Printed and Online Indexes - Texas
1820 - 1839
These are not true census indexes in that they don't actually index an official census, but rather primary and secondary sources where individual people are named or stated to be in Texas at a particular time period. The sources indexed are listed in the books.Located in the general stacks, Willis Library
Texas 1820 - 1829 Census Index F385 .T4812 1981
Texas 1830 - 1839 Census Index F385 .J15 1982
Texas 1840 - 1849 Census Records, Volume 1 F385 .T4814 1981 v.1
1840 - 1920
The following printed indexes for the Texas censuses are available for the years 1850 through 1880 at the Microforms Reference Desk, Lower Level, Willis Library.
Texas 1850 Census Index Microforms RefDesk F385 .T4815 1984
Texas 1860 Census Index Microforms RefDesk F385 .T482 1985
Texas 1870 Microforms RefDesk F385 .J17 1987
Texas 1880 Federal Census Index Microforms RefDesk F385 .T4828 1989
Located on the Internet
This is a free resource available to any one on any computer with access the Internet.
Family History Library's 1880 U.S. Census Index
<http://www.familysearch.org>
"Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and others volunteered to do the indexing for the1880 U.S. Census, which took 17 years" and was previously only available on CD-Rom.
Located in Rare Books, 4th floor, Willis Library.
1890 Texas Census Index of Civil War Veterans or Their Widows Rare Books Ref E494 .D585 1992
Note: The UNT Libraries do not own the actual 1890 census, just this index.