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== Census Dates == | == Census Dates == | ||
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The census office organized the census by '''civil registration districts''', which were subdivided into '''enumeration districts'''. The only exception is the 1841, census which was arranged by '''hundreds''' (hundreds are administrative subdivisions of land). On the census films, each enumeration district includes a title page with the district number and a description of the area covered by the district. These registration districts crossed both county and national boundaries! For example the town of '''Llangollen''', in the county of '''Denbighshire''', was part of the '''Corwen''' registration district, even though Corwen was in the county of '''Merionethshire'''. Similarly, the town of '''Chirk''', in '''Denbighshire''', was in the '''Oswestry''' registration district, even though Oswestry was in the county of '''Shropshire''' in England. | The census office organized the census by '''civil registration districts''', which were subdivided into '''enumeration districts'''. The only exception is the 1841, census which was arranged by '''hundreds''' (hundreds are administrative subdivisions of land). On the census films, each enumeration district includes a title page with the district number and a description of the area covered by the district. These registration districts crossed both county and national boundaries! For example the town of '''Llangollen''', in the county of '''Denbighshire''', was part of the '''Corwen''' registration district, even though Corwen was in the county of '''Merionethshire'''. Similarly, the town of '''Chirk''', in '''Denbighshire''', was in the '''Oswestry''' registration district, even though Oswestry was in the county of '''Shropshire''' in England. | ||
'''Important:''' Several Welsh census records are lost! The 1841 censuses of upper '''Merthyr Tydfil''' and the entire parishes of '''Wrexham''' and '''Ruabon''' in the north-east are missing, as are many of the 1861 censuses. Sometimes, a lost census return is found and the ''Clwyd Family History Society'' have 'retrieved' parts of the Wrexham returns for 1841. Announcements about records that are found are usually given by a family history society journal for the area that is involved. See | '''Important:''' Several Welsh census records are lost! The 1841 censuses of upper '''Merthyr Tydfil''' and the entire parishes of '''Wrexham''' and '''Ruabon''' in the north-east are missing, as are many of the 1861 censuses. Sometimes, a lost census return is found and the ''Clwyd Family History Society'' have 'retrieved' parts of the Wrexham returns for 1841. Announcements about records that are found are usually given by a family history society journal for the area that is involved. See [[Wales Periodicals]] for information on locating a family history society journal. It is sometimes possible to locate another record that can substitute for a census. For example, part of the missing census for Merthyr Tydfil can be supplemented with the following record: | ||
*Glamorgan Family History Society. ''Register of cottage leases, Dowlais Iron Company, 1818–1877.'' [Glamorgan, Wales]: Glamorgan Family History Society, [1996?]. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942.97%2FD2+R2g book 942.97/D2 R2g].) | *Glamorgan Family History Society. ''Register of cottage leases, Dowlais Iron Company, 1818–1877.'' [Glamorgan, Wales]: Glamorgan Family History Society, [1996?]. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942.97%2FD2+R2g book 942.97/D2 R2g].) | ||
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== Locating Census Records == | == Locating Census Records == | ||
Pre-1900 original census records are at the Public Record Office (see | Pre-1900 original census records are at the Public Record Office (see [[Wales Archives and Libraries]] for an address). The National Library of Wales, most county record offices, the Family History Library and the Family Records Centre (see [[Wales Civil Registration- Vital Records]] for the address) have microfilm copies of the census records. | ||
== Census Records at the Family History Library == | == Census Records at the Family History Library == | ||
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;'''WALES, [COUNTY], [PARISH] - CENSUS''' | ;'''WALES, [COUNTY], [PARISH] - CENSUS''' | ||
Population tables (see | Population tables (see [[Wales Civil Registration- Vital Records]]) and other aids may help you pinpoint a location on the microfilm or solve unusual difficulties you may have in finding a locality on the census. | ||
== Census Indexes == | == Census Indexes == | ||
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The compact disc version, 1881 British Census and National Index (50169), is available for purchase. | The compact disc version, 1881 British Census and National Index (50169), is available for purchase. | ||
The microfiche version is available for use at the Family History Library, Family History Centers, and other record repositories (see | The microfiche version is available for use at the Family History Library, Family History Centers, and other record repositories (see [[Wales Archives and Libraries]]). The microfiche can be searched either nationwide or by county. | ||
Within the nationwide index are two indexes: | Within the nationwide index are two indexes: | ||