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Information asked for

What information was taken?

Example of an early Census record

The information you can find in Census records varies slightly from year to year with the early records containing the least information. There is less information in the 1841 Census than the later ones. The 1841 census for example does not give a person's marital status or their relationship to the head of the household. It also does not give the exact address and the place of birth is restricted to country or county. The later Census records include more detailed information on employment, the number of children in education, the number of rooms with windows, whether Gaelic was spoken and whether a person was deaf or dumb or had mental health problems. The following can be found in most Census records.

— Address of house

— The name and surname of each person at an address

— Their marital status

— Their relationship to the head of the household

— Their sex and age

— Their occupation

— Where they were born or country of birth