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This page summarizes the availability online and on CD of indexes, transcripts, and images of the 1841-1901 censuses of England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, and British shipping. In the charts, the name of each county (or island) is linked to the corresponding page at Genuki, where further details can generally be found. Details are also often available in the soc.genealogy.britain Census FAQ or from the relevant family history society.
Please note: These charts do not include the many indexes and transcripts that are available on microfiche, as printed booklets, or via postal or email lookup services. Nor do they include the online indexes and transcripts that sometimes exist for individual parishes and towns. Details of these additional resources can also generally be found at Genuki or from the relevant family history society.
The following notation is used in the charts:
A Images available on CD from Archive CD Books. Name index included in a few cases. A few counties are portions only a Images currently in preparation by Archive CD Books B Images and/or transcript available on CD from Gordon Beavington. Some transcripts also available online. Some counties incomplete D Online transcript by the Friends of the Archives of Dumfries and Galloway E Images available on CD from Stepping Stones (now part of S&N Genealogy -- see 'N' below) F Complete transcript available online at FreeCEN f Transcript currently in preparation by the FreeCEN project. Portions available online in some cases G Images, transcript, and index available online at the General Register Office for Scotland (ScotlandsPeople) g Transcript (without images) available online at the General Register Office for Scotland (ScotlandsPeople) H Complete transcript or index available online at Family History Online. May also be available on CD from the originating family history society h Incomplete (< 95%) or part-county transcript or index available online at Family History Online. May also be available on CD from the originating family history society I Other complete county-wide index available online or on CD or occasionally on diskette (see Genuki or the Census FAQ or the relevant family history society for details) i Other major incomplete (< 95%) or part-county index available online or on CD or occasionally on diskette (see Genuki or the Census FAQ or the relevant family history society for details) J Online transcript by Lorna Pratt K Index online and for sale on CD by Alan Clarke L Transcript produced by the LDS. Available on CD (and online for 1881 England and Wales only) at FamilySearch M Other images available online or on CD (see Genuki or the Census FAQ or the relevant family history society for details) N Images available from S&N Genealogy on CD or DVD (as British Data Archive) and online (as The Genealogist). Name index available or in preparation in some cases O Images and index available online at British Origins P Images, transcript, and index available online at the National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office) R Online index provided by Roland Grigg S Transcript or index (occasionally with images) produced by a family history society, available online or on CD (or occasionally diskette) but not at Family History Online. Part-county only in some cases s Transcript or index currently in preparation by a family history society (except joint projects with FreeCEN) with online or CD release expected T Other county-wide transcript available online or on CD (see Genuki or the Census FAQ or the relevant family history society for details) U Online transcript at Durham Records Online (some years incomplete) V Online index by Alexander Romanov-Hughes W Images or index available on CD from Wales Genealogy (possibly now defunct) X Transcript or index available on CD from Wiltshire Ancestors Y Images and index available online at Ancestry.com and Ancestry.co.uk (no images for Scotland). Index for some years available separately on CD from TWR Computing (UK) and Gould Genealogy (Australia) Z Images and index (index only for 1881) available online at FindMyPast.com (formerly 1837online)
County 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901
All England ...... ENOYZ ... NY .... NOYZ.... NOYZ ....HLYZ ... NYZ .... NPY
Bedfordshire ................. B ...... A ....................... F ..........
Berkshire ............ W .... HB .... sf ...... h ............... f ..........
Buckinghamshire ............. HB .... S ........................ Sf ..........
Cambridgeshire .... H A ..... H ....... A ....................... f ..........
Cheshire ............ A ..... S ....... A ..... S f ............. fW .........
Cornwall .......... HFA .... FhB .... HFAW .... HAf .... Af .... hF ...... h .
Cumberland ................. R ....... f ........................ f ..........
Derbyshire .......... A ..... H ....... AW ..................... HfW .........
Devon .............. fA .... L ....... fA ...... A .............. F ..........
Dorset ............. fA ..... HB ..... fAW ..... A ............. Sf ..........
Durham .............. AWU .. Uh E .. U fA E .. E fU ..... U ... hf U.........
Essex ............... A ..... H E ... H A ....................... f ..........
Gloucestershire ..... A ..... HB ..... fAW ..................... hf B .... h .
Hampshire ................... h ...... fA ...... A ............. Hf ..........
Herefordshire ....... AW .... HB ...... A ....... fW ........... Hf ...... H .
Hertfordshire ....... A ...... B ................................ f ..........
Huntingdonshire ..... A ......................................... f ..........
Kent ................. W ...... E .... fA ...................... hfW .........
Lancashire .......... a ..... h E .... f ........................ f ..........
Leicestershire ...... AW .... h ...... fA ....... f ............ Hf ..........
Lincolnshire ...... S A ..... S E ... SfA ....... f ............ Hf ...... S .
London .............. A ....... E .............. A ..... A ...... f ..........
Middlesex ........... AW ...... E .... fA ...... A ............. fW .........
Norfolk ............. A .... L E .... fA E .. E Af ............. f ..........
Northamptonshire .... A K ... H ....... A ....................... f ..........
Northumberland ....... W ... A E .... fA E .. Eh ............................
Nottinghamshire ..... A .... A ....... fAW ...................... f a ........
Oxfordshire ....... S A ...... B .... S A ..... S .............. Sf ..........
Rutland ............. A ..... H ..... HfA ...................... Hf ..........
Shropshire .......... A ..... HB ...... A ...................... hf ...... h .
Somerset ........... fA ...... B ..... fA ....... f ............ hf B ........
Staffordshire ...... fA .... hSBE .... fA ...... A .............. f ..........
Suffolk ............. A ..... S ....... A ....... f ............. f ..........
Surrey .............. AW ...... E .............. Af ............ hfW .........
Sussex ............ h W .... h ..... hfA ..... h .............. hfW .........
Warwickshire ...... hFA .... LhB .... hfA ..... h ............... F B ........
Westmorland ......... A .... R ....... f ........ f ............. f ..........
Wiltshire .......... fA .... X B...... fA ..... hAfX .......... I f B ........
Worcestershire ...... A ..... hB ..... fA ...... A ............. hf ...... h .
Yorkshire ......... h a .... Ah E .. ShfA E ..... f ........... ihf ..........
County 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901
All Scotland ....... GY ..... GY ..... GY ..... GY .... gLY ..... GY ..... GY
Aberdeenshire ...... F ...... f ...... f .....................................
Angus .............. F ...... f ..............................................
Argyll ............. F ...... f ..............................................
Ayrshire ........... f ...... f S ..... S ....................................
Banffshire ......... F ...... F ...... f .....................................
Berwickshire ....... f .......................................................
Bute ............... F ...... F ...... F ...... F ............................
Caithness .......... F ...... f ...... f ...... f ............................
Clackmannanshire ... f .......................................................
Dumfriesshire ...... F ....... D .............................................
Dunbartonshire ..... f .......................................................
East Lothian ....... F ...... F ...... F .....................................
Fife ............... f ...... f ..............................................
Inverness-shire .... F ...... f ..............................................
Kincardineshire .... F ...... f ..............................................
Kinross-shire ...... F V .... f ...... f ...... f ............................
Kirkcudbrightshire . f ....... D .............................................
Lanarkshire ........ f ...... f ..............................................
Midlothian ......... F ...... f ..............................................
Moray .............. F ...... F ...... f ...... f ............................
Nairnshire ......... F ...... F ...... f ...... f ............................
Orkney ............. f .......................................................
Peeblesshire ....... F ...... F ...... f .....................................
Perthshire ......... f .......................................................
Renfrewshire ....... fS ......................................................
Ross and Cromarty .. F ...... f ..............................................
Roxburghshire ...... F ...... F ...... f .....................................
Selkirkshire ....... F ...... f ..............................................
Shetland ........... f .......................................................
Stirlingshire ...... f .......................................................
Sutherland ......... f .......................................................
West Lothian ....... f .......................................................
Wigtownshire ....... F ...... fD .............................................
County 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901
All Wales ......... ENOYZ ... NY .... NOYZ ... NOYZ ... HLYZ .... NY .... NPY
Anglesey ........... W ........................ f ............... f ..........
Breconshire ........ WS ..... S ...... S ..... S ............... hf ..... hS .
Caernarvonshire .... W .......................................... f ..........
Cardiganshire ...... W .......................................... f ..........
Carmarthenshire .... W ........ W ..... W ..... fW ................ W ..... W
Denbighshire ....... W ................. f .... f ............... f ..........
Flintshire ......... W ................. f .... f ............... f ..........
Glamorgan .......... WHA ..... H ..... S ...... fWA ............. fs .........
Merionethshire ..... W ........................ f ............................
Monmouthshire ...... W A ..... h .... aS ...... f .............. hfS .........
Montgomeryshire .... W ...... Sh ................................ f ..........
Pembrokeshire ...... W .............. A W ....................... f ..........
Radnorshire ......... s ...... h ..... S ..... S ............... hf ...... S .
Island 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 All Islands/Ships . ENOYZ ... NY ...... Y ...... Y ..... LYZ .... NY .... NPY Alderney ........... J .............. NOfZ .... NOZ ............. f .......... Guernsey ........... J .............. NOfZ .... NOZ ............. f .......... Jersey ............. J .............. NOfZ .... NOZ ............. f .......... Sark ............... J ............... ++ ..... NOZ ............. f .......... Isle of Man ......................... NO Z .... NOZ .......................... Royal Navy Ships ... ** ..... ** .... NOf A ... NOZ ............. ** ......... Merchant Ships ..... ** ..... ** .... NOf A ... ** ..... ** ..... ** ..... ** Scottish Ships ..... ** ..... ** .... Gf ..... Gf ..... ** ..... ** ..... ** ++ Sark 1861 is missing. ** In the indicated years shipping was recorded at the nearest port, not enumerated at all, or in some cases enumerated but then destroyed.
content last revised 19 Apr 2008