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Basic facts about the 1871 census
Taken on the night of Sunday/Monday 2nd/3rd April 1871.
Details recorded for each person were:
- Name and surname
- Relationship to head of family
- Marital status
- Age
- Sex
- Occupation
- Place of birth
- Whether infirm
The 1871 Census
The 1871 Census was taken on the night of Sunday 2nd April 1871.
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" or "imbecile or idiot" or "lunatic"
The information collected was the same as in 1861 apart from the column recording whether someone was "Blind" or "Deaf and Dumb" where two extra options were given, "Imbecile or Idiot" or "Lunatic".
You can download a form produced by Ancestry showing the headings for the 1871 census by clicking here.
Accessing the 1871 Census
The full 1871 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 some coverage for English and Welsh counties notably Cornwall, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Herefordshire.
Ancestry have a complete index of the 1871 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 1871 census records for free on site at The National Archives in Kew and the Family Records Centre in Islington.
The Genealogist site has transcripts for many English counties. They can either be viewed by taking out a subscription or as pay-per-view.
Findmypast, formerly 1837 online, also has a transcription of the 1871 census for some English counties, accessed either via an annual subscription or on a pay-per-view basis.
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