Censuses New York
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NEW YORK

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The 1855 and 1865 New York State Censuses
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Belgian population
      (1850)
      (1860)
      (1870) 

 
       
1850 : 412 1855 state census : 454 (1) 1860 : 923 1865 state census : 649 (2) 1870 : 1203
1. Albany 4 1. Albany 18 1. Albany 34 1. Albany 29 1. Albany 25
2. Allegany 7                
4. Broome 2             4. Broome 1
        5. Cattaraugus 1 5. Cattaraugus 10 5. Cattaraugus 2
    6. Cayuga 1 6. Cayuga 4     6. Cayuga 1
    7. Chautauqua 1 7. Chautauqua 5 7. Chautauqua 14 7. Chautauqua 6
                8. Chemung 4
10. Clinton   1 10. Clinton 1 10. Clinton 2     10. Clinton 1
        11. Columbia 2 11. Columbia 1 11. Columbia 10
        12. Cortland 2        
                13. Delaware 2
    14. Dutchess 2 14. Dutchess 4 14. Dutchess 1 14. Dutchess 4
15. Erie   6 15. Erie 36 15. Erie 49 15. Erie 35 15. Erie 38
            17. Franklin 3 17. Franklin 1
    18. Fulton 1            
19. Genesee 4 19. Genesee 5 19. Genesee 12 19. Genesee 3 19. Genesee 15
    20. Greene 1 20. Greene 1     20. Greene 5
        22. Herkimer 1     22. Herkimer 4
        23. Jefferson 1     23. Jefferson 1
24. Kings   14 24. Kings 49 24. Kings 112 24. Kings 65 24. Kings 145
    25. Lewis 1 25. Lewis 5     25. Lewis 2
26. Livingston   3 26. Livingston 3 26. Livingston 6 26. Livingston 2    
28. Monroe   3 28. Monroe 7 28. Monroe 2 28. Monroe 4 28. Monroe 4
    29. Montgomery 2 29. Montgomery 10 29. Montgomery 8(9?) 29. Montgomery 2
31. New York   103 31. New York 174 31. New York 281 31. New York 188 31. New York 560
32. Niagara   1 32. Niagara 3 32. Niagara 7        
        33. Oneida 9 33. Oneida 1 33. Oneida 3
    34. Onondaga 4 34. Onondaga 2 34. Onondaga 2 34. Onondaga 9
    35. Ontario 2         35. Ontario  1
    36. Orange 2     36. Orange 3 36. Orange 8
    37. Orleans 1 37. Orleans 2     37. Orleans 1
                39. Otsego 4
        40. Putnam 3        
41. Queens   2 41. Queens 4 41. Queens 6 41. Queens 16 41. Queens 20
42. Rensselaer   2 42. Rensselaer 7 42. Rensselaer 8 42. Rensselaer 1 42. Rensselaer 8
    43. Richmond 6 43. Richmond 8 43. Richmond 2 43. Richmond 29
44. Rockland   1 44. Rockland 4         44. Rockland 2
        46. Schenectady 1 46. Schenectady 1 46. Schenectady 4
        47. Schoharie 1        
    49. Seneca 7 49. Seneca 1        
    50. St Lawrence 1 50. St Lawrence 5        
        51. Steuben 1     51. Steuben 2
    52. Suffolk 8 52. Suffolk 2 52. Suffolk 1 52. Suffolk 3
        53. Sullivan 1     53. Sullivan 1
    54. Tioga 1 54. Tioga 1     54. Tioga 2
55. Tompkins  1     55. Tompkins 1     55. Tompkins 1
    56. Ulster 3 56. Ulster 1 56. Ulster 1 56. Ulster 9
        59. Wayne 1 59. Wayne 1 59. Wayne 4
60. Westchester   1 60. Westchester 17 60. Westchester 7 60. Westchester 9 60. Westchester 26
61. Wyoming 257 61. Wyoming 82 61. Wyoming 321 61. Wyoming 247 61. Wyoming 233

1. Albany
2. Allegany
3. Bronx
4. Broome
5. Cattaraugus
6. Cayuga
7. Chautauqua
8. Chemung
9. Chenango
10. Clinton
11. Columbia
12. Cortland
13. Delaware
14. Dutchess
15. Erie

16. Essex
17. Franklin
18. Fulton
19. Genesee
20. Greene
21. Hamilton
22. Herkimer
23. Jefferson
24. Kings
25. Lewis
26. Livingston
27. Madison
28. Monroe
29. Montgomery
30. Nassau		 31. New York
32. Niagara
33. Oneida
34. Onondaga
35. Ontario
36. Orange
37. Orleans
38. Oswego
39. Otsego
40. Putnam
41. Queens
42. Rensselaer
43. Richmond
44. Rockland
45. Saratoga		 46. Schenectady
47. Schoharie
48. Schuyler
49. Senecca
50. St. Lawrence
51. Steuben
52. Suffolk
53. Sullivan
54. Tioga
55. Tompkins
56. Ulster
57. Warren
58. Washington
59. Wayne
60. Westchester
61. Wyoming
62. Yates

Note for the State censuses:

Some Counties, totally or partially, are no more available. And the official data is not always what it seems. No Belgian found in Ellicott, Chautauqua County, no Belgian in Catskill, Greene County. In other places, the records are unreadable, ink faded, or pages partially destroyed. Sometime one or more Election Districts were not preserved and the records are so not complete as they would have. 

William Dollarhide, a renowned genealogist, in his book “New York State Censuses and Substitutes” published in 2006 tell why: “Beginning with the first state census taken in 1825 and every state census thereafter, two sets of the census schedules were prepared. The county clerk in each county was to retain an original set, while a duplicate original set was sent to the state census office in Albany. Therefore, there was originally both a county copy and state copy of every census taken. Sometime before 1911, the duplicate original state copies of the censuses were transferred to the manuscripts section of the New York State Library, located within the state capitol building in Albany…. 

 On March 29, 1911 a disastrous fire in the state capitol building nearly destroyed one of the largest libraries in America. Totally burned to ashes was a card catalog with over one million index cards. Hardest hit was the Manuscripts Room, where all of the original tale copies of the state censuses were stored. 

An inventory of the holdings of the state library immediately after the fire in 1911 confirmed that a complete run of state censuses 1825-1905 was held in the Manuscripts Room of the State Library and virtually all them were destroyed beyond salvage.  

As a result of the fire, the county copies of state censuses originally retained at the county clerks offices across the state are the only sets available today for the state censuses 1825-1905. The county copies listed as 'lost’ were lost at the county level and there is no known duplicate copy due to the 1911 fire at the state library…”

 

(1) Census of the state of New York, for 1855 : New York (State). Secretary's Office. 3 p. l., [iii]-lxvi p., 525 p. incl. tables. 4 diagrs 35 cm. Albany, Printed by C. Van Benthuysen, 1857.
(2) Census of the state of New York, for 1865 : New York (State). Secretary's Office. 2 p. l., cxxvi p., 1 l., 743 p. incl. tables. 35 cm. Albany, Printed by C. Van Benthuysen & sons, 1867.