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Obituary and Death Notice ArchivesThe Mortality Schedules - In 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 census enumerators were directed to secure in addition to the usuallyrequired census data, information as to all persons dying within the 12 months preceding the census taking. These lists becameknown as the "Mortality Schedules". See this great article: Stories in U.S. Mortality Schedules for more information.The mortality schedules usually included the date and cause of death. Some online transcriptions do not include all data foundon the original mortality schedule images. Hundreds of counties have been transcribed and and placed online.MortalitySchedules.com has sought these transcriptions out and have listed them here. The search box below can be used toperform a search. A more complete fee-based mortality schedules search can be made at Ancestry.com at thislocation.This free site is made possible by sponsored links to Rootsweb, owned by Ancestry.comMessage BoardsIMPORTANT! When records appear, pass mouse over the words "View Record" to see details!ALABAMAALASKAARIZONAARKANSASCALIFORNIACOLORADOCONNECTICUTDELAWAREFLORIDAGEORGIAHAWAIIIDAHOILLINOISINDIANAIOWAKANSASKENTUCKYLOUISIANAMAINEMARYLANDMASSACHUSETTSMICHIGANMINNESOTAMISSISSIPPIMISSOURIMONTANANEBRASKANEVADANEW HAMPSHIRENEW JERSEYNEW MEXICONEW YORKNORTH CAROLINANORTH DAKOTAOHIOOKLAHOMAOREGONPENNSYLVANIARHODE ISLANDSOUTH CAROLINASOUTH DAKOTATENNESSEETEXASUTAHVERMONTVIRGINIAWASHINGTONWEST VIRGINIAWISCONSINWYOMINGFrom GenealogyArchives.com: Death RecordsCemetery RecordsObituary RecordsMarriage RecordsBirth RecordsDivorce RecordsVital RecordsFree Databases at Ancestry.comU.S. Newspapers DirectoryFrom Nonpopulation Census Records"Mortality SchedulesMortality schedules record deaths in the year preceding the taking of the census. For example, the 1860 mortality schedules include persons who died between June 1, 1859 and May 31, 1860. For each person, the following information is listed: name, age, sex, marital status if married or widowed, state or country of birth, month of death, occupation, cause of death, and the length of the final illness.These schedules may be the only record of death for some individuals, as many states did not require recording of deaths until the late nineteenth century. In addition, gravestones or cemetery records may be nonexistent. For example, a comparison of the 1860 Geauga County mortality schedule with Violet Warren and Jeannette Grosvenor, A Monumental Work: Inscriptions and Interments in Geauga County, Ohio, Through 1983 (Evansville, IN: Whipporwill Publications, 1985), found 52 persons for whom there is no gravestone or other record of burial in that county. There were also 58 children born after the 1850 census whose only 'census record' is the 1860 mortality schedule. It may also be the only record of existence for children who have no gravestone."From The News, Frederick, Maryland, April 27, 1900:"Many Persons Want to Be Census EnumeratorsSUPERVISOR HARRINGTON BUSY.He Will Announce the Names of the 140 Appointees for This District Next Month - Duties and Rights of the Enumerators. Mr. A. H. Harrington, census supervisor for this district, is busy preparing for the work of taking the census. He has received over 500 applications forappointments as enumerators and clerks but will not announce the list of appointees until some time next month.He will have the appointment of about 140 enumerators and clerks for the entiredistrict, of which forty will be for this city and county. There will beseven enumerators for this city. The taking of the census will begin on June 1 and must be completedwithin thirty days. The work of taking the census of this city must be completedwithin two weeks. The enumerators will be required to report each dayto Supervisor Harrington and he will report daily to the Census Bureau inWashington. The director of the census has just issued the instructions to enumerators.The instructions are embraced in a neat pamphlet of sixty-four pages and coverevery detail of the work that is to be accomplished. It begins with a concisestatement of the principal features of the census act and gives explicit instructionsto enumerators as to the duties that they are to perform. Under the head of "Enumerators' Rights" it is pointed out that the censusact provides that they shall have the right of admission to every dwelling,and to every manufacturing or mechanical establishment, for the purpose ofobtaining information for the census office. Enumerators have the right to put every question contained in the censusschedules and to obtain answers to each and all of them. Enumerators are cautionednot to obtrude needlessly upon any person, and it is of the utmost importance,the director states, that the manner of the enumerator should, underall circumstances, be courteous and conciliatory. Should objection be madeto answering any of the questions, a note of the same should be madeand the fact reported to the supervisor. Enumerators must not accept any statement which they believe to be false,and they are charged not to communicate to any person any information obtainedin the discharge of their duties. Enumerators are cautioned not to showtheir schedules or in any way give information bearing upon the same. Incanvassing a district, enumerators have not the right to omit any dwelling,establishment or residence, nor to enter upon a schedule of populationthe name of any fictitious person or persons, and for a willful falsification ofthe returns a fine, not exceeding $5,000, and imprisonment, not exceeding twoyears, may result. In the enumeration of the population no enumerator will be permitted to actas a canvasser for newspapers, magazines, or the sale of any article, nor areenumerators permitted to delegate their authority to any other person. It isexpected that the enumerators will devote at least ten hours every day, exceptSundays, to the diligent canvassing of their district. Enumerators are cautionednot to lose time and money in their canvass. On entering a housethey are to transact their business in the quickest possible time and leave thepremises. All of the duties of enumerators are to be performed under the directionand control of the supervisor of the district, and he has authorityto discharge for negligence, inefficiency, incompetence or misconduct ofany sort. The department cautions the avoidance, as far as possible, of the useof interpreters, and says no expense should be incurred except where absolutely necessary. The compensation of interpreters, when necessary, will be $4 a day of ten hours. Following this is a list of special instructions, which, gives in detail themethod to be followed in filling out the schedules and the abbreviations thatmay be employed. These special instructions will contain definitions as towhat constitute residents, mechanics, farmers, &c., so that it is impossible forthe enumerator to go astray. Particular attention is called to the mortalityschedules, and instructions as to the methods to be employed in obtaining thenecessary figures under this head are most explicit. The director says therehas heretofore been a grave deficiency in the number of deaths reported by theenumerators, and great care to obtain accurate answers to every question, especiallythose relating to age, occupation and cause of death, is insisted upon.Copies of this schedule will be sent to each enumerator throughout the UnitedStates."Online Tutor at TTBWriteaheadlog.com: useful guide.Thesis writing tips.HonorStudentsArchive.com - WeddingNoticeArchive.com - 1880USCensus.comMarriage Search Engines - YourFamilyFacts.com - CanadianObits.comGenealogyBuff.com - Surname Search Utility - Social Security Death Index - FamGen.net© Copyright 2007-2022 MortalitySchedules.com. All rights reserved.Check out the newest additions to Ancestry.com data! (Hint: Right click on an item and open in a new window)