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Genealogy - 1881 British Census
Censuses have been taken every 10 years since 1841, except during World War II in 1941.
They are a most useful and cheap source of information, but unfortunately a 100-year secrecy rule means we are only able to view those up to 1891.
The 1901 Census containing around 32 million names is due for release on the first working day of January 2002. For the first time the Census will be digitised and available to researchers on the Internet.
The 1881 Census was carried out on 3 April 1881 and was the first census to gather detailed information about all persons in the household at the time of the census, even visitors. Details are quite comprehensive giving addresses, full names, head of household, relationship of other occupants to the head of the household, birth years, birth places, occupations, sex, and census place.
The census contains details of 6.7 million households and over 30 million individuals. It is contained on
24 CD-ROM's consisting of an 8 CD Alphabetical National Index, and 16 Counties
CD's.
There is a possibility that the year of
birth can be out by one year due to the way that the transcribed version
calculates years of birth, where possible I will supply details of the request
with a +/- of 1 year on the date requested.
Ware Online are offering a free look-up service to our visitors but only for the town of Ware or the surrounding villages.
Free requests are limited to one per day - please do not use multiple email addresses to exceed this limit.
As with all look-up's - these are finding aids only and where a you find a record of interest you should confirm the
details against the original record.
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