If you don't have access to the internet, or don't wish to pay for viewing the census online, you can always buy the CDs. The bonus is that you've then got them for whenever you need to look something else up in the future. Now available for you to own on CD is the Wiltshire 1841 Census, which comes as a set of 6 CDs. These contain high quality images of the census books digitised from the microfilm, and where missing pages or poor images have been detected additional images taken from the books have been added.
Please note: Censuses are organised by Registration Districts, which DO NOT necessarily correspond with county boundaries. A set of census records for a Registration District may omit some places within a county, and/or include places from adjacent counties.
Link to street indexes to browse the areas and streets where your ancestors possibly lived. The CD set covers the whole of Wiltshire as it appears on the 1841 Census fiche. Features of the CD set are: the ability to magnify an area to see further detail, and print the current page. There is also a place name index included, to help you find which CD you should be looking at.
Registration Districts on CD 1 (HO107/1164-1168):
Alderbury, Amesbury, Bradford, Branch and Dole, Calne
Registration Districts on CD 2 (HO107/1169-1173):
Cawden, Cadworth, Chalk, Chippenham, North and South Damerham
Registration Districts on CD 3 (HO107/1174-1178):
Downton, Dunworth, Wlstub, Everley, Frustfield, Heytesbury, Highworth, Cricklade, Staple
Registration Districts on CD 4 (HO107/1179-1182 (part)):
Knightsbridge, Kinwardstone, Malmesbury, Melksham
Registration Districts on CD 5 (HO107/1182 (part)-1186):
Melksham, Mere, Potterne and Cannings, Ramsbury, Selkey, Swanborough, Underditch
Registration Districts on CD 6 (HO107/1187-1190):
Warminster, Westbury, Devizes, Marlborough, Salisbury, Master Indexes
Please read carefully: If the CDs are for use in a Society or Public Library you will need a library licence, this price is five times the full retail price. You will then be issued with a library certificate for the product. The publishers terms do not allow users to publish their products or extracts on the internet. Also terms also exclude using these products to provide a lookup service, or selling disks of sets individually.
