Full name, exact age, relationship to head of household, sex, occupation, parish and county of birth, medical disabilities and employment status. |
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Each householder was required to complete a census schedule giving the address of the household, the names, ages, sex, occupations and places of birth of each individual residing in his or her accommodation. In 1851, householders were asked to give more precise details of the places of birth of each resident, to state their relationships to him or her, marital status and the nature of any disabilities from which they may have suffered.
The enumerator then collected the census schedules and these were copied into census enumerators' books. The way these are grouped may mean that a road is split over several folios with other streets in between. In this case the street indexes should list a series of folio references.
Although the original census schedules were destroyed many years ago, the books were kept and eventually moved to the PRO archive. The books were then filmed in 1970 to prevent the increasing usage from destroying these fragile records.
You may find the odd torn or mutilated page but in general the records have survived in remarkable condition considering the heavy usage they have had.
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Piece number
Normally contains between 100-400 pages.
A PRO reference number referring to a number of Enumeration Districts represented by a file RG9-XXXX (XXXX = piece number).
Enumeration District
This refers to a group of streets and has a special sheet listing which streets are in the following pages.
Folio
Reference to two pages. The original book pages were stamped
with a folio number on every other page in the top right-hand corner. |
Census News & Information
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The Bronte Sisters in the Yorkshire 1841 Census
The three Bronte sisters - Charlotte, Emily and Anne - grew up with their brother Branwell in Parsonage House in Haworth, Yorkshire. They can be found in the 1841 Census.
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Women allowed to enter the Medical Profession from 1876
In the 19th Century, a career as a physician was a highly respected following for a man. Yet it was considered outrageous for any woman to pursue a career in that profession.
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TNA Launch New Site - Hidden BMDs 1567 to 1858
In the years before compulsory registration, you need to turn to parish records. This new website that has been launched by The National Archive allows you to search records from 1567 to 1858.
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COMPLETE Census Coverage for England, Wales and the Channel Islands
Transcripts and Indexes for all counties in England, Wales, and the Channel Islands (including original images) for census years 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, and 1891 now available on TheGenealogist.co.uk.
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