If you're wanting your own copy of the Yorkshire 1841 Census, but don't want to use online websites, and don't want to have to deal with 42 disks of the CD-ROM edition, why not buy the DVD-ROM set.
It contains the identical information, just not on as many disks, so theres less time spent swapping disks in and out of your CD-ROM drive.
This Yorkshire 1841 Census DVD-ROM set, which comes as a set of 7 DVDs. These contains images of the census books digitised from the microfilm. Link to indexes to browse the areas and streets where your ancestors possibly lived. The Yorkshire DVD set covers the whole of Yorkshire as it appears on the 1841 Census fiche. Please note: this means that it includes only the places that are part of the Yorkshire Census Registration Districts, which do not correspond necessarily with county boundaries.
Features of this 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 by the county of Yorkshire are in the PRO Class List.
Registration Districts on Disk 1 (HO107/1210-1238):
Buckrose, Dickering, Driffield, Pocklington, Beverley, Patrington, Howdenshire, Kingston-upon-Hull, Northallerton, Thirsk
Registration Districts on Disk 2 (HO107/1239-1272 (part)):
Bulmer, East Gilling, West Gilling, Pickhill, Catterick, Aysgarth, Guisborough, Middlesborough, Pickering, Helmsley, Whitby, Dewsbury
Registration Districts on Disk 3 (HO107/1272 (part)-1298 (part)):
Dewsbury, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Selby, Tadcaster, Great Ouseburn, Skipton, Birstall, Bradford
Registration Districts on Disk 4 (HO107/1298 (part)-1314):
Bradford, Halifax, Goole, Pontefract, Wetherby
Registration Districts on Disk 5 (HO107/1315-1333):
Wetherby, Keighley, Skipton, Settle, Sedbergh, Hemsworth, Barnsley, Ecclesfield, Rotherham, Bramley, Sheffield
Registration Districts on Disk 6 (HO107/1334-1350):
Sheffield, Doncaster, Leeds,
Registration Districts on Disk 7 (HO107/1351-1357):
Ripon, York, 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.