Bibliograph

Tracing your family history using the census, a guide for family historians, Emma Jolly

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Tracing your family history using the census, a guide for family historians, Emma Jolly

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-185) and index

Illustrations

facsimilesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tracing your family history using the census

Nature of contents

handbooksbibliography

Oclc number

1137741627

Responsibility statement

Emma Jolly

Series statement

Family history from Pen and Sword

Sub title

a guide for family historians

Summary

The census is an essential survey of our population, and it is a source of basic information for local and national government and for various organizations dealing with education, housing, health and transport. Providing the researcher with a fascinating insight into who we were in the past, Emma Jolly's new handbook is a useful tool for anyone keen to discover their family history. With detailed, accessible and authoritative coverage, it is full of advice on how to explore and get the most from the records. Each census from 1841 to 1911 is described in detail, and later censuses are analyzed too. The main focus is on the census in England and Wales, but censuses in Scotland, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are all examined and the differences explained. Particular emphasis is placed on the rapidly expanding number of websites that offer census information, making the process of research far easier to carry out. The extensive appendix gathers together all the key resources in one place. Emma Jolly's guide is an ideal introduction and tool for anyone who is researching the life and times of an ancestor

Table Of Contents

History of the census -- Early censuses -- 1841 : the first modern census -- 1851 : the Victorian census -- 1861 : the first separate Scottish census -- 1871 : the last census overseen by Graham and Farr -- 1881 : the first census to be used by family historians -- 1891 : the introduction of rooms and employment -- 1901 : the centenary of census-taking in England, Scotland and Wales -- 1911 : the fertility census -- Later censuses -- The census today

Target audience

adult

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Guide to tracing your family history through the census

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