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HEREFORDSHIRE - Census Returns 1801-1901

Availability and use of Census Records for Herefordshire Family History research, Herefordshire

Original census returns are held by The National Archives and are not available generally for direct research. Copies on film or fiche are available at the Family Records Centre, London, and from LDS Family History Centers worldwide. Returns are available for all parishes in Herefordshire at the Hereford Central Library. As far as I'm aware there are no copies available in District Libraries in Herefordshire, but please check availability with the Offices themselves if in doubt.

For more general information, see GENUKI's Census of England and Wales, and Barry Ruck's Census - Frequently Asked Questions.

Census - Sources for All Years

• FreeCEN is an ongoing volunteer-based project to provide a 'free to view' online searchable database of the 19th century UK census returns. Volunteers are being sought to assist with transcribing - visit the FreeCen Project page to see each county's status as well as a FAQ for volunteers..

• Index of names, and downloadable images of Census 1841-1901 are available from Ancestry.co.uk. Access is by Annual subscription, or Pay-per-View. A subscription includes access to other Ancestry resources.

• Maureen Surman has transcribed the census for Boats lying at Worcester Wharf, Birmingham, 1841-1891. Here is a list of Herefordshire Strays. Maureen has also included those names where place of birth is not known or listed. For families with one member born in Herefordshire, everyone is listed. Features Aston Ingham and Hereford(shire).

Census - Sources for 1901

• Search the 1901 Census online for free. Pay-per-image (currently £0.75) by Vouchers or Credit Card to view an image of the original return. A pioneering effort by QinetiQ, now (Sep 2005) being developed by Genes Reunited.

Census - Sources for 1891

• Free search by name of the 1891 Census at Ancestry.com. Access to images is by Annual subscription, or Pay-per-View. A subscription includes access to other Ancestry resources.

Census - Sources for 1881

• Free search by name of the 1881 Census at Ancestry.com. Access to images is by Annual subscription, or Pay-per-View. A subscription includes access to other Ancestry resources. The index for this service is provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS); images are reproduced by courtesy of The National Archives.

• The same 1881 data is also available for searching free of charge at FamilySearch - Census Records, but without access to the digital images. It is also available for purchase on CD from various outlets.

Census - Sources for 1871

• Free search by name of the 1871 Census at Ancestry.com. Access to images is by Annual subscription, or Pay-per-View. A subscription includes access to other Ancestry resources.

• Some counties in 1871 are also available for searching at British Origins but Herefordshire is not yet one of them.

• The 1871 Herefordshire census is being indexed as part of the FreeCEN project. See http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~slkarner/FreeCen/.

Census - Sources for 1861

• Free search by name of the 1861 Census at Ancestry.com. Access to images is by Annual subscription, or Pay-per-View. A subscription includes access to other Ancestry resources.

• The 1861 census is also available for searching at findmypast.com (formerly 1837online). Although generally speaking, this site works well for the Civil Registration Indexes that it was designed for, I haven't explored the 1861 census access.

Census - Sources for 1851

• Free search by name of the 1851 Census at Ancestry.co.uk. Access to images is by Annual subscription, or Pay-per-View. A subscription includes access to other Ancestry resources. Added 23 Nov 2005.

Census - Sources for 1841

• Free search by name of the 1841 Census at Ancestry.co.uk. Access to images is by Annual subscription, or Pay-per-View. A subscription includes access to other Ancestry resources. Added 10 May 2006.

• The 1841 Census of Herefordshire is available for searching on British Origins for a modest monthly or annual fee. A search by name provides:- Last Name, First Name, Sex, Age, Birth County, Place, Township, City, Parish and County, with each entry having a link to view the original image. The latter requires a browser plug-in, but it is very well behaved, and the images are of high quality.

  British Origins is part of The Origins Network; a subscription also provides access to other items in their collection.

• For background information see also 1841 Census Enumerators Directions - "Respecting the manner in which Entries may be made in the Enumeration Schedule" - information provided by Allan Taylor. Added 10 Nov 2005.

Census - Sources for 1821

• Notes from the 1821 Census for Herefordshire, suggesting reasons for local population changes, transcribed by Alan Longbottom.

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