You can search the Cornwall 1881 census online at
http://www.familysearch.org, or you may even have the LDS 1881 CDs which are transcriptions of the 1881 census.
Now you're given the opportunity to have the original hand written pages of the census for your convenience on CD-ROM. Think of it like this: for just $15.50 you can have the whole of the original pages of the original books for a whole registration district on CD for research of simple to print your own copies!
This set contains the Truro Registration District of the 1881 Census, and it contains images of the census books digitised from the microfilm.
The publishers are very proud of the superb quality of the scanned images. They've have worked from really excellent films copied from the first generation films at the PRO, and have then used the very best possible film scanner currently available to digitise the images at a high resolution.
Link to indexes to browse the areas and streets where your ancestors possibly lived, and it covers the whole of the Truro Registration District as it appears on the 1881 Census fiche.
Features of the CD set are: the ability to magnify an area to see further detail, print the current page, alphabetic street index for larger towns, and searchable area indexes. A full list of areas covered are in the PRO Class List.
Registration Districts on the CD (RG11/2306-2314):
Truro
Places covered by this CD are:
RG11/2306 Registration Sub-District 1 Probus
Civil Parish, Township or Place: Probus, Grampound Road, Ladock, Merther, St Michael Penkevel, Lamorran, Cornelly, Cuby, Tregony St James
RG11/2307 Registration Sub-District 2 St Just
Civil Parish, Township or Place: St Anthony in Roseland, Gerrans, Portscatho, St Just in Roseland (8), St Mawes, Philleigh or Filley, Ruan Lanihorne, Veryan, Portloe, Carne
RG11/2308 Registration Sub-District 3A St Agnes
Civil Parish, Township or Place: Blackwater, Mount Hawke, Mithian, Wheal Rose, Trevellas, St Agnes
RG11/2309 Registration Sub-District 3B St Agnes
Civil Parish, Township or Place: St Agnes (8), Perranzabuloe, Perranporth, Calestock
RG11/2310 Registration Sub-District 4A St Clement
Civil Parish, Township or Place: St Allen, St Erme, St Clement
RG11/2311 Registration Sub-District 4B St Clement
Civil Parish, Township or Place: St Clement (3)(8), Truro St Mary (8)
RG11/2312 Registration Sub-District 5A Kenwyn
Civil Parish, Township or Place: Kenwyn (4)
RG11/2313 Registration Sub-District 5B Kenwyn
Civil Parish, Township or Place: Kenwyn, Tregavethan, Chacewater
RG11/2314 Registration Sub-District 6 Kea
Civil Parish, Township or Place: Chacewater, Kea (8), St Feock (8), Devoran
