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Census
Click on the links below to search indexes and databases of census records, and those of census substitutes:
Scotland
1821 census project - South Ronaldsay and Burray (Orkney)
1841-1861 censuses for the Borders (Graham Maxwell Ancestry)
1851 census (Dumfriesshire, Kircudbrightshire and Wigtownshire)
Friends of Dundee City Archives
Historical archive information relating to Dundee, including pre-1841 census information.
Histpop - the online
historical population reports website (includes the published statistical reports for the 1801 to 1931 censuses of Scotland)
England and Wales 1901 Census Online 1911 Census Online Ancestry.co.uk: UK census collection (1841 to 1911)
The National Archives: census records (1841 to 1911)
Your Archives wiki - historical streets project
Access to census street indexes.
Channel Islands and Isle of Man National Archives: census records (1841 to 1891)
Census records from the Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1841 to 1891.
Ireland Available on our Irish family history page.
Other countries Canada: Census of 1851 (Canada West, Canada East, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia) Canada: Censuses of 1851-1916 (Ancestry) Canada: Censuses from 1851 to 1916 (Library and Archives Canada) India: Bombay Census 1851
Returns Of Europeans residing in districts under the Bombay Presidency on 30 March 1851. India: Medical history of British India (National Library of Scotland collection)
Information about disease and prevention in 19th and 20th-century British India. Searchable by personal name). Norwegian Historical Data Centre: searching the 1865, 1875 and 1900 and 1910 Censuses United States of America: 1850-1920 (FamilySearch record search pilot)
General Census finder
Cyndi's list
England and Wales 1901 Census Online 1911 Census Online Ancestry.co.uk: UK census collection (1841 to 1911)
Note - Ancestry has released a new search function and image viewer which is not compatible with Internet Explorer version 6. Click here for instructions: how to access and use the old viewer.
FreeCEN: UK census online (1841 to 1891)
The Genealogist (1841 to 1911)The National Archives: census records (1841 to 1911)
Your Archives wiki - historical streets project
Access to census street indexes.
Channel Islands and Isle of Man National Archives: census records (1841 to 1891)
Census records from the Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1841 to 1891.
Ireland Available on our Irish family history page.
Other countries Canada: Census of 1851 (Canada West, Canada East, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia) Canada: Censuses of 1851-1916 (Ancestry) Canada: Censuses from 1851 to 1916 (Library and Archives Canada) India: Bombay Census 1851
Returns Of Europeans residing in districts under the Bombay Presidency on 30 March 1851. India: Medical history of British India (National Library of Scotland collection)
Information about disease and prevention in 19th and 20th-century British India. Searchable by personal name). Norwegian Historical Data Centre: searching the 1865, 1875 and 1900 and 1910 Censuses United States of America: 1850-1920 (FamilySearch record search pilot)
General Census finder
Cyndi's list
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