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Basic facts about the 1861 census
Taken on the night of Sunday/Monday 7th/8th April 1861.
Details recorded for each person were:
- Name and surname
- Relationship to head of family
- Age
- Sex
- Marital status
- Occupation
- Place of birth
- Whether they were blind, or deaf and dumb
The 1861 Census
The 1861 Census was taken on the night of Sunday 7th April 1861.
The following information was recorded in the schedules about each dwelling and person residing there on the night of the census:
- the address
- whether the dwelling was "inhabited" or "uninhabited or building"
- name and surname of each person residing at the dwelling on the night of the census
- relationship of each person to the head of the family
- each person's marital status ("condition")
- age and sex
- rank, profession, or occupation
- where born, parish and county (or if born outside of England or Wales, just the country)
- whether they were "blind", or "deaf and dumb"
The information collected in this census was the same as 10 years before except for an extra piece of information on whether the house was inhabited or not (this had been included in the 1841 census but not in 1851).
You can download a form produced by Ancestry showing the headings for the 1861 census by clicking here.
Accessing the 1861 Census
The full 1861 census for England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man can be viewed on microfilm at the Family Records Centre in Islington and many local record offices have reels for their areas.
FreeCEN have good coverage for some counties, particularly in Scotland and also for Cornwall, Devon and Durham.
Ancestry have a complete index of the 1861 Census. To access the Ancestry records you need to take out a subscription but a 14 day free trial is usually available. You can also access the Ancestry 1861 census records for free on site at The National Archives in Kew and the Family Records Centre in Islington.
Findmypast, formerly 1837 online, also has a transcription of the 1861 census for England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, accessed either via an annual subscription or on a pay-per-view basis.
The Genealogist site has transcripts for many English counties. They can either be viewed by taking out a subscription or as pay-per-view.
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