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CENSUS TRANSCRIPTIONS



1870 Palo Alto Census
  • Emmettsburg Township
  • Great Oak Township
  • West Bend Township

    • 1880 Palo Alto Census
  • Village of Emmetsburg
  • Freedom Twp
  • Fairfield Twp
  • Vernon Twp
  • Walnut Twp
  • Highland Twp
  • Village of Ruthven
  • Lost Island Twp
  • Town of Emmetsburg
  • Emmetsburg Twp
  • Great Oak Twp
  • Rush Lake Twp
  • Silver Lake Twp
  • West Bend Twp
  • Ellington Twp
  • Nevada Twp
  • Fern Valley Twp

    • 1885 Iowa State Census-Complete
    Note: Several Townships were not handed in to the state.
  • Booth Township
  • City of Emmetsburg
  • Ellington Township
  • Ruthven, Highland Township
  • Lost Island Township
  • Highland Township

    • 1895 Iowa State Census-Complete
  • Booth Twp
  • Ellington Twp
  • Emmetsburg Twp
  • Fairfield Twp
  • Fern Valley Twp
  • Freedom Twp
  • City of Emmetsburg-Ward 1
  • City of Emmetsburg- Ward 2
  • City of Emmetsburg- Ward 3
  • City of Emmetsburg - Ward 4
  • Great Oak Twp
  • Highland Twp
  • Walnut Twp
  • Curlew, Rush Lake Township
  • Mallard, Rush Lake Township
  • Nevada Township
  • Lost Island Township
  • Silver Lake Township
  • Rush Lake Township
  • Graettinger
  • West Bend Township
  • Vernon Township
  • Independence Township
  • Ruthven
  • West Bend Town

    • 1900 Palo Alto Co Census-Partial
  • Ellington Twp (file 1)
  • Ellington Twp (file 2)
  • Nevada Twp
  • Emmetsburg Twp
  • City of Emmetsburg-Ward 2 (file 1)
  • City of Emmetsburg-Ward 2 (file 2)
  • City of Emmetsburg-Ward 3 (file 1)
  • City of Emmetsburg-Ward 3 (file 2)
  • Walnut Township (file 1)
  • Walnut Township (file 2)
  • Great Oak Township (file 1)
  • Great Oak Township (file 2)
  • Town of Ruthven
  • Independence Township
  • Vernon Township
  • Highland Township

    • 1905 State Census Register
  • Great Oak Township
  • Walnut Township
  • Booth Township
  • Cylinder Town
  • Curlew Town
  • Silver Lake Township

    • 1910 Palo Alto Co Census-Partial
  • Emmetsburg Township (file 1)
  • Emmetsburg Township (file 2)
  • Emmetsburg - Ward 1
  • Emmetsburg- Ward 2 (file 1)  
  • Emmetsburg - Ward 2 (file 2)
  • Emmetsburg- Ward 3 (file 1)
  • Emmetsburg - Ward 3 (file 2)
  • Emmetsburg- Ward 4
  • Walnut Township (file 1)
  • Walnut Township (file 2)
  • Ayrshire Town

    • 1920 Palo Alto Co Census-Partial
  • Emmetsburg- Ward 3 (file 1)
  • Emmetsburg - Ward 3 (file 2)

    • 1925 Palo Alto Co State Census - Partial
  • Emmetsburg Township
  • Ayrshire Town
  • Curlew Town
  • Cylinder Town
  • Great Oak Township
  • Silver Lake Township

    • 1930 Palo Alto Co Census-Partial
  • Emmetsburg Township (file 1)
  • Emmetsburg Township (file 2)
  • Freedom Twp, City of Emmetsburg Wards 1 & 4 (file 1)
  • Freedom Twp, City of Emmetsburg Wards 1 & 4 (file 2)
  • City of Emmetsburg Wards 2 & 3 (file 1)
  • EmmetsburgWards 2 & 3 (file 2)
  • Great Oak Township
  • Town of Ayrshire, Silver Lake Township
  • Silver Lake Township
  • Nevada Township
  • Town of Graettinger
  • Freedom Township
  • Curlew Town, Rush Lake Township
  • Cylinder Town, Fairfield Township
  • West Bend Town, West Bend Twp


    • Access to 1940 & 1950 Cenus Records (Outside Links)
  • 1940 Census Records on Microfilm
  • 1950 Census Records on Microfilm

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    It was the first day of census, and all through the land;
    The pollster was ready ... a black book in hand.
    He mounted his horse for a long dusty ride;
    His book and some quills were tucked close by his side.

    A long winding ride down a road barely there;
    Toward the smell of fresh bread wafting, up through the air.
    The woman was tired, with lines on her face;
    And wisps of brown hair she tucked back into place.

    She gave him some water ... as they sat at the table;
    And she answered his questions ... the best she was able.
    He asked of her children.. Yes, she had quite a few;
    The oldest was twenty, the youngest not two.

    She held up a toddler with cheeks round and red;
    his sister, she whispered, was napping in bed.
    She noted each person who lived there with pride;
    And she felt the faint stirrings of the wee one inside.

    He noted the sex, the color, the age...
    The marks from the quill soon filled up the page.
    At the number of children, she nodded her head;
    And saw her lips quiver for the three that were dead.

    The places of birth she "never forgot";
    Was it Kansas? or Utah? or Oregon ... or not?
    They came from Scotland, of that she was clear;
    But she wasn't quite sure just how long they'd been here.

    They spoke of employment, of schooling and such;
    They could read some .and write some .. though really not much.
    When the questions were answered, his job there was done;
    So he mounted his horse and he rode toward the sun.

    We can almost imagine his voice loud and clear;
    "May God bless you all for another ten years."
    Now picture a time warp ... its' now you and me;
    As we search for the people on our family tree.

    We squint at the census and scroll down so slow;
    As we search for that entry from long, long ago.
    Could they only imagine on that long ago day;
    That the entries they made would effect us this way?

    If they knew, would they wonder at the yearning we feel;
    And the searching that makes them so increasingly real.
    We can hear if we listen the words they impart;
    Through their blood in our veins and their voice in our heart.

    Author Unknown

     



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