UPDATED 7 APRIL 2006
Frequently Asked Questions
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The big question! Why can I not find my ancestor's in your records

What's the best way to start ?

If you have received this in response to a contribution - Thank you!  It is *VERY* important that you send any requests as stated below. Also, as stated on the website, the contribution is for your personal requests only and includes the resources that were available when you made your contribution.  Should any of your other family member or  friends require searches please ask them to make the modest contribution.
I have had occasion where users have bombarded me with requests, which were obviously not in their own family tree, even worse they were selling on the results that I sent them which I find despicable.
Please remember that I run this as a hobby and not a business, therefore profit is not a motivation.

Please also be aware that this is not an exact science, many people are missing from censuses or have been incorrectly transcribed.  If you think that because you know the persons name and details you will automatically find all the persons you are looking for, then I would suggest that you take up another hobby.  Beware!  although this is a very addictive and satisfying hobby, it is also the most frustrating!

Completing the Request - Contributors Only

Please send your request's in this format, due to new searching procedures it is VERY important that requests are sent in this format ONLY.

Put "Member" in the Subject box (If this is missing, your email is NOT filtered into the priority list and may not be answered) - you will also receive an auto-response which is triggered by the the word "Member" as the subject.

Send the request to the Members email address - member@censusuk.co.uk **NOT CENSUS.CO.UK**

Put your Password in the first line of the message. (if this is missing or does not match the email address used to make  the contribution, the request will be ignored), then enter the following details - each on a separate line as below. If you don't know the birth or census county, put "Not Known" - you MUST enter the name and type of search at least.

1. Name to searched:
2. Year of birth: (If known - please use a year, i.e. 1878,  NOT  "23 years old")
3. County where Born: (If known)
4. County where Living: (If known)
5. Type of Search: Only One Per Name
    1861 Census
    1871 Census
    1881 Census
    1891 Census - Subject to a positive ID in 1881 or 1901
    1851 4 County Census, Norfolk, Devon, Warwick, Wiltshire
     Vital Records Birth or Marriage -  0NE only please

Parts of the search are now automated, and the system will NOT understand a request as an ordinary email - i.e. "Please search for John Balstead age 23".  Any emails received like this cannot be answered.
The only other format the system will recognize is a copy and paste of name(s) from a previously supplied list.

Searches are carried out during the following times:

Mon to Sun: 11:00am - 4:00pm and 7:00pm - 10:00pm GMT

Searching is not carried on the 8 UK Public Holidays

Each search is separate and to be fair to everyone I must insist that each email only contains THREE separate requests.  Requesting a search for John Brown in 1871, 1881, and 1891 is 3 searches. Please don't send 3 names and request a search of all resources, that's 14 searches!.  Once you receive the results of a search you may of course submit another 3 searches.  This ensures that a backlog does not build up caused by one user making excessive requests, to the detriment of others who are waiting for replies.
Emails will be truncated to the 3rd search and any others will be deleted. I won't even see them. The only omission to this is  a request from the  1881 census where I can send multiple records. 

Notes to requests:
a. Don't waste your time entering details of future spouse if the person you are looking for was a child at the time of the census.

b. However, parent's / sibling's / spouses first names (if you know they were married at census time) can be very useful in cross referencing any results.

c. The 1851 Census only covers Devon, Norfolk, Wiltshire, and Warwick

d. You may also enter the census parish/district if known, however ALWAYS enter the county (IF KNOWN) as well.  You may know that East Dereham is in Norfolk, I won't. 

e. Keep the other info relevant to your request, it doesn't help the search by telling me that Great-Grandad was gassed in the First World War!.

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What you get in the report depends on the results of your search.  If the search results in only one match, you will get a the FULL RECORD, as below:

This show's you who was in the household on the night of the census  you may not see the spouse or other persons you would expect to see as they could have been visiting another household that night and they would therefore be shown on the census return for the household that they were visiting.  They could also have been working, in the forces, or even in prison!   All censuses are carried out on the basis as to who was in the household on the night of the census, and full records can only be extracted by the census place not the birth place.

Below is the full Census record for my Great-Great Grandfather, note the WRONG spelling of the surname!  - Brodrick instead of Broadrick.

If the search results in more than 80 names in the same Census County, I will ask if you want to narrow the search by age or district within the county.

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However, most searches result in more than one match and you will therefore receive a list of the matches, see below.  This is a search for William Allen who was born in Kent in 1843.  You will see all results for 1843, plus 1 year either side.  This is due to the way the age has been calculated (taking the birth year away from 1881).  This calculation can be out by one year, see below above for a detailed explanation.  I leave it for you to decide what full records you want.  You will also notice that he may not be residing in the same place that he was born.

To obtain the full record(s) copy and paste, or type the WHOLE LINE(S) from the list into your email, that's all the information I need to go straight to the record.  It should look like this and the system will recognise it.

Allen William    Head   1842   Kent   Kent

You may request up to 3 full records if they are in different census counties, or all records if they are all in the same census county for the 1881 census only.

Full records can only be extracted on a Census Place, if you only know the birth place then you will always receive the multiple records list unless the search results in only one name or all of the names are resident in the same census county. 

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How can the age be out by one year?

Another feature of the census is to show a possible birth year for everyone, this is calculated by simply subtracting their age from the census year.  So for 1881 if someone is recorded with an age of 2, their birth year will be shown as 1879. The 1881 census was taken on the evening of Sunday 3rd April 1881. People born between 1 January 1879 and 3 April 1879 will be aged 2 and will have their birth year shown correctly.

People born between 4 April 1878 and 31 December 1878 will also be aged 2 but will have their birth year shown incorrectly by one year. And of course there are more 2 year olds in the latter category than the former. I always set this year range variance to 1 year and let you decide what records you want.

Like all compiled records, the census relies upon the legibility of the original records. In some cases, the original census details were wrong, but the compilers did not correct them. The interpretation of the data is left up to you.

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How the census was carried out

The head of the house was to complete their individual household schedules recording who was in their household during the period Sunday night Monday morning. On the morning after census night, the enumerators collected the household’s schedules. If these were not completed properly, the census enumerator was supposed to ask for extra details at the doorstep, although there is considerable evidence that this was not done uniformly. If the householder was unable to fill in the schedule, perhaps because he or she was illiterate, the census enumerator was to fill it in for them.
Then there were the unhelpful ones who just plainly became absent from their abode. There is a story of one gentleman who slept not in his house but in a field under a hedge for a few nights so he did not have to fill in his form.

An enumerator spoke of how he knocked on doors for ages knowing full well that the occupants where hiding inside the house, not wanting to see him, others would hurl abuse and tell them to shove off, in no uncertain terms.

The census itself is an account of all the people who filled in the census at that time, and returned it to the proper office. The enumerators had quite a job on their hands, trying to find people who for one reason or another did not want to complete the form. Even today I am sure there are people who still think this way (the big brother syndrome). It is a shame that people felt this way as for many a family historian these census returns are a great source of information, a moment in time captured forever for future generations. Obviously this was not their intention to start with, they were compiled into enumerator books and used for various statistical purposes.

The census would show details of where you were on that particular night, and of course some people were not at home! This sometimes makes tracing somebody quite difficult, as they are not where you would expect them to be. For example your GG Grandfather might be at his house in Kent with his three sons, but there is no GG Granny, who you know was still alive then, so why wasn’t her name listed? Possibly she had gone off to visit Aunt Maude in Catsfield or Uncle Fred’s place in Newcastle. Either way wherever she was at that time would be the census that her name would be entered on as a visitor. I have even found entries where the visitor to one household only lived next door! When a household is headed by a woman described as a wife, but no husband is present, he might be away on business, or he might be in hospital or even in prison.

A considerable number of people were not in normal households on the census night and special arrangements had to be made for their enumeration. These people included the inmates of institutions, the crews of vessels afloat, the army, itinerants and travellers, and night workers.

Children sometimes had their ages inflated because of the Factory Act and other child labour laws, and many people gave their place of birth as the earliest remembered place of residence.

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This censuses were carried out in March or April and contain detailed information about all persons in the household at the time of the census, even visitors. Details are quite comprehensive giving addresses, full names, head of household, relationship of other occupants to the head of the household, birth years, birth places, occupations, sex, and census place. 

Each census contains details of 20-30 million individuals.  To compile the data into a name index the original census form has been transcribed twice, once by the official enumerator into his "Enumerators Book" and once by the compiler for indexing.  Therefore there may, and indeed are, some mistakes, in some cases the original data was incorrect but was not corrected. A personal example is that I have one ancestor in three different censuses and in each census the name is spelt differently, I also have a 70 year ancestor who has her Son listed as living with her, his age is listed as 4 years old!!  he was in fact 40 years of age.  As with all look-up's - these are finding aids only and where a you find a record of interest you should confirm the details against the original record wherever possible. 

Only 1881 covers Scotland

Definition Of Terms Used On Census Returns - England & Wales 1841-1891

Annuitant - The term annuitant could describe someone on an annual allowance as well as someone receiving annual income from an investment. Often however, it was also used for institutionalized pensioners.

Boarder - a person who shares the dinner table with the family.

Lodger - a person who has separate accommodation to the householder.

Lunatic - a mentally ill person with periods of lucidity.

Imbecile - persons who have fallen in later life into a state of chronic dementia.

Idiot - persons who suffer from congenital mental deficiency.

Scholar - from 1861 onwards a child was described as a scholar if he/she was over 5 and receiving daily schooling or regular tuition at home. There was no definition of the latter. In 1871 the census officials in London broke the confidentiality pledge and divulged the names of all children 3-13 and their parents (with addresses) to the London School Board to help enforce compulsory education.

Dressmaker - the occupation of 'dressmaker' was commonly given by prostitutes !! as well as bona-fide dressmakers.  Unmarried women with children are sometimes listed as Widows, with Husband Lost at Sea !

In-Law - terms such as Brother and Brother-in-Law were used interchangeably and somewhat unreliably. Likewise Sister and Sister-in-Law.  Step-children are sometimes listed as in-laws.

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What's in the 1851 Census

The 1851 census has only been indexed for Devon, Norfolk, Wiltshire and Warwick, therefore I can only supply full records from these 4 counties.  It contains much the same information as the 1881 census, but to obtain full records it also helps if you know the census town or village.  This information can be gleaned from a supplied list of names.

What's in the Vital Records - Birth, Christening & Marriage Parish Records

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What's RTF Format

RTF stands for Rich Text File, this is a word processing format and is understood by most modern word processors such as Microsoft  Word.  It is the default export of full records from the Vital Records and some 1881 census records.  It retains good formatting qualities for on-screen reading and also the printing out of records, however these records contain hidden characters which may result in some of the information appearing to be missing, such as occupations. Therefore you may have to make some changes to your word processor options to see them, for Microsoft Word you need to do the following:

Open Word, click on Tools >Options >VIEW and make sure that the "Hidden Text" box is TICKED. Click OK.
Open Word, click on Tools >Options >PRINT and make sure that the "Hidden Text" box is TICKED. Click OK.

How long does a search take

I generally search during the following times:

Mon - Sun: 10:00am - 4:00pm  and  7:00pm - 10:00pm

How long a search takes depends entirely on how many requests I receive. However if received before 10pm they will be answered the same day.  Those received after 10pm are answered the following morning.

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Are any other censuses available?

Many local libraries and record offices throughout England and Wales also have microform copies of the census returns for their local areas.  The full returns for 1841 - 1891 are held in London at the Family Record Centre, 1 Myddelton Street, Islington, EC1R 1UW.  The full returns for 1901 are held at Kew.  Again local libraries and record offices may also have microform copies of the census returns for their local areas.

The bad news is that that you  will need to know the locality and preferable the street/road where your ancestors otherwise you are in for a headache using the fiche readers as you cannot search by name.

BACK TO TOP Calculating Ages Below is a very rough guide to calculating a persons age for an event. KNOWN NOT KNOWN CALCULATE Date of Marriage age of husband at time husband to be 25 years old age of wife at time wife to be 21 years old Date of Birth date of birth of husband from marriage back 25 years of One Spouse date of birth of wife from marriage back 21 years Date of First date of marriage husband to be 26 Child's Birth wife to be 22 Marriage date with age of husband husband to be 20 years old word "minor" for age of wife wife to be 18 years old husband and wife You may see a marriage certificate stating the age to be "FULL AGE" - this means that the person was over 21years of age. Military Ancestors Below are some useful links for tracing military ancestors. Army Records:  http://www.pro.gov.uk/research/easysearch/Army.htm  Royal Air Force: http://www.pro.gov.uk/research/easysearch/RAF.htm Royal Navy: http://www.pro.gov.uk/research/easysearch/Navy.htm Royal Marines: http://www.pro.gov.uk/research/easysearch/marines.htm Merchant Seamen:  http://www.pro.gov.uk/research/easysearch/merchant_seamen.htm Medal Rolls - First World War: http://www.pro.gov.uk/research/easysearch/medal_rolls.htm The Commonwealth War Graves Commission - WW1 & WW11 http://www.cwgc.org BACK TO TOP Birth-Marriage-Death Certificates  None of my resources will show you the references needed to obtain Civil Registration Certificates.  Below are two excellent references which will certainly help: FreeBDM: http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl This is a project that has been running for several years in which volunteers are aiming to transcribe the GRO references that you need to obtain Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates.  So far over 60 million have been transcribed from 1837 when Civil Registration began.  An excellent FREE resource. 1837 Online http://www.1837online.com/Trace2web/ On this site you will find an entire copy of the indexes of Births, Marriages and Deaths for England and Wales from 1837 to 2002. These images are available to search, view (including zooming in on those awkward-to-read names), save to disk and print for a modest charge. This site will be most useful to you if you are already familiar with these indexes and wish to have the opportunity to search them in your own time, without having to physically visit a library or a register office.  The cost is £5.00 for 50 views. There can be a time lapse between an event which occurred in the latter part of the year and when it was registered, e.g. the birth of a child born late in December may not have been registered until January so the event would be found in the March Quarter for the following year. From 1 January 1912 both bride and groom's names are given in the index - before this you should look for the most uncommon surname, note the reference number and look for the matching reference number for the other surname. Note that divorcees marry the following time under the surname they are commonly known by, this may be previous married name, maiden name or another. Since the September quarter of 1911 the mother's maiden name was included in the index. From 1 January 1866 - 31 March 1959 the age at death is given in the record, very handy for an indication as to the year of birth, after this date a date of birth is supplied. Note that these references will not give you any personal details of the person, they are what is needed to obtain a copy of the certificate of a birth, death or marriage.  See below. BACK TO TOP I WANT A COPY OF A CERTIFICATE To obtain a copy of a birth, marriage or death certificate at the cheapest price, you need to find the GRO reference from one of the resources above. The GRO reference is in the form of the name of the person, the quarter of the year the event was registered, the district the event registered in, the volume number and the page number - an example looks like this: Name Year            Quarter                District       Volume Page BROADRICK,Maria 1856 September  Driffield          9d       35 This indicates that the birth of Maria Broadrick was registered during July-Sept in Driffield.  Be aware that the person may NOT have been born during this period, the reference indicates when the birth was registered.  For some reason the birth was registered later, in some cases years later!  When you have this reference, you can order a copy of the certificate online from the Office of National Statistics: www.familyrecords.gov.uk/topics/bmd.htm the present cost is 7 UK pounds.  Be aware that you must be accurate when supplying a GRO reference as they will still charge you a portion of the fee if you enter the details incorrectly.  You may also apply in writing to: The Postal Application Section, General Register Office. Smedley Hydro, Trafalgar Road Southport Merseyside PR8 2HH England. You can also order a copy directly from the district registration office. This link will show you all of the District Registration Offices in England and Wales: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/RegOffice There are also many companies who will apply for a certificate on your behalf, the plus point in this is that they will check the GRO reference for you before making the application, they do of course charge more than if you order it yourself. A standard full (not short form) Birth certificate contains: Date and place of birth. Name(s) of the child and the sex,  Full name and occupation of the father. The name(s) surname and maiden surname of the mother. The usual residence, if the birth took place elsewhere and the signature, description and address of the informant (usually the mother or father). Date registered A Marriage certificate contains: Names and ages of the bride and groom, (exact ages or if 21 years and over it may just say "of full age" and their addresses. The names and occupations of the bride and groom's fathers. Date, form and place of marriage (church or register office, by Banns or licence) and the names of witnesses (usually two, they are often relatives of one of the parties). A Death certificate contains: Name of deceased. The date, place and cause of death with age. Occupation. The usual residence if different from the place of death, and name and address of the informant who registered the event. BACK TO TOP Census Dates 1801 1811  1821  1831  1841  1851  1861  1871  1881  1891 1901 10 March 27 May 28 May 30 May  7 June 30 March 7 April 2 April 3 April 5 April 31 March Remember that the census is based on an individuals presence on the night of the census and not if they were permanently living at the stated address. This could give rise to the situation of children living at a house without parents - should their parents be staying the census night elsewhere, or the appearance of 2 or more families living together. Is that aunt visiting or living with the family ?-  other census years may give an indication. UK censuses are covered by the "100 year privacy rule, this means that the details are not available to the public until 100 years after the census was taken. The latest available census is the 1901. The next one, the 1911 census, will not be available for public viewing until January 2012.     UK Censuses started in 1801, however from 1801 to 1831 they are of little use, being no more than head counts. From 1841 they included names , Occupations,  Whether Born in same County, Whether Born in Scotland, Ireland or Foreign Parts.  Ages were given but above the age of 15 - ages were rounded down within 5 year bands. 16-19=15; 20-24=20 etc.;  they gradually progressed to give more and more information. BACK TO TOP Spelling Variants Use Spelling Variants to Find Ancestors in Census Records Census indexes are a valuable resource for finding the family you are looking for, but sometimes the family you are looking for seems to be absent from the locality, even when you are certain they were living there. Here are a few strategies for locating them.   Look for spelling variations, i.e., Morison, Morrisson, or Merrison for Morrison, or Rause for Rouse. I have a relative that has a different spelling in every census. These variations are often correctly indexed,  just spelled different by the census taker.     Remember that a lot of the first names are those that the person was known by, and not necessarily their proper name, i.e. Annie for Ann, Betty/Betsy for Elizabeth, Sally for Sarah etc..   Whilst most ages are about right, if the family was illiterate,  the enumerator would just guess at the age.  Don't disregard a potential record just because the age is not exactly right.  BACK TO TOP 1861-1871-1891-1901 Census - England, Wales, Channel Isles, Isle of Man -  These census can only be searched on specific criteria, contributors  who are used to requesting 1881 searches will notice a big difference as I cannot do the following on the 1891 Census.        * Blanket Searches       * Surname only searches, unless it is an unusual name       * Occupation, Address Searches       * Cross References The records are images of the original handwritten enumerators entries, therefore you will need an image viewer to view them. Most modern computer systems come with such a program. If you do not have one, there is a free utility in the download section of the website. BACK TO TOP Attachments. Results are sent by an email attachment.  You must ensure that your mail reader is set up to accept attachments. for Outlook Express you need to do this. Open Outlook Express, click on TOOLS >OPTIONS >SECURITY and make sure that the "Do not accept attachment" is NOT ticked. Note: NEVER open attachments from an unexpected source. All attachment's sent from Census UK are scanned for viruses before being sent - they will be endorsed at the bottom of the email with: Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Census UK recommends AVG Anti-Virus Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 15/10/2004 - (This date will vary as the virus definitions are updated) I would strongly recommend everyone to get AVG Anti-Virus from www.grisoft.com it's free, updated regularly, and very easy to install. BACK TO TOP Making a Contribution The contribution is a one-off payment of 10 pounds Sterling.  This is for One Year and covers all of the resources that are/were available when the contribution was made. Searches of any resources added after the contribution was made will require an additional contribution. If you have made a contribution and have not heard from me CLICK HERE A Cheque, if you have a UK Bank Account, Postal Order, or Cash is usually the quickest way if you don't have an account for any of the online methods below. I do not wait for cheque clearance before allowing full records, you get them as soon as I receive your cheque. Send To: A. Broadrick 10 Glenariff Drive Dunmurry Belfast BT17 9AZ ONLINE PAYMENT METHODS: Regardless of what each of these online processors say, payments cannot be sent immediately if you do not already have an account.  All new accounts have to be verified which can take 3 days or more. Credit Card with Paypal - excellent method if you are an International user or if you already have a Paypal account. www.paypal.com - send to info@censusuk.co.uk .  Please note that I do not receive any of your personal details.  Once a payment is made Paypal only inform me of your email address. UK Debit or Credit Card with NOCHEX - Excellent if you already have a NOCHEX ACCOUNT or do not have a credit card, or prefer a Debit Card. www.nochex.com Send to harry@nihosting.co.uk BACK TO TOP IF YOU HAVE MADE A CONTRIBUTION. If you have made a contribution but have not heard from me, check your transaction history with the service you used to make the payment to ensure that the payment has actually been sent to me. If I encounter any problems with your contribution, if I cannot contact you, or if my replies are returned to me,  please check the following page on the website: www.censusuk.co.uk/contprob.htm WHAT SOFTWARE WILL I NEED? To be able to see any results you will need this software 1. 1851 4 County Census - Any word processor that can read plain text files, most computers have default    software installed to do this. 2. 1881 Full UK Census & Birth-Christening & Marriages - You will need a word processor that can read RTF format files, this includes Microsoft Word.  Notepad and Wordpad cannot read these files.  Most 1881 records are sent as images of the original enumerators entries. However, I have 2 sources for 188 records and if I cannot find the original image I will try for a transcription. 3. 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901 Full Records - these are scanned images of the original census enumerators books and you will need an image viewer.  Most modern computers have one installed as default. If you do not have any/all of the above software don't worry as there are free programmes on my website that will do all of the above. Go here: www.censusuk.co.uk/dloadnew.htm.  You will also find some other useful software there. BACK TO TOP WHY CAN I NOT FIND MY ANCESTOR'S IN YOUR RECORDS? There are many reasons why your ancestors may not be found, or appear to be missing: GENERAL: 1. In the hobby of Family History there are no guarantee's.  Many people were missed from all censuses for various reasons, they may be in 1881, missing in 1891 and turn up again in 1901.  Many names were incorrectly transcribed, as were ages.  This is one of the reasons why I offer this service as I will try to find any variants or mis-spellings. 2. Civil Registration of births, deaths and marriages was not required prior to July 1837 - these details were contained in the local Parish Registers.  Even after compulsory registration, many people still did not bother to register births  my own Father's birth was never registered in 1911. 3. Remember, a census is a record of who was in a particular dwelling on the night the census was taken.  Do not presume that because you know a person lived at an address that they will be be there on census night.  They could be visiting another household, in hospital, in prison or even lying under a hedge drunk! In 100 years time who will know where you where for a few hours on one particular night. MISSING FROM CENSUSES: 1. They may not have completed the return. 2. The return may not have been returned/collected by the enumerator. 3. The enumerator may have made a mistake when he was copying the details from the return into his book 4. The pages in the enumerators book may have been illegible. There is nothing that can be done about it. The only person to whom one can complain is the enumerator who wrote in the original book using poor quality (or even watered down!) ink. Unfortunately, that person is long since dead ! 5. The pages in the enumerators book may have been damaged or are missing. 6. Your ancestor may not have been in the UK at the time of the census, or may have been in the military abroad, or a fisherman at sea. These persons *should* have been registered, but many were not. 7. Your ancestor may have been illiterate (up to 50% were prior to 1800's).  The enumerator would have then entered the details phonetically, as he heard the householders answers to his questions. Therefore, try saying the name you are researching to yourself - Could White be Wight, Whyte, Weight ? 8. Many people put down their earliest recollection of where they lived as the place they were born, which may not have been correct.  Around 20 of my ancestors put their place of birth as Surrey or  London, when in fact they were born in Ireland, but moved to England as babies or young children. 9. Your ancestor may have been lying under a hedge drunk instead of completing the return! 10. Many households had much more pressings to do, such as wondering where the next meal was coming from, rather than entering the correct details on the form. BACK TO TOP WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO START? From yourself! then work backwards. The easiest census to find people in is the 1881 as it is fully transcribed with names, addresses, occupations etc; so I have a lot of search options. All other available censuses are only name transcribed, so it is much more difficult.  However, if you have the details from 1881 then there is a much better chance of finding them. Once found in 1881, then make a request for the other available censuses Leave births, christenings and marriages until last as these are pot-luck, although I have over 12 million, there are 100's of millions that I do not have - remember the time span is over 400 years. After finding the persons, you need to be able to prove the link by a Civil Registration Certificate, my VRI transcriptions will not help here as they are from a selections of parish registers and can only be used as a finding aid. If you require any clarification or other information, please do not hesitate to contact me at info@censusuk.co.uk VIRUSES ENSURE THAT YOU NEVER OPEN ATTACHMENTS FROM UNEXPECTED SOURCES AND THAT YOU RUN AN UP-TO-DATE VIRUS SCANNER Finally, please remember that at 10 pounds this is NOT a research service. I can only try to find records on the information that you give me. How you interpret any records as to their relevance to your research is entirely up to you. 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