After a fruitless trip to the State Archives in Tallahassee today, I did find an answer to my question about the 1955 Florida census. According to the Florida State Archives (as printed in the beginning of the 1935 census): "The first state census was authorized by the Constitution of 1838 (Article 9, Sections 1, 2) to commence in 1845 and to be continued at ten year intervals...Each of the succeeding constitutions, 1861, 1865 (provided for an 1867 census), 1868, and 1885, provided for the call for a census to the Legislature, who in turn, by individual acts, delegated the enumerations responsibilities to the Secretary of State and the Commissioner of Agriculture, with the latter carrying out the majority of the work. In 1949, the 1885 Constitution was amended (Article 7, section 5) to make the Federal census and the state census one in the same. Very few of the earlier census records have been located. Portions of the 1885, 1867 and 1875 censuses were filed with the Secretary of State. In some instances census enumerations, which were carried out on the county level, were kept with the counties. In April of 1935, the Legislature passed an act (Chapter 17269, Fla. Laws) to provide for the taking of the population census of the State of Florida for the year 1935.... The census records are arranged alphabetically by county and then geographically by election precinct...." I do know there is a 1945 census for Florida but am uncertain about a 1955. Anyone??? Thanks, Cindy ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

If they could not tell you at the State Archives whether or not a 1945 census exists, I would bet against there being one. Jack Butler ----- Original Message ----- From: <SeaGee69@aol.com> To: <FLJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 7:45 PM Subject: [FLJACKSO] Census Information > After a fruitless trip to the State Archives in Tallahassee today, I did > find an answer to my question about the 1955 Florida census. > > According to the Florida State Archives (as printed in the beginning of > the > 1935 census): > > "The first state census was authorized by the Constitution of 1838 > (Article > 9, Sections 1, 2) to commence in 1845 and to be continued at ten year > intervals...Each of the succeeding constitutions, 1861, 1865 (provided > for an 1867 > census), 1868, and 1885, provided for the call for a census to the > Legislature, who in turn, by individual acts, delegated the enumerations > responsibilities to the Secretary of State and the Commissioner of > Agriculture, with the > latter carrying out the majority of the work. In 1949, the 1885 > Constitution was > amended (Article 7, section 5) to make the Federal census and the state > census one in the same. > > Very few of the earlier census records have been located. Portions of the > 1885, 1867 and 1875 censuses were filed with the Secretary of State. In > some > instances census enumerations, which were carried out on the county > level, were > kept with the counties. > > In April of 1935, the Legislature passed an act (Chapter 17269, Fla. > Laws) > to provide for the taking of the population census of the State of > Florida for > the year 1935.... > > The census records are arranged alphabetically by county and then > geographically by election precinct...." > > I do know there is a 1945 census for Florida but am uncertain about a > 1955. > Anyone??? > > Thanks, > > Cindy > > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello, I have some information on what is available from the Florida State Census on one of my web pages. First let me mention that there was no 1955 census. The state abolished the census in 1949. Not much survives but two of the really good ones are the 1935 and 1945. Unlike the federal government there is no 72 year waiting period and these can be viewed now. The information on the web page came from the State Archives site but appears to no longer be available there. The microfilm is available there and possibly elsewhere. < http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~thompson/info/fl_census.html > Ron Wakulla County FL < http://mailer.fsu.edu/~rthompso/wakulla.html > Franklin County, FL < http://mailer.fsu.edu/~rthompso/franklin.html > Florida US Civil War Genealogy < http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~thompson/fl_acw/fl_acw.html > Copied this from http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/FLORIDA/1998-12/0912686162. Hope this helps. GW Skipper -----Original Message----- From: fljackso-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:fljackso-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of SeaGee69@aol.com Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 6:46 PM To: FLJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [FLJACKSO] Census Information After a fruitless trip to the State Archives in Tallahassee today, I did find an answer to my question about the 1955 Florida census. According to the Florida State Archives (as printed in the beginning of the 1935 census): "The first state census was authorized by the Constitution of 1838 (Article 9, Sections 1, 2) to commence in 1845 and to be continued at ten year intervals...Each of the succeeding constitutions, 1861, 1865 (provided for an 1867 census), 1868, and 1885, provided for the call for a census to the Legislature, who in turn, by individual acts, delegated the enumerations responsibilities to the Secretary of State and the Commissioner of Agriculture, with the latter carrying out the majority of the work. In 1949, the 1885 Constitution was amended (Article 7, section 5) to make the Federal census and the state census one in the same. Very few of the earlier census records have been located. Portions of the 1885, 1867 and 1875 censuses were filed with the Secretary of State. In some instances census enumerations, which were carried out on the county level, were kept with the counties. In April of 1935, the Legislature passed an act (Chapter 17269, Fla. Laws) to provide for the taking of the population census of the State of Florida for the year 1935.... The census records are arranged alphabetically by county and then geographically by election precinct...." I do know there is a 1945 census for Florida but am uncertain about a 1955. Anyone??? Thanks, Cindy ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message