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About CART 1850
About CART 1860
About CART 1870

CART Instructions

CART FAQ's

CART Support

Subdistricts and Enumeration Districts

Page and sheet numbering system

About the header on each page

About the columns on each page

Various sources of the census records

EXAMPLES of how you will see names on the census

HISTORY of the United States Federal Census, 1790-1920

Notes for you to keep while working on your transcription

A basic overview of the census and its history

What is involved in being a second transcriber?

Remember, please sign up with a State Census Coordinator before beginning a transcription.

The CART program is available for the following years. If you will be transcribing for other years, templates are available. Column names and field sizes for census by year:

1850 1860 1870

  1. CART Download

    Install Option (A) (Full Version)

    • For original installation, install the update on top of this version
    • Click to download: cart101a.exe.

    Install Option (B) (Update Version)
    Install Option (C) (Four Files to create a set of diskettes)
  2. CART Instructions
  3. CART Support
  4. CART HTML output Sample

Common areas in which support is needed:
  • Downloading
  • Instructions (includes installation)
  • Usage FAQ

    • For any questions you have, we suggest that you join the CART Support Mailing List.

    CART was designed and developed by the USGenWeb Census Project to assist its volunteers in transcribing the census.

    When transcribing the census
    MAKE A BACKUP COPY!
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