Now available to own - your very own set of the Wiltshire 1871 Census, which comes as a set of 9 CDs. It contains images of the original enumerator's census books digitised from the microfilm (not microfiche) as it is higher quality. 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. The CDs contain the records of Registration Districts.
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.
Place and Street Indexes are included in the CD set. The indexes contain: Place (town or village), Street (for larger towns), Piece number, Folio. That makes it really easy to locate a place in the census enumerator's books so that you can begin your searches. In addition each place (and every 10 folio numbers) are book marked in the files on the CDs for fast navigation.
Registration Districts on CD 1 (RG10/1876-1884):
Highworth, Cricklade
Registration Districts on CD 2 (RG10/1885-1895):
Cricklade, Malmesbury, Chippenham
Registration Districts on CD 3 (RG10/1896-1903):
Chippenham, Calne
Registration Districts on CD 4 (RG10/1904-1914):
Calne, Marlborough, Devizes
Registration Districts on CD 5 (RG10/1915-1924):
Devizes, Melksham, Vradford on Avon
Registration Districts on CD 6 (RG10/1925-1935):
Bradford on Avon, Westbury, Warminster
Registration Districts on CD 7 (RG10/1936-1948):
Warminster, Pewsey, Amesbury, Alderbury
Registration Districts on CD 8 (RG10/1949-1958):
Alderbury, Wilton
Registration Districts on CD 9 (RG10/1959-1966):
Wilton, Tisbury, Mere
