Source:Jefferson, Washington, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule

General Tips

Original (microfilm) images of the 1870 Census are sourced as COUNTY, STATE, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

• General 1870 Census Information
• Ancestry search: 1870 United States Federal Census (subscription required)
• Archives.com (subscription required)
• FamilySearch: United States Census, 1870 (free search, includes images)
• Internet Archive: 9th Population Census of the United States - 1870 has free images of the 1870 census. Census images can be browsed by location; there is not a name-index or search function.
• Some public libraries offer free home access (through their websites) to Heritage Quest, which has searchable images of the 1870 census. (NOTE: the index is only heads-of-household and people with a different surname in the household.)
• Census films can be ordered through local Family History Centers

Database: 1870 Federal Census. ONLINE. 2008. Washington Secretary of State.

The transcription of the Census from a microfilm copy of the original U.S. Census Population Schedules was started in 1949 by Nell and Wayne Prickett, with assistance from members of the Seattle Genealogical Society. The index was started by a University of Washington Library School student and completed by volunteers and staff of The Seattle Public Library, History Department-Genealogy Section in 2003. The final preparation of the online database was done in 2007-2008 by Laura Goings, Tacoma, WA, Sue Ericksen of Zillah, WA and Frank McLean of Yakima, WA.