1920 United States Census
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Census records are one of the basic building blocks of genealogy. The 1920 federal census asked fewer questions than the 1910 census, however, it still offers a vast amount of information, including:-street name -house number or farm-number of dwelling house in order of visitation by enumerator-number of family in order of visitation by enumerator-name-relationship to head of family-home owned or rented-owned free or mortgaged-sex-color or race (enumerators were to enter "W" for White, "B" for Black, "Mu" for mulatto, "Ch" for Chinese, "Jp" for Japanese, "In" for American Indian, or "Ot" for other races.)-age at last birthday-single, married, widowed, or divorced? (enumerators were to enter "S" for single, "Wd" for widowed, "D" for divorced, "M1" for married persons in their first marriage, and "M2" for those -married persons in their second marriage, etc.)-year of immigration to the United States-naturalized or alien-year of naturalization-attended school at any time since September 1, 1919-whether able to read-whether able to write-place of birth-mother tongue-father's place of birth-father's mother tongue-mother's place of birth-mother's mother tongue-whether able to speak English-trade or profession-industry, business, or establishment-employer, a salary or wage worker, or working on own account-farm schedule number
This census was the first to explicitly print on the form that the enumeration should include only those living on the official census day, January 1, 1920. Persons born between census day and the enumeration day were to be omitted, and those who died between the two days were to be included.
Please keep in mind that indexes, whether manuscript, printed, or digital, are nowhere near perfect. Because names are easily misread by people unfamiliar with certain localities, indexes can be filled with incorrect names.
Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, Bureau of the Census. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 29. Micropublication T625.For more information about the 1920 census, visit www.census.gov.
