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Name The surname with at least one forename, although it could turn out to be a pet name, and sometimes you find second forenames or initials. You may have to settle for simply knowing the name of the road or the village.

Address Unfortunately not always very accurate, unless your ancestors lived in a named house or farm. The usefulness of the 1841 census is limited to family historians because it unfortunately didn't accurately record people's ages, or where they were born, only noting if they were born in the same county or not.

What can we find out?įrom 1801-1831, purely statistical data was collected with no usable genealogical material, however the 1841 census introduced records with some personal information for the first time. However, there value nowadays as a snapshot in time is now widely recognised as immense for family historians. Census records were never intended for family historians to use, but as a an exercise in finding out statistics about the population, to enable the government to make accurate and informed decisions on a wide variety of social topics including housing, transport and food, and to identify the strengths and weaknesses in the economy of the country at that point in time. The only exception when a census was not taken was in 1941 during the Second World War. You could say that the first large scale census taken in modern history was Domesday and there have been others over the years, such as Muster rolls, taken to see what able-bodied men and weapons were available for war.Ī census has been carried out every decade since 1841 (with less comprehensive census taking starting in 1801). The census is a statistical exercise undertaken to inform the government, counting and recording facts about the population.