Hancock Perry
Harrison Pike

Census Records - Counties

After separating the census records into groups by state, the federal government subdivided these records into county groups. Searching for an ancestor on the county level provides a smaller region for research if you remain uncertain about the specific township where your ancestor resided. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was enumerated on the census, so it remains important to search the counties surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.