Family tree - Part 4 Census records

Census records are details of households taken by the government every 10 years

 since 1801 for statistics purposes. Although they are only useful to genealogist and
those tracing their family tree from the 1841 census as they contain details of
every person living in the household.

1841 Census Contains

1. Address 
2. Names
3.  Ages (to the nearest 5 years)
4.  Sex
5.  Occupation
6. Whether born in county

    

1851 - 1901 Census Contains

1. Address
2. Names
3. Ages
4. Sex
5. Occupation
6. Place of birth
7. Disability 

   

1911 Census Contains

1. Address
2. Names
3. Ages
4. Sex
5. Years married
6. children born of marriage (alive or dead)
7. Occupation
8. Place of birth
9. Disability (This is censored)

Census dates

10 March 1801

27 March 1811

28 March 1821

30 March 1831

6 June 1841

30 March 1851

7 April 1861

2 April 1871

3 April 1881

5 April 1891

31 March 1901

2 April 2011

You can search Census records for free at FreeCEN please be aware that not all
 areas have been transcribed as yet but the volunteers are working hard to put
them on as soon as possible.

How to use FreeCEN

Fill in the highlighted boxes with name, surname & age and press search. If you get too 

many results you can add more information to the search page.