Search our Census Records

FreeCEN2 is a work in progress; we want your feedback (link opens in a new tab) on all aspects so that we can make it better. You can visit the old FreeCEN website here - https://freecen1.freecen.org.uk

Person

Surname Use upper- or lower-case. If you do not enter a surname, you must enter a County, Forename, and Place
Forename(s) Optional. Use upper- or lower-case. Abbreviations and Latin versions of name will be included automatically
Birth year from Optional, YYYY. The first year you want to include
Birth year to Optional, YYYY. The last year you want to include
Birth County If you select more than one county, all places within those counties will be searched Select one to three (hold Ctrl for multiple)
Birth Place
We are developing the birth place search feature. We would be grateful if you could spare 10 minutes to fill in our Birth Place survey — this will take you to a new tab/page, so you can come back to this tab/page to complete your search.

Census location & year

Census County If you select more than one county, all places within those counties will be searched Select one to three (hold Ctrl for multiple)
Census Place This box fills only when a single county is selected. Select one place, or leave blank for all the places in a county. See also the “Nearby Places” option, below Select nothing or one place
Census year The specific census year to search. Leave blank to search all. Leave blank to search all

Search options

Nearby places Check to search places near to your selected starting place (up to 40 places in total)
Name Soundex Check to include the Soundex equivalent of the name: it is used for both surname and forename (if entered)
Search times are limited to 100 seconds.
Please do not restart the search once it is working as this will actually slow the process.