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census help needed please

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Elizabeth

Elizabeth Report 11 Dec 2004 23:22

hi can anyone please tell me what census records are available to look on? and which may be possably free, or good to look at. im pretty new to this and ned all the help i may be able to get! thanks in advance.

Kate

Kate Report 11 Dec 2004 23:34

The 1881 census is the main free one, at http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/default.asp It is a transcription only - if you want to see images of the actual documents you have to look at Ancestry - see below. Also there is a 2% sample of the 1851 census at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bewickgenealogy/census/alpha.htm The 1901 census is available at http://www.census.pro.gov.uk/index.html You can search it free but have to pay to look at the entries. Similarly the 1891 census and quite a lot of the 1871 census on http://www.ancestry.co.uk You can search free but if you want to look at the entries you have to subscribe; various subscriptions are available. They also have the 1881 census with images of the actual documents and the 1901 census, and the 1851 census sample. I believe that the National Archives at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ are just starting a way of accessing some of the Ancestry.co.uk census data but I don't know the details of it. A few counties of the 1871 census are available on: http://www.britishorigins.com/ Again, you have to subscribe to look at the data. You can get a 72-hour subscription pretty cheap, but as I say they only have a few counties so far.

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Report 11 Dec 2004 23:43

hi kate thanks for your help. i have heard of anchestry, are they any good? and do they contain most records ?

Maud

Maud Report 12 Dec 2004 12:29

Hi Sorry am not answering the question you have asked, I`m taking a shot in the dark because of your surname, hope you don`t mind? The name Plews comes into my family history line, and I am curious to know, are you or any of your ancestors perhaps, from Derby? I ask because, my gt grandfather`s first wife was Mary Plews Street, and I am curious as to where the name Plews originated for her?

Twinkle

Twinkle Report 12 Dec 2004 12:36

Ancestry are currently offering a free trial (two weeks). Click on the 'click here to learn more' link on the homepage. You do need a credit card (although I sneakily signed up using a debit card and they didn't notice). Make sure you go to the UK version. Some people have problems cancelling, so don't leave it til the last minute. They should send a confirmation of cancellation email; if not, keep following the cancellation instructions until they do.