Information contained in the 1900 Federal Census Records "The Twelfth Census of the United States" ========================================================================= Steele Co. Genealogy NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Made available to The Steele Co. genealogy pages by: John Haberman ========================================================================== The following information may be available from the header area of the pages from the 1900 Federal Census images. Not every data field was used. This information was supplied by the census taker. State County Township or other division of county Name of incorporated city, town or village within the above-named division Name of Institution Ward of city Supervisior's District No. Sheet No. Enumeration Dist. No. Enumeration date Enumerators Name When the pages were recorded or microfilmed the following information was "stamped" in the header area of each page: A sequential (page) number and the letter "A" were stamped on the first (front) side of each page. The letter "B" was stamped on the second (back) side of each page. The following listing is the information content of each data column. Each side of a page allowed the listing of 50 people. LOCATION - Name of Street - House Number 1 Number of dwelling-house, in the order of visitation 2 Number of family, in the order of visitation 3 Name of every person whose place of aboce on June 1, 1900 was in this family. RELATION 4 Relationship of each person the the head of the family. PERSONAL DESCRIPTION 5 Color or race 6 Sex 7 Date of Birth / Month Date of Birth / Year 8 Age at last birthday 9 Whether single, married, widowed, or divorced 10 Number of years married 11 Mother of how many children 12 Number of children living NATIVITY. Place of birth of each person and parents of each person enumerated. If born in the United States, give the State or Territory; if of foreign birth, give the Country only. 13 Place of Birth of this Person 14 Place of Birth of FATHER of this Person 15 Place of Birth of MOTHER of this Person CITIZENSHIP 16 Year of immigration to the U.S. 17 Number of years in the U.S. 18 Naturalization OCCUPATION, TRADE, or PROFESSION of each person ten years of age and over 19 Occupation 20 Months not employed EDUCATION 21 Attended school (in months) 22 Can read 23 Can write 24 Can speak English OWNERSHIP OF HOME 25 Owned or rented 26 Owned free or mortgaged 27 Farm or home 28 Number of farm schedule