The Census is a vital sources of information for all social and economic historians interested in the Victorian period. The editor of the 'Illustrated London News' was absolutely right when he wrote in 1851 that 'the numbering of the people at regular intervals is a duty which the people owe to themselves, and to the generations that are to follow them'.
The census can be used to study a particular family, or to undertake a total history of a particular street or parish. It is also possible to use it for regional or national studies of subjects such as the disappearance of servants, or the process of urbanisation.
The aim of this book is to provide basic information about the census for both family and local historians: how and when it was compiled, what information it provides, where it can be consulted, and how to use it.
Contents:
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Dates
Areas
Procedure
The Censuses of 1801-1831
The Census of 1841
The Censuses of 1851-1901
The Census of 1911
Special Returns: Institutions, Soldiers, Seamen etc.
Abbreviations Used by Enumerators
Other Population Censuses
Associated Censuses
Census Problems for Family and Local Historians
Census Webpages
Gateway Sites
Internet Census Databases
Census CDs
Microfiche and Microfilm
Recording the Sources for Your Information
Place Name Indexes
Street Indexes
Surname Indexes
County Websites and Handbooks
Channel Islands
Ireland
Scotland
Case Study 1. The Hockey Family of Newport
Case Study 2. The Family of Theophilus Ratcliffe
Index
