Census Search

Data in the API includes full details from the 1940 Census and census from 1780-1930, with Census images when available.

1. Add your access profile, username, and search type to the request headers.

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Please Note:

Census will be the search type in your request header for "galaxy-search-type"

  • galaxy-ap-name: [Access Profile Name]
  • galaxy-ap-password: [Access Profile Password]
  • galaxy-client-session-id: (Optional) Session ID for logging
  • galaxy-client-type: [Galaxy Client Type] (required for Javascript clients)
  • galaxy-search-type: [Census]

2. Add search criteria to your request.

{
  "FirstName": "Andrew",
  "LastName": "Smith",
  "CensusDecades": [
    1930,
    1940
  ],
  "Addresses": [
    {
      "County": "Queens",
      "State": "NY"
    }
  ],
  "Relatives": [],
 }

3. Set the desired pagination rules.

{
  "FirstName": "Andrew",
  "LastName": "Smith",
  "CensusDecades": [
    1930,
    1940
  ],
  "Addresses": [
    {
      "County": "Queens",
      "State": "NY"
    }
  ],
  "Relatives": [],
  "Page": 1,
  "ResultsPerPage": 20
}

4. Submit your search.