1870 Mortality

Submitted by Tina Lyons
ABOUT THIS SOURCE: The mortality schedule was a supplemental schedule to
the federal census, and exists for the 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 census
years. It recorded information on people who had died between 1 June and 31
May of the year prior to the census.
The 1870 mortality schedule recorded information on people who had died
between 1 June 1869 and 31 May 1870 and consisted of 11 columns: 1) Name of
Deceased; 2) Age; 3) Sex; 4) Color; 5) Married or Widowed; 6) Birthplace;
7) Father Foreign-Born; 8) Mother Foreign-Born; 9) Month of Death; 10)
Occupation; 11) Disease or Cause of Death.
Indiana’s 1850-1880 mortality schedules are on 7 rolls of microfilm. This
microfilm is available at the Allen County Public Library and the Indiana
State Library and may also be available at other repositories.

About This Resource:
The mortality schedule was a supplemental schedule to the federal census,
and exists for the 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 census years. Its aim was to
record information on people who had died between 1 June and 31 May of the
year prior to the census; the 1860 mortality schedules recorded information
on people who had died between 1 June 1859 and 31 May 1860.
The 1860 mortality schedule consists of 11 columns:
1) Name of Deceased
2) Age
3) Sex
4) Color
5) Free or Slave
6) Married or Widowed
7) Birthplace
8) Month of Death
9) Occupation
10) Disease or Cause of Death
11) Number of Days Ill
Indiana’s 1850-1880 mortality schedules are on 7 rolls of microfilm. The
microfilm is available at the Indiana State Library and the Allen County
Public Library, and may also be available at other repositories.