# Linking 1850 and 1860 census full count files

**URL:** <https://forum.ipums.org/t/linking-1850-and-1860-census-full-count-files/5242>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [April 21, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/linking-1850-and-1860-census-full-count-files/5242 "2023-04-21T15:16:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gary\_Pickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d07c76/32.png) [@Gary\_Pickens](https://forum.ipums.org/u/Gary_Pickens)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/linking-1850-and-1860-census-full-count-files/5242/1 "2023-04-21T15:16:21Z")

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I am trying to extract linked records from the 1850 and 1860 full count census files. The IPUMS web site says: “Invoking the “link census data” option on the sample selection screen constrains your choice of censuses to the full-count datasets. Any other datasets in your data cart will be dropped and cannot subsequently be added.”. I don’t see this option on he sample selection screen. Is the web site incorrect or am I doing something wrong? Thx.

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**Author:** ![KariWilliams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@KariWilliams](https://forum.ipums.org/u/KariWilliams)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/linking-1850-and-1860-census-full-count-files/5242/2 "2023-04-21T17:24:21Z")

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The linked extract functionality was inadvertently suppressed earlier this week. We have re-enabled the feature; you should now be able to request linked, full count, historical data via IPUMS USA. My apologies for the inconvenience and thanks for bringing this to our attention.