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==== Pre-1841 Census<br> ==== | ==== Pre-1841 Census<br> ==== | ||
The 1831 census was collated by the census office and the resulting Parish Register Abstracts form an important part of the published census material, because from it alone, the clergymen's manusript returns have survived. The records are held | The 1831 census was collated by the census office and the resulting Parish Register Abstracts form an important part of the published census material, because from it alone, the clergymen's manusript returns have survived. The records are held at [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/default.asp?source=ddmenu_search3&j=1 The National Archives of the UK] under 'Clergymen's returns of 1831' (HO71/1-HO71/124.) Detailed information on pre-1841 census records can be found in: | ||
*Chapman, Colin R., | *Chapman, Colin R., ''Pre-1841 Censuses and Population Listings in the British Isles''. Dursley, Gloucestershire, England : Lochin Publishing, 1998 (5th ed). (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=825423&disp=Pre-1841+censuses+%26+population+listi%20%20&columns=*,0,0 942 X27cc, 1998]) | ||
Pre-1841 censuses generally contain only numbers of individuals in a household, but some do contain individual names of the head-of-household. | Pre-1841 censuses generally contain only numbers of individuals in a household, but some do contain individual names of the head-of-household. | ||
==== Registration Districts ==== | ==== Registration Districts ==== | ||