GLOUCESTERSHIRE - Census Returns 1801-1901
Availability and use of Census Records for Gloucestershire Family History research
This web page provides information about online resources for census
research - transcriptions, indexes, searchable databases, &c.
Select a year below, or start with 'All Years' and browse the whole page.
Original census returns are held by
The National Archives and are
not available generally for direct research. Copies on film or fiche are available at the
Family Records Centre,
London, and from LDS Family History Centers worldwide.
Copies of census on microfilm are available at the
Gloucester Record Office for most parishes in Gloucestershire (exceptions are
parishes which have changed county over the years). Copies for local areas may also be
available in the larger District Libraries in Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire,
but please check availability with the Offices themselves before your journey.
For more general information,
see GENUKI's Census of England and Wales, and
Barry Ruck's
Census - Frequently Asked Questions.
- FreeCEN is an ongoing volunteer-based project
to provide a 'free to view' online searchable database of the 19th century UK census returns.
Volunteers are being sought to assist with transcribing - visit the
FreeCen Project page to see each
county's status as well as a FAQ for volunteers.
- Index of names, and downloadable images of Census 1841-1901 are available from
Ancestry.co.uk. Access is by Annual subscription,
or Pay-per-View. A subscription includes access to other Ancestry resources.
- Maureen Surman has transcribed the census for
Boats lying at Worcester Wharf, Birmingham, 1841-1891.
Here is a list of
Gloucestershire Strays. Maureen has also included those names where place of birth is not
known or listed. For families with one member born in Gloucestershire, everyone is listed.
-
Gloucestershire Population Tables, 1801-1901 - census statistics
on a parish-by-parish basis taken from Volume II of the Victoria History of
Gloucestershire (1907), and provided online by Ray Wilson.
- Search the
1901 Census online for free. Pay-per-image (currently £0.75) by
Vouchers or Credit Card to view an image of the original return. A pioneering
effort by QinetiQ, now (Sep 2005) being developed by
Genes Reunited.
- Free search by name of the
1891 Census at Ancestry.co.uk. Access to images is by Annual subscription,
or Pay-per-View. A subscription includes access to other Ancestry resources.
- The 1891 South Gloucestershire & Bristol census is being indexed as part
of the FreeCEN project.
See
http://homepages.maxnet.co.nz/siebert/.
- Free search by name of the
1881 Census at Ancestry.co.uk. Access to images is by Annual subscription,
or Pay-per-View. A subscription includes access to other Ancestry resources.
The index for this service is provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
(LDS); images are reproduced by courtesy of The National Archives.
- The same 1881 data is also available for searching free of charge at
FamilySearch - Census Records, but without access to the digital images. It
is also available for purchase on CD from various outlets.
- Free search by name of the
1871 Census at Ancestry.co.uk. Access to images is by Annual subscription,
or Pay-per-View. A subscription includes access to other Ancestry resources.
- Some counties in 1871 are also available for searching
at
British Origins but Gloucestershire is not yet one of them.
- Free search by name of the
1861 Census at Ancestry.co.uk. Access to images is by Annual subscription,
or Pay-per-View. A subscription includes access to other Ancestry resources.
- The 1861 census is also available for searching at
findmypast.com (formerly 1837online).
Although generally speaking, this site works well for the Civil Registration
Indexes that it was designed for, I haven't explored the 1861 census access.
- The 1861 Gloucestershire census is being indexed as part
of the FreeCEN project.
See
http://homepages.maxnet.co.nz/siebert/.
- Gordon Beavington has transcribed an extensive range of Census records -
www.mycensuses.com -
1851 CENSUS TRANSCRIPTIONS - GLOUCS, BRISTOL, SOMERSET,
WILTSHIRE. For Gloucestershire alone, over 552,000 Records for 881 locations,
more than 35 P.R.O. Census films and 30 micro fiche are transcribed.
Some locations in Northern Gloucestershire have all 5 censuses, no areas
are omitted although some locations may not have been readable.
- A separate transcription of
1851 Gloucestershire Census has been compiled by
Gloucestershire Family History Society members and is now
available for purchase on CD from the Society. This CD includes
parishes in the Diocese of Bristol (but not Bristol itself), as well
as those in the Diocese of Gloucester, and has been subjected
to a rigorous series of checks.
- Free search by name of the
1851 Census at Ancestry.co.uk. Access to images is by Annual subscription,
or Pay-per-View. A subscription includes access to other Ancestry resources.
Added 23 Nov 2005.
[The above information was transferred from the main GENUKI/Gloucestershire index page on 4 Sep 2005]
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