Land and Land Related Record Repositories

Agricultural schedules of 1850, 1860, and 1870 provide the following information for each farm:

Name of owner or manager Number of improved and unimproved acres Number of livestock owned by farmer (broken down by breed) Amount of agricultural goods produced during the preceding year (broken down by crop) Cash value of the farm, farming machinery, livestock, animals slaughtered during the past year, and "homemade manufactures" The 1880 schedules provide additional details, such as the amount of acreage used for each kind of crop, the number of poultry, and the number of eggs produced.

Exclusions: Not every farm was included in these schedules. In 1850, for example, small farms that produced less than $100 worth of products annually were not included. By 1870, farms of less than three acres or farms that produced less than $500 worth of products were not included.

Nonpopulation Schedules Available Elsewhere

The Indiana State Archives has these nonpopulation censuses for Indiana:

• Agriculture: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880

• Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes: 1880

• Industry/Manufacturing: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880

• Social Statistics: 1850, 1860, 1870

• The Indiana State Library has these nonpopulation censuses for Indiana:

• Mortality Schedules: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880

The State Archives does have Special Census schedules available on microfilm in the reading room. These include:

• The Agricultural Census 1850-1880

• The Manufacturers Census 1820-1880

• Social Statistics 1850-1880

• Census of Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent (3-D Census) 1880

State Census

Although some states did conduct state sponsored enumerations, Indiana did so merely for purposes of legislative apportionment. Information concerning specific families does not exist in any resource at the State Archives.