The U.S. has taken a census of its population every ten years since 1790. The most recent census available to us at present is the 1940 census, due to a 72-year privacy restriction. While the questions in U.S. census records varied from year to year and in state censuses, from state to state, you can find information like names of other household members, ages, birthplaces, residence, occupation, immigration and citizenship details, marriage information, military service and more.

The Jones Memorial Library provides access to Ancestry.com and Heritage Quest.  Both services provide digital images of the original census page, as well as, an every-name index. These two services are library editions and must be used in the library.  We have four computers available for public use. The library charges twenty-five cents per printed copy.