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There have been censuses every ten years since 1790. All are searchable to 1930 at www.ancestry.com (with 1880 free at www.familysearch.org too). Up to 1840 they recorded heads of households with numbers but not names of other people present, divided into sexes and age groups – frustrating for lack of detail, but not entirely uninformative. From 1850, all names and ages are recorded along with place of birth, and the relationship to the head of the household is stated from 1880. Much of the 1890 census was accidentally burned. From 1880–1920 the countries of birth of everyone’s parents is stated as well. Those for 1900 state how long people had been in America. Those for 1910 indicate on which side veterans of the Civil War had fought. Censuses will tell you who was from Ireland, but don’t state precise places of origin.