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[[London Records at the Family History Library|London Records at the Family History Library]] describes London census holdings, parish-by-parish, available at that facility. Click here to see a list of the census surname indexes for local places and parishes in this county.  
[[London Records at the Family History Library|London Records at the Family History Library]] describes London census holdings, parish-by-parish, available at that facility. Click here to see a list of the census surname indexes for local places and parishes in this county.  


=== Smaller Local Census Surname Indexes at Family History Library  ===
=== Local Census Indexes<br> ===


[[London Census Surname Index|London Census Surname Index main page]]  
The [[London Census Surname Index|London Census Surname Index]] describes local census indexes in the Family History Libary collection.


=== Census Substitutes  ===
=== Census Substitutes  ===

Revision as of 21:05, 30 January 2012

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Census Records[edit | edit source]

For access to the 1841 to 1911 London censuses, see the England Census article.

Earlier censuses, dated 1801 to 1831, survive for several London parishes.[1] Most are kept at the Guildhall Library.[2] Record survival is identified on inidividual London parish pages.

London Records at the Family History Library describes London census holdings, parish-by-parish, available at that facility. Click here to see a list of the census surname indexes for local places and parishes in this county.

Local Census Indexes
[edit | edit source]

The London Census Surname Index describes local census indexes in the Family History Libary collection.

Census Substitutes[edit | edit source]

A variety of lists of historic residents of London have been preserved. Most list adult taxable males. A few identify family units. The Domesday Book (1086) does not include the City of London.[3]

Gibson identifies additional London census substitutes:

  • Gibson, J.S.W. and Heather Creaton. Lists of Londoners. Bury, UK: Federation of Family History Societies in Association with the Centre for Metropolitan History, c1999. FHL Book 942.1/L1 D43g 1999.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Colin R. Chapman, Pre-1841 Censuses and Population Listings in the British Isles, 5th ed. (Dursley, UK: Lochin Publishing, 2002), 65-74.
  2. Cliff Webb, My Ancestors were Londoners: A Guide to London Sources for Family Historians (London: Society of Genealogists, 2009), 11-13. Webb identifies the repositories and references for each census return.
  3. Wikipedia Contributors, "Domesday Book," in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_Book, accessed 13 January 2012.