The 1810 federal census in Oneida County, New York features absences in the data that make it difficult to use for genealogical research purposes. The existing documents do not identify the towns of residence for the households, and they only record the initial letter of the first name for heads of households. This study, conducted by Michael Lints, sought to identify the towns of residence by cross referencing the record with the 1800 federal census and 1814 landowners’ census in Oneida County. The collection provides the first name initial and the last name of each head of household, along with their likely town of residence, page location and number. The search results also show matched name entries from both the 1800 and 1814 censuses. You can read more about the study in Mr. Lint's summary, "Identifying Locations in the 1810 Census for Oneida County"; this document is also a fully searchable facet of this collection.
Assuming the 1810 census taker went door-to-door in each neighborhood and recorded households in the order of visitation, the entries are grouped by their likely geographical location, although little attention was paid to town boundaries. To clarify these potential geographic groupings, the author identified possible matching entries for the head of household by cross-referencing individual entries from the 1810 Oneida census to the 1800 federal census and the 1814 landowners’s census. When a match was discovered, the full name as found in the cross reference was entered into the data results. If more than one matching name was found, all of them were listed and the number of occurrences for each name was noted in parenthesis.
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The records hosted here represents 5,398 entries for the 1810 census. The First Name and Last Name fields in the above search box will only search against the names as rendered in this census. Given that only the first initial of the first name of head of household was captured in 1810, use of the First Name field alone is of limited value. Location and page number in the 1810 census are captured as additional details, and are searchable via the Keywords field. Crucially, the full names as captured in the 1800 and 1814 cross-referenced censuses are also searched via the Keywords field. So if there is a full name you intend to find, or perhaps a surname as rendered in 1800 or 1814, the Keywords field is where such a search can be conducted. Note that you are not required to use the First and Last Name fields when conducting a search.