This 12 volume set originally published in 1907 is based on information obtained in the first ever federal census. It is organized by location and head of household and at the end of each volume there is a full name index.
According to the author, the schedules of 1790 form a unique inheritance for the Nation, since they represent for each of the states concerned a complete list of the heads of families in the United States at the time’of the adoption of the Constitution. The framers were the statesmen and leaders of thought, but those whose names appear upon the schedules of the First Census were in general the plain citizens who by their conduct in war and peace made the Constitution possible and by their intelligence and self-restraint put it into successful operation.
The books are freely available and searchable.
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- Maine [ digital copy ] [ searchable full text copy ]
- New Hampshire [ digital copy ] [ searchable full text copy ]
- Vermont [ digital copy ] [ searchable full text copy ]
- Massachusetts [ digital copy ] [ searchable full text copy ]
- Rhode Island [ digital copy ] [ searchable full text copy ]
- Connecticut [ digital copy ] [ searchable full text copy ]
- New York [ digital copy ] [ searchable full text copy ]
- Pennsylvania [ digital copy ] [ searchable full text copy ]
- Maryland [ digital copy ] [ searchable full text copy ]
- Virginia [ digital copy ] [ searchable full text copy ]
- North Carolina [ digital copy ] [ searchable full text copy ]
- South Carolina [ digital copy ] [ searchable full text copy ]
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Additional information can be found at the sites listed below.
- Background – 1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses via National Archives.gov
- Background – 1790 Census via Ancestry.com
- Background – 1790 Federal Population Census Schedule via Census101.org