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Search our Census Records

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
Name Soundex Check to include the Soundex equivalent of the name: it is used for both surname and forename (if entered)
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

Filters

Filters are applied to the results of the specified search, they are not search criteria. (Those people who use spreadsheets will likely be familiar with the concept). The best way of proceeding is to run a search without applying any until you get a good "sample" of results (e.g. 3-400) and then apply filters to those results by revising the previous search. Please read the Help carefully BEFORE using the filters as their usefulness varies according to the year of the census.

Marital Status Select the marital status you wish to view. Available from 1851 onwards. Leave blank to search all
Language Select the language status you wish to view. Available only in 1891 onwards. Leave blank to search all
Sex Select the sex of the person you wish to view. Leave blank to search both
Occupation Selection will be based on the appearance of these characters at the start of any word in the occupation field. Case irrelevant.Leave blank for all occupations
Disabled Check to restrict the search to those who are declared disabled. Available from 1851 onwards.
Search times are limited to 100 seconds.
Please do not restart the search once it is working as this will actually slow the process.