When the U.S. census was taken for the years 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1885, 1890 and 1900, the enumerators were asked to collect information on all persons who had died during the 12 months preceding the census. This information is included on a mortality schedule. Census day was declared to be June 1st of the census year, therefore the enumerator (census taker) was to ask questions about people who had died between June 1st of the previous year and May 31st of the current year. Information on these special schedules includes the name of the deceased, age, sex, color, birthplace, month of death, occupation, disease or cause of death and number of days ill. The 1880 mortality schedule also included questions about the place where the disease was contracted and the number of years the deceased had lived in the area. The 1890 and 1900 mortality schedules have, unfortunately, been destroyed. What is a Mortality Schedule and where is it found?

Thanks for that information did not know that. One more?...Are they available on places like Heritage Quest and Ancestry or do they need to be viewed on microfilm? Nrtennison@aol.com wrote: > When the U.S. census was taken for the years 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1885, > 1890 and 1900, the enumerators were asked to collect information on all > persons who had died during the 12 months preceding the census. This information > is included on a mortality schedule. Census day was declared to be June 1st of > the census year, therefore the enumerator (census taker) was to ask > questions about people who had died between June 1st of the previous year and May > 31st of the current year. Information on these special schedules includes the > name of the deceased, age, sex, color, birthplace, month of death, occupation, > disease or cause of death and number of days ill. The 1880 mortality schedule > also included questions about the place where the disease was contracted and > the number of years the deceased had lived in the area. The 1890 and 1900 > mortality schedules have, unfortunately, been destroyed. > > What is a Mortality Schedule and where is it found? > > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >