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Dates of census

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Nadine

Nadine Report 16 Jan 2007 20:24

Does anyone know whether the census info was at the start or end of the census year? i have relatives that are 1 mth (on 1881 census) and 8 mths (on 1861 census) at the time of the census, but there are a few possibilites on the BDM indexes. Knowing whether the censuses were taken at the start or end of a year might help me track them down for slightly less money!!

Researching:
Richardson, North East Brooks, Somerset & Wales Phillips, Shropshire Thomas, Wales

KeithInFujairah

KeithInFujairah Report 16 Jan 2007 20:27

Census were normally taken end of March/first week in April, will find exact dates for you. Keith

Sam

Sam Report 16 Jan 2007 20:28

6 June 1841 30 March 1851 7 April 1861 2 April 1871 3 April 1881 5 April 1891 31 March 1901 Sam x

Louise

Louise Report 16 Jan 2007 22:26

Info worth having Ta!! Gan Canny Loubeelou

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 16 Jan 2007 22:36

Census dates can always be found by googling Reg

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 17 Jan 2007 03:34

OR you an find the date a census was taken while looking at that census ...... scroll down the screen to below the tables, and there is a lot of writing giving information on that particular census, by scrolling further down you will see something that says about when the census was taken. Click on the Click Here to get further information ...... like the date the census was taken. Also did you know that you can find out more about the area where your rellies lived? ....... look above the table with your peoples' names, and you will see a whole listing of place names all separated by >> ....... click on one of these and it will describe the limits of the geographical area within which those reports were taken. Sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Suzie

Suzie Report 17 Jan 2007 08:39

I printed this page and keep it with my stuff http://en*wikipedia*org/wiki/UK_census_dates remember to change the **

Nadine

Nadine Report 17 Jan 2007 09:15

Thanks everyone - that'll help me sort some of this out. Thanks also for the links. Nadine

Researching:
Richardson, North East Brooks, Somerset & Wales Phillips, Shropshire Thomas, Wales