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Table of Contents Summary Information... 3 Historical Note...4 Scope and Contents... 4 Arrangement...4 Administrative Information...4 Controlled Access Headings...5 Collection Inventory... 6 - Page 2 -
Summary Information Repository Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Title Delaware County census collection Date 1790-1920 Extent 1.5 Cubic feet 4 boxes Language English Preferred Citation Please ask an archivist for preferred citation information. - Page 3 -
Historical Note A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population conducted by the United States Census Bureau. Scope and Contents This collection includes federal census information from Delaware County and surrounding counties in Indiana ranging from 1820 to 1930. Arrangement This collection is arranged by subject. Administrative Information Publication Information Ball State University Archives and Special Collections Conditions Governing Access This collection is open for research. Conditions Governing Use - Page 4 -
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Archives and Special Collections. Custodial History This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation. Accruals No further additions are expected. Processing Information Collection processing completed 2012/02/17 by Julie Hauslnecht. EAD finding aid created 2011/02/21 by Julie Hauslnecht. EAD finding aid revised 2012/02/24 by Bethany Fiechter. Controlled Access Headings Genre(s) Documents Geographic Name(s) Muncie (Ind.) Muncie (Ind.)--History--19th century--sources Muncie (Ind.)--History--20th century--sources Subject(s) Census Stoeckel Archives of Local History - Page 5 -
Collection Inventory 1790 Federal censuses, 1800-1850 federal census indexes and land patents, wills and tax lists sources, 1985 Aug. 1 1 Heiss, Willard. 1820 Federal Census for Indiana. Indianapolis: The Genealogy Section of the Indiana Historical Society, 1966. 1 1 Object Delaware County 1830 census record index and notes, 1830 1 2 Delaware County 1840 census record index, 1840 - Page 6 -
1 3 Delaware County 1840 census record index, 1840 1 4 Delaware County 1840 census record index, 1840 1 5 Delaware County, Indiana: 1850 Population Schedule 7th Federal Census. The Delaware County Genealogical Society, 1974-1975. 1 2 Object Delaware County, Indiana 1850 population schedule, 7th federal census, 1850 1 6 - Page 7 -
Delaware County, Indiana 1850 population schedule, 7th federal census, 1850 1 7 Every Name Index, Delaware County, Indiana 1870 census, undated 2 1 Perry Township census, 1850 2 2 Delaware, County, Indiana: 1860 Population Schedule 8th Federal Census. Part I. Muncie: Ball State University, undated. 2 1 Object Delaware, County, Indiana: 1860 Population Schedule 8th Federal Census. Part II. Muncie: Ball State University, undated. - Page 8 -
2 2 Object Washington Township census, 1860 2 3 Harrison Township census, 1860 3 1 Hamilton Township census, 1860 3 2 Union Township census, 1860 3 3 - Page 9 -
Mount Pleasant Township census, 1860 3 4 Salem Township census, 1860 3 5 Monroe Township census, 1860 3 6 Center Township census, 1860 3 7 Muncie census, 1860 - Page 10 -
3 8 Niles Township census, 1860 3 9 Delaware Township census, 1860 3 10 Liberty Township census, 1860 3 11 Perry Township census, 1860 3 12 - Page 11 -
Cesus index, 1860 3 13 Gray, Shawn. 1870 Delaware County, Indiana Census. undated. 3 1 Object A List of the Households in Delaware County, Indiana: 1880: 1880 Census of Delaware County Indiana. undated. 4 1 Object Alig, Leona (Tobey). Index 1830 Federal Population Census for Indiana. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1981. 4 2 Object - Page 12 -
The 1920 Federal Population Census Catalog of National Archives Microfilm. Washington, D. C. : National Archives Trust Fund Board, 1991. 4 1 Blackford County, Indiana census, 1840 4 2 Fayette County, Indiana census, 1830 4 3 Grant County, Indiana census, 1840 4 4 Randolph County, Indiana census, 1830 - Page 13 -
4 5 Jay County, Indiana census, 1840 4 6 Henry County, Indiana census, 1830 4 7 Wayne County, Indiana census, 1830 4 8 Delaware County 1820 federal cesus, 1820 4 9 - Page 14 -