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 == Accessing Census Records  ==
-[[Image:Osmotherley1.jpg|right|200px|Osmotherley1.jpg]] Many repositories, including the Family History Library, hold a number of indexes to the census records. They may be:
+[[Image:Osmotherley1.jpg|right|200px|Osmotherley1.jpg]] The easiest way to access census records is to search by name online. If this fails, indexes by name or place are available, and as a last resort images can be manually browsed.
-*Original Census records from 1841-1891
-*Surname Indexes
-*Street Indexes
-*Some remnants of 1801-1831 censuses that include names
 ==== Online  ====
-Several websites have now published online many of the census indexes and records from 1841-1911. Each site will have a different transcription, and potentially some records not found on other websites.
+Several websites have now published online many of the census indexes and records from 1841-1911. Each site has transcribed the census independently. Since the records are often hard to read, there will be errors. Try searching across multiple sites if you can't find the name you seek.
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