Introduction to Census Records

The Census - An Essential Tool The UK census records can provide vital information about your ancestors. They record full names, addresses, occupations, ages, relationships, gender, place/county of birth and certain medical conditions, recording a snapshot of family life in years gone by. Help fill holes in your research with the largest range of census CD roms available from any publisher.				View an interactive map to select your county: NOTE: You will need to have the Flash Plug-in installed on your computer to view this file.

Purchase Name Indexes with your set This is where S&N census name indexes can save you hours of browsing. They enable you to search for a person by surname, forename and age. Matching entries will be displayed with a reference enabling you to find the original record in our census CD sets. Some of the indexes alone contain tens of thousands of pages; millions of names! You will be able to pinpoint the one(s) you need in a matter of seconds. Wherever possible, we provide name indexes to purchasers. These are available in CD-ROM format or online at TheGenealogist. See Census Name Indexes on CD for latest availability.

“Thank you so much for the 1861 census. The census is brilliant and with the information from www.TheGenealogist.co.uk I found my great great granddad who I've been searching for, for months.” - I.R. Cornwall

Massive Multi-Buy Savings on Census Sets

Mix and Match Savings

Pick any combination of 4 sets and get the cheapest set Free! (excludes 1881 sets)

Simply add four or more current individual census CD sets (not 1881 sets or bundles) to your basket and you will automatically be given the appropriate discount.

Select a county:

UK Indexer and TheGenealogist.co.uk

We fund major transcription and indexing projects which will give you high quality indexes online and on CD. See www.UKindexer.co.uk for details.

County Set Coverage

The enumeration districts do not follow the county boundaries but are based on parliamentary boundaries. As these changed over time the best way to find out which county set you would need to order is to use our county finder in conjunction with The National Archives catalogue.

Online name indexing project - UK Indexer

UK Indexer is a volunteer indexing project for TheGenealogist involving volunteers who, in return for their work, get free vouchers and subscriptions. Your spare time on the indexer means that you help produce the highest quality data for publishing on www.thegenealogist.co.uk benefiting family historians and yourself.

Census indexes & transcripts are also available online at:

Learn about life, fashion and news in a particular census year:

1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871
1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911

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