Census Quick Reference Chart
England, Wales & Scotland
1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901
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Census Quick Reference Chart |
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YEAR |
DATE |
ENUMERATED |
ADDRESS |
BIRTH PLACE |
NATIONALITY |
IMMIGRATION RELIGION or RACE AGE or BIRTHDATE |
SEX |
MARITAL |
OCCUPATION |
EDUCATION or INFIRMITIES MILITARY SERVICE ADDITIONAL SCHEDULES |
INDEX |
NOTES |
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| 10 March | Statistics only | No, but did record number of inhabited and uninhabited houses plus number of families occupying them. | No | No | No | No | Neither, but did record number of baptisms, marriages and burials in the parish on a sliding scale. | Statistical only | Record of number of marriages in the parish on a sliding scale. | Statistical by male/female employed in agriculture, trade, handcrafts, manufacture and others. Many women, children and servants wrongly included in male statistics. | No | No | No | Some surviving returns have been published, but these are scarce. | Jersey, Aldernay, Sark and Scilly Islands not included in census. Only 99 of 850 Scottish parishes could complete returns. Some Overseers compiled listings of individuals before completing return which may be still in parish chest or local town, borough, or county record offices. Original returns destroyed in 1901. | |
| 1811 | 27 May | Statistics only | No, but did record number of inhabited and uninhabited houses plus number of families occupying them. | No | No | No | No | Neither, but did record number of baptisms, marriages and burials in the parish on a sliding scale. | Statistical only | Record of number of marriages in the parish on a sliding scale. | Statistical by male/female employed in agriculture, trade, handcrafts, manufacture and others. | No | No | No | Some surviving returns have been published, but these are scarce. | Some Overseers compiled listings of individuals before completing return which may be still in parish chest or local town, borough, or county record offices. Original returns destroyed in 1904. |
| 1821 | 28 May | Statistics only | No, but did record number of inhabited and uninhabited houses plus number of families occupying them. | No | No | No | No | Recorded in 5-year groupings as well as number of baptisms, marriages and burials in the parish on a sliding scale. | Statistical only | Record of number of marriages in the parish on a sliding scale. | Statistical by male/female employed in agriculture, trade, handcrafts, manufacture and others. | No | No | No | Some surviving returns have been published, but these are scarce. | Some Overseers compiled listings of individuals before completing return which may be still in parish chest or local town, borough, or county record offices. Original returns destroyed in 1904. |
| 1831 | 30 May | Statistics only | No, but did record number of inhabited and uninhabited houses plus number of families occupying them. | No | No | No | No | Recorded in 5-year groupings. | Statistical only | Record of number of marriages in the parish on a sliding scale. | Statistical by male/female employed in agriculture, trade, handcrafts, manufacture and others. | No | No | No | Some surviving returns have been published, but these are scarce. | Some Overseers compiled listings of individuals before completing return which may be still in parish chest or local town, borough, or county record offices. Original returns destroyed in 1904. |
| 1841 | 6 June | Entire household but no relationships of persons in household to each other are stated. | Yes | Generalized by recording if born in county, Scotland, Ireland or foreign | Inferred from birthplace | No | No | Ages over 15 to be rounded down to nearest age ending in a 5 or 0. Ages under 15 were to be recorded exactly. | Yes | No | Yes | Neither were recorded. | No | No | Some available through family history societies and on-line. |
Scottish census is planned to be
available on-line with index as of Winter 2003 or Spring 2004 at: Scotland's People |
| 1851 | 30 March | Entire household plus relationship to head of household is stated | Yes | Yes | Inferred from birthplace | No | No | Exact age | Yes | Yes | Yes | Education no. Infirmities as deaf, dumb, blind or other. | No | No |
Devon, Warwick & Norfolk combined index
on CD-Rom.
Suffolk FHS has produced full county index. Scotland full index searchable only after initial GB6.00 is paid. |
Scottish census is planned to be
available on-line with index as of Winter 2003 or Spring 2004 at: Scotland's People Pages are pay-per view basis and are charged over and above initial GB6.00 to view index. Devon, Warwick, Norfolk index can be purchased on-line at: www.familysearch.org
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| 1861 | 7 April | Entire household plus relationship to head of household is stated | Yes | Yes | Inferred from birthplace | No | No | Exact age | Yes | Yes | Yes | Education no. Infirmities as deaf, dumb, blind or other. Scotland records education as number of people in household attending school. | No | No | Some available through family history societies and on-line. |
Scottish census for number of rooms with one or more windows and how many children in household between 5 and 12 attending school. Scottish
census is planned to be available on-line with index as of Winter
2003 or Spring 2004 at:
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| 1871 | 2 April | Entire household plus relationship to head of household is stated | Yes | Yes | Inferred from birthplace | No | No | Exact age | Yes | Yes | Yes | Education no. Infirmities as deaf, dumb, blind, idiot or lunatic. | No | No |
Many available
through family history societies and on-line.
Parts on-line at: |
Scottish census is planned to be
available on-line with index as of Winter 2003 or Spring 2004 at: Scotland's People |
| 1881 | 3 April | Entire household plus relationship to head of household is stated | Yes | Yes | Inferred from birthplace | No | No | Exact age | Yes | Yes | Yes | Education no. Infirmities as deaf, dumb, blind, idiot or lunatic. | No | No | Fully indexed on microfiche and CD-Rom. |
Index can be purchased from numerous family history societies and genealogy products suppliers. It is also available direct from the publisher on-line at: www.familysearch.org. England and Wales now searchable on-line at www.familysearch.org but to access Scottish census freely CD series must be purchased as above noted. Scottish census index is
available on-line. Images will be available as of Winter
2003 or Spring 2004. For index go to:
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| 1891 | 5 April | Entire household plus relationship to head of household is stated | Yes. Also records number of rooms in the house. | Yes | Inferred from birthplace | No | No | Exact age | Yes | Yes | Yes. Also records if person is employed, unemployed or an employer. | Education no. Infirmities as deaf, dumb, blind, idiot or lunatic. | No | No |
England
& Wales - some on-line.
FreeCEN project founded to provide on-line free searchable index. Devon and Cornwall most advanced. See county and parish entries on GENUKI website.
Parts on-line at: Scotland full index searchable only after initial GB6.00 is paid. |
Scotland index
and images are on-line at: Registration is required in order to conduct searches. Very broad and general searches can be conducted for free but to view search results and images a credit voucher must be purchased. Vouchers are available in 30 credit increments, 30 credits for GB6.00. Each page of search results viewed is debited 1 credit while each image viewed is debited 5 credits. |
| 1901 | 31 March | Entire household plus relationship to head of household is stated | Yes. Also records number of inhabited and uninhabited houses and buildings. Also records number of rooms occupied if less than five. | Yes | Inferred from birthplace | No | No | Exact age | Yes | Yes | Yes. Also records if person is employer, worker or if working on own account or at home. | Education no. Infirmities as deaf, dumb, blind, lunatic, imbecile or feeble-minded. | No | No |
Full index on-line England & Wales index is a free search. Scotland index only searchable after initial GB6.00 is paid. Parts on-line at: |
England and Wales index and pages on-line at: www.census.pro.gov.uk with sales of microfiche to libraries and record offices. Pages are pay-per-view basis. Vouchers for pay-per-view can be purchased on website and start at GB5.00. Scotland index and images are on-line at: Registration is required in order to conduct searches. Very broad and general searches can be conducted for free but to view search results and images a credit voucher must be purchased. Vouchers are available in 30 credit increments, 30 credits for GB6.00. Each page of search results viewed is debited 1 credit while each image viewed is debited 5 credits. |
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