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The UK 1881 Census

Census Online

Census name indexes and transcripts are also available online. A census name index is an index of names compiled from the census records. They enable you to search for a person by surname, forename and age. A transcript is not just the names, but all of the data from the census that an be searched.

Indexing census for large counties like London or Yorkshire is a mammoth task and a huge amount of manpower is required to compile those records.

Smaller UK-based companies, societies and individuals have also been compiling census name indexes covering particular counties or areas. Cultural, historical, and geographical knowledge of the UK and an interest in genealogy give them an advantage in producing more accurate results than other companies outside of the UK.

To remedy this situation, two major UK-based genealogy supplies companies, S&N Genealogy Supplies and British Data Archive, have been funding a new census name indexing project and making their existing databases available online. Thousands of volunteers from all over the UK have since contributed to this project. S&N are also funding major transcription projects enabling millions of new records to be added to online databases.

Census indexes and transcripts are available for all counties across England and Wales from 1841-1901 — see www.thegenealogist.co.uk for details.

Other Online Genealogical Research Data

It's not just census indexes that you can get online to help with your family history research. The Genealogist offers all these different types of data in an all-inclusive subscription:

• Births, marriages and deaths index (COMPLETE 1837-2005 data)
• Census indexes & transcripts
• Parish records
• Non-conformist records
• Directories
• Wills
• Landowner records
• Knights of England
• and more...

Why choose www.TheGenealogist.co.uk?

• Voted Census & BMD Website of the Year 2008 by YFT magazine
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Find out more at www.thegenealogist.co.uk, or click here to try a free trial.