Census Links

We don't host census information at LostCousins - we don't need to, because all the relevant censuses are readily available online at other sites, and most of them can be searched free of charge.

Here are links to the sites we recommend; although you'll also find some of these censuses at other sites, you might not find it so easy to obtain the information you need there:

We also use the US 1940 census, which is available free at several sites - there isn't one particular site we recommend for it.

Please ensure that the information you enter precisely matches the census, even when the census is wrong - otherwise we won't be able to match your relative with the same person entered by another member. The information you enter should be taken from the transcript, except in the case of the 1841 and 1911 censuses, where you should use the information on the handwritten census page.

Enter not only your direct ancestors, but also their brothers, sisters, and cousins - in fact, all the relatives you can find on the census. Any one of them could be the link to a 'lost cousin', and the more relatives you enter, the more cousins you are likely to find.

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