Tuesday, June 19, 2012

England and Wales Census Records Summary on WorldVitalRecords.com

I've been updating my lists of websites with access to census records, and have found that the WorldVitalRecords site (www.worldvitalrecords.com) has some of the England and Wales census records, including family summaries and census page images, if you have a World Subscription.

Here's the list as of today:


*  1841 England and Wales Census:  searchable index, all page images.

*  1851 England and Wales Census:  searchable index, all page images.

*  1861 England and Wales Census:  searchable index, all page images.

*  1871 England and Wales Census:  searchable index, all page images.

*  1881 England and Wales Census:  searchable index, all page images.

*  1891 England and Wales Census:  searchable index, all page images.

*  1901 England and Wales Census:  searchable index, all page images.

 The UK and Ireland collection page looks like this:



I tried all of the links for the census records, and they all produce results similar to those below.  I clicked on the 1851 census link, and entered "john" "richman" in "wiltshire" into the search fields:


The results obtained did not find just the matches in Wiltshire, but all John Richmans in England and Wales:


I added a birth year of 1790 plus/minus 10 years to the search and it narrowed the search.  That search found my John Richman in Wiltshire in the 1851 England census.  I clicked on the "More Details" link and the family summary looks like this:



Each person in the family unit is listed with their relationship, condition, gender, age, occupation and birthplace.

I clicked on the "Census Image" link and saw:



The image can be zoomed in or out using a slide bar, can be printed, can be downloaded, or sent via email.  

Unfortunately, the researcher cannot navigate to a previous or next page so as to search for neighbors or relatives close by.

One more problem - the site does not have the 1911 England and Wales census records.

One benefit of the WorldVitalRecords subscription is that these records are searchable in a Super Search on MyHeritage.com for specific persons.

I was very happy to find these records, and they are fairly easy to search and use.  All in all, this is the best search and see website for England and Wales census records that I subscribe to (I don't have a World or UK Ancestry, or a FindMyPast or other UK site subscription).  

Disclosure:  I have received gifts from MyHeritage and WorldVitalRecords.com in the past, I currently have a complimentary World Subscription to the site.

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Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver

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