FAQ and help with census of the United Kingdom
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Ancestry Message Boards with help for United Kingdom census
this same text with hot links
The census was taken on the following dates:--
10 Mar. 1801 No longer exists, with a few exceptions
27 May 1811 No longer exists, with a few exceptions
28 May 1821 No longer exists, with a few exceptions
30 May 1831 No longer exists, with a few exceptions
7 June 1841 FreeCEN - Cornwall, Warwickshire Scotland
Few local indexes exist - see GENUKI county pages
30 March 1851 FreeCEN - Cornwall Scotland
Many local indexes exist - see GENUKI county pages
7 April 1861 NEW 1837online.com - FreeCEN - England Scotland
Ancestry.co.uk is due later in 2005
Few local indexes exist - see GENUKI county pages
2 April 1871 ONLINE - FreeCEN - England Scotland Wales
Few local indexes exist - see GENUKI county pages
3 April 1881 England and Wales index available online
- with Scotland on CD set
England and Wales in another version with images
5 April 1891 ONLINE - FreeCEN - England Wales
Few local indexes exist - see GENUKI county pages
31 March 1901 England and Wales index available online at TNA
1901 England Census at Ancestry and Wales is due later in 2005
All ancestry.co.uk census
Local record offices and central libraries hold copies of the 1901 census and more on microform for their local area.
Please note some of these organisations require you to book in advance so calling before a visit is advisable.
GENUKI: UK and Ireland Topics - Archives and Libraries
The Familia website can help you find what is available from public libraries..
Family History Centers in UK and world wide are branch facilities of the Family History Library
in Salt Lake City.and may have ancestry.com or film.
Their online catalogue has recently been updated
Try Place search first to find indexes and to obtain film or fiche numbers about 5 or 6 layers down,
click view film notes button,
and use For a printable version of this record click here then click your browser's Print button.
First try for Census returns for parish, 1841-1891 in Place Search
Great Britain. Census Office as an Author search gives :-
Numbers 1-50 of 14464 titles by this author. --
!! more advice on this would be welcome please !!
Society of Genealogists has many resources for census and parish registers with excellent finding aids
Family Records Centre (FRC) London - on the first floor the National Archives holds the open census returns for the whole of England and Wales
with a substantial collection of finding aids
United Kingdom Census Records - links at Census Finder dot com
TNA help page for their searchable databases
The 1901 Census for England and Wales is ideal for researching your family tree
and you can also discover your house history by using the Place Search
and the 1901 census will be on U.K. Census Collection: too
Boards - Topics - Ancestry.com - United Kingdom and Ireland is a feedback message board for ancestry.co.uk
I and others post queries and global errors here eg:-
This name is not currently searchable : Hugh Watkins -- 16 Feb 2005
Re: This name is not currently searchable : L. Brown -- 24 Feb 2005
Do read all postings by Author: L. Brown and Author: Brian Edwards
who are managers at MyFamily.com, Inc.
and use View Messages Listed By: Date (expanded) to get the latest news.
GENUKI Wales - GENUKI England - GENUKI Scotland
GENUKI Scotland census - Scotland's People
Scotish Census returns for 1841 - 1871 are currently being indexed
Type of Record Year Range Indexed? Images?
Scotland Census 1841 Spring 2006 ?
Scotland Census 1851 Spring 2006 ?
Scotland Census 1861 Spring 2006 ?
Scotland Census 1871 Spring 2006 ?
Scotland Census 1881 Yes ??????
Scotland Census 1891 Yes Yes
Scotland Census 1901 Yes Yes
============== CLOSED =====================
2 April 1911 has a 100 year closure - will be opened 1st January 2012
19 June 1921 100 year closure
26 April 1931 Destroyed during WW2
29 September 1939 WW2 National Registration - 100 year closure
8 April 1951 100 year closure
23 April 1961 100 year closure
25 April 1971 100 year closure
5 April 1981 100 year closure
21 April 1991 100 year closure
29 April 2001 100 year closure
Census Advice: Read This First - Census, 1801-1901: Statistical Reports
===================================
Information about FreeCEN Coverage:- - Database Coverage - Recent Additions
Search the FreeCEN Database - Volunteer to help - Transcription Software
Grand Total - 4,101,197 names
GENUKI CENSUS - easy search TNA family history resources PRO
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WHAT IS RECORDED?
The householder was to complete their individual household
schedules recording who was in their household during
the period Sunday night to Monday morning.
Place of deposit of the source - Family Records Centre
at 1 Myddelton Street, London EC1R 1UW
TNA Class Reference -
department code + series reference
year
HO107 1841
HO107
1851
RG9 1861
RG10 1871
RG11 1881
RG12 1891
RG13 1901
RG1 to RG8 are NOT census
The National Archives Online Catalogue is now the Catalogue (formerly PROCAT)
catalogue help
ENTER - TNA Class Reference
department code + series reference
type reference here
Go to reference
press return krey
and then use - Browse the catalogue from here
to find a place use search the catalogue
1. place name
3. department code + series reference (is optional)
search
the national archives - Research guides: A to Z
Search the Family History Library Catalog for records and resources.
use place search - click about 4 levels down to A film or fiche set may contain more than one parish.
For a printable version of this record click here then click your browser's Print button.
note film numbers
============ and on CD ==================
Barry.Ruck - FAQ on CENSUS with many LINKS.
Gordon W. Beavington - Transcription & Scanning Service
LDS Family History Software Products
Direct Line for Family History CD orders by debit/credit card: +44 (0) 8700 10 20 51
or please make cheques payable to 'The Church of Jesus Christ of LDS'
Church of LDS Distribution Centre
399 Garretts Green Lane
Birmingham
B33 0UH
This centre will accept orders from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Eire and Europe.
There is also a distribution centre in France if that is more convenient.
Elsewhere please contact your nearest distribution centre for availability, price and payment details
Very much indexing is undertaken by local volunteers
so for more help contact a local family history society
or subscribe to a RootsWeb county list
England Ireland Scotland Wales
The Federation of Family History Societies.
Societies listed on Genuki
ENGLAND
IRELAND
SCOTLAND
WALES
CHANNEL ISLANDS
ISLE OF MAN
this same text with hot links
--------------------------------------------
Hugh Watkins,
updated March 4 2005 -
-------------------------------------------------------------
Ancestry Message Boards with help for United Kingdom census
this same text with hot links
The census was taken on the following dates:--
10 Mar. 1801 No longer exists, with a few exceptions
27 May 1811 No longer exists, with a few exceptions
28 May 1821 No longer exists, with a few exceptions
30 May 1831 No longer exists, with a few exceptions
7 June 1841 FreeCEN - Cornwall, Warwickshire Scotland
Few local indexes exist - see GENUKI county pages
30 March 1851 FreeCEN - Cornwall Scotland
Many local indexes exist - see GENUKI county pages
7 April 1861 NEW 1837online.com - FreeCEN - England Scotland
Ancestry.co.uk is due later in 2005
Few local indexes exist - see GENUKI county pages
2 April 1871 ONLINE - FreeCEN - England Scotland Wales
Few local indexes exist - see GENUKI county pages
3 April 1881 England and Wales index available online
- with Scotland on CD set
England and Wales in another version with images
5 April 1891 ONLINE - FreeCEN - England Wales
Few local indexes exist - see GENUKI county pages
31 March 1901 England and Wales index available online at TNA
1901 England Census at Ancestry and Wales is due later in 2005
All ancestry.co.uk census
Local record offices and central libraries hold copies of the 1901 census and more on microform for their local area.
Please note some of these organisations require you to book in advance so calling before a visit is advisable.
GENUKI: UK and Ireland Topics - Archives and Libraries
The Familia website can help you find what is available from public libraries..
Family History Centers in UK and world wide are branch facilities of the Family History Library
in Salt Lake City.and may have ancestry.com or film.
Their online catalogue has recently been updated
Try Place search first to find indexes and to obtain film or fiche numbers about 5 or 6 layers down,
click view film notes button,
and use For a printable version of this record click here then click your browser's Print button.
First try for Census returns for parish, 1841-1891 in Place Search
Great Britain. Census Office as an Author search gives :-
Numbers 1-50 of 14464 titles by this author. --
!! more advice on this would be welcome please !!
Society of Genealogists has many resources for census and parish registers with excellent finding aids
Family Records Centre (FRC) London - on the first floor the National Archives holds the open census returns for the whole of England and Wales
with a substantial collection of finding aids
United Kingdom Census Records - links at Census Finder dot com
TNA help page for their searchable databases
The 1901 Census for England and Wales is ideal for researching your family tree
and you can also discover your house history by using the Place Search
and the 1901 census will be on U.K. Census Collection: too
Boards - Topics - Ancestry.com - United Kingdom and Ireland is a feedback message board for ancestry.co.uk
I and others post queries and global errors here eg:-
This name is not currently searchable : Hugh Watkins -- 16 Feb 2005
Re: This name is not currently searchable : L. Brown -- 24 Feb 2005
Do read all postings by Author: L. Brown and Author: Brian Edwards
who are managers at MyFamily.com, Inc.
and use View Messages Listed By: Date (expanded) to get the latest news.
GENUKI Wales - GENUKI England - GENUKI Scotland
GENUKI Scotland census - Scotland's People
Scotish Census returns for 1841 - 1871 are currently being indexed
Type of Record Year Range Indexed? Images?
Scotland Census 1841 Spring 2006 ?
Scotland Census 1851 Spring 2006 ?
Scotland Census 1861 Spring 2006 ?
Scotland Census 1871 Spring 2006 ?
Scotland Census 1881 Yes ??????
Scotland Census 1891 Yes Yes
Scotland Census 1901 Yes Yes
============== CLOSED =====================
2 April 1911 has a 100 year closure - will be opened 1st January 2012
19 June 1921 100 year closure
26 April 1931 Destroyed during WW2
29 September 1939 WW2 National Registration - 100 year closure
8 April 1951 100 year closure
23 April 1961 100 year closure
25 April 1971 100 year closure
5 April 1981 100 year closure
21 April 1991 100 year closure
29 April 2001 100 year closure
Census Advice: Read This First - Census, 1801-1901: Statistical Reports
===================================
Information about FreeCEN Coverage:- - Database Coverage - Recent Additions
Search the FreeCEN Database - Volunteer to help - Transcription Software
Grand Total - 4,101,197 names
GENUKI CENSUS - easy search TNA family history resources PRO
===================================
WHAT IS RECORDED?
The householder was to complete their individual household
schedules recording who was in their household during
the period Sunday night to Monday morning.
Place of deposit of the source - Family Records Centre
at 1 Myddelton Street, London EC1R 1UW
TNA Class Reference -
department code + series reference
year
HO107 1841
HO107
1851
RG9 1861
RG10 1871
RG11 1881
RG12 1891
RG13 1901
RG1 to RG8 are NOT census
The National Archives Online Catalogue is now the Catalogue (formerly PROCAT)
catalogue help
ENTER - TNA Class Reference
department code + series reference
type reference here
Go to reference
press return krey
and then use - Browse the catalogue from here
to find a place use search the catalogue
1. place name
3. department code + series reference (is optional)
search
the national archives - Research guides: A to Z
Search the Family History Library Catalog for records and resources.
use place search - click about 4 levels down to A film or fiche set may contain more than one parish.
For a printable version of this record click here then click your browser's Print button.
note film numbers
============ and on CD ==================
Barry.Ruck - FAQ on CENSUS with many LINKS.
Gordon W. Beavington - Transcription & Scanning Service
LDS Family History Software Products
Direct Line for Family History CD orders by debit/credit card: +44 (0) 8700 10 20 51
or please make cheques payable to 'The Church of Jesus Christ of LDS'
Church of LDS Distribution Centre
399 Garretts Green Lane
Birmingham
B33 0UH
This centre will accept orders from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Eire and Europe.
There is also a distribution centre in France if that is more convenient.
Elsewhere please contact your nearest distribution centre for availability, price and payment details
Very much indexing is undertaken by local volunteers
so for more help contact a local family history society
or subscribe to a RootsWeb county list
England Ireland Scotland Wales
The Federation of Family History Societies.
Societies listed on Genuki
ENGLAND
IRELAND
SCOTLAND
WALES
CHANNEL ISLANDS
ISLE OF MAN
this same text with hot links
--------------------------------------------
Hugh Watkins,
updated March 4 2005 -
posted by Hugh W at 3:56 am
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