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Click on the links below to search indexes and databases of census records, and those of census substitutes:

Scotland

— 1851 census (Dumfriesshire, Kircudbrightshire and Wigtownshire)

Historical archive information relating to Dundee, including pre-1841 census information.

— Scotland's Census 2011

Scotland's next census is set for 27 March 2011, and this website will offer most householders the option to complete census questionnaires online for the first time, in English or Gaelic. It includes census video and audio clips, an interactive timeline and translations of the questions in British Sign Language (BSL).

England and Wales

— 1901 Census Online

— 1911 Census Online

— Ancestry.co.uk: UK census collection (1841 to 1901)

Census records from Scotland, England and Wales; Birth, Marriage and Death records from England and Wales; British military records; Immigration and Emigration records; newspaper archives; photographs; court records and other resources available on pay-per-view basis.

— FreeCEN: UK census online (1841 to 1891)

— The Genealogist

The Genealogist: census transcripts 1841 to 1901.

— The National Archives: census records (1841 to 1911)

Online Census records for England (1841 to 1911), and Wales (1841 to 1901). 1911 Welsh records will be available shortly. Also links to partner organisations within UK and Ireland. Searching is free but there is a charge to view transcripts and download images.

— Your Archives wiki – historical streets project

Access to census street indexes.

Channel Islands and Isle of Man
— Isle of Man census indices (1841-1901)

— National Archives: census records (1841 to 1891)

Census records from the Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1841 to 1891.

Ireland

— 1841 and 1851 census substitute (1908 pension records Pensear)

Searchable database derived from records that survived the burning of public records and census information in Dublin's Four Courts in 1922. Information collected in 1908 (at time of Ireland's Old Age Pension Act) from 1841 and 1851 Irish censuses.

— Ask about Ireland: Griffiths valuation

The Primary Valuation was the first full-scale valuation of property in Ireland, overseen by Richard Griffith and published between 1847 and 1864. It is one of the most important surviving 19th century genealogical sources.

— Census of Ireland 1901 and 1911 (National Archives of Ireland)

— Irish Genealogy: Central Signposting Index

Index to a database containing over 3 million Irish genealogical records, pointing enquirers to local county-based genealogy centres.

— Public Record Office of Northern Ireland: freeholders (pre-1840)

Lists of people entitled to vote, or of people who voted, at elections in Ireland pre-1840.

Other countries

— Bombay Census, 1851

Returns Of Europeans residing in districts under the Bombay Presidency on 30 March 1851.

— Canada: Census of 1851 (Canada West, Canada East, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia)

— Canada: Census of 1891

— Norwegian Historical Data Centre: searching the 1865, 1875 and 1900 Censuses

— United States of America: 1850-1920 (FamilySearch record search pilot)

General

— Census finder

Provides links to census indexes for the UK, Ireland, Canada, the USA, Norway and Sweden.

— Cyndi's list

Provides links to census websites worldwide.