Lancashire Census

Lancashire Census data from 1841-1901
now available for the first time in the comfort of your own home

The Dock Offices, Liverpool

Lancashire Census data for 1841-1901 has now been made available by S&N Genealogy Supplies so that family historians can do their research in the comfort of their own homes.

The Lancashire Census is a great way of finding ancestors who lived in the county and S&N is the only company offering this range of years for Lancashire.

Try a FREE search of the Lancashire cenus 1841-1901:

Lancashire Census data is available on CD-ROM and/or online for the years 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891 and 1901*.

*1881 coming soon.

Lancashire Census on CD-ROM

To find out about digitised images of all the original enumerators’ records see the Census CDs page.

Lancashire Census Indexes and Transcripts

Searching through the census pages can be a time-consuming process if you don't have much information, which is why we are running an on-going project to make indexes and transcripts available on CD-ROM and online.

About the Lancashire Census Site

On this website, you will find some practical information about the Lancashire Census from 1841 to 1901 and how to use it to research your family history.

Have a look at our Lancashire Census Introduction page to find out how the Lancashire Census can help you find your ancestors and build your family tree.
The Lancashire Census Case Studies show entries for Lawrence Stephen Lowry in the 1891 and 1901 Lancashire Census'.
Fascinating facts relating to Lancashire life between 1841 and 1901 can be found on the Lancashire Facts page.
On the Lancashire Census Links page you’ll find sites that will help you with your research for Lancashire and across the country.

"Coming out of School" by Lawrence Stephen Lowry

Country-wide Census CD-ROMs & Online Subscriptions

The census for counties across the country is available on CD-ROM and online as images, indexes and transcripts.

For CDs see www.BritishDataArchive.com and www.GenealogySupplies.com;
for online subscriptions see www.RootsUK.com and www.TheGenealogist.co.uk.

You can also see more links to family history and genealogy websites.

Daily Census Information

1911 Census to be released early From 2009, a fully-indexed 1911 census will be online, three years earlier than family historians expected!		ONS BMDs to go Online The much awaited news that the Office of National Statistics (ONS) will start to put all birth, marriage and death indexes on the internet was issued this month.

Possible Pitfalls in Using the Census Many people don't realise that the census page images we see are actually transcripts of the household census forms, the details were copied into the books by the enumerators.		2005 BMD Data Now Available The 2005 Births, Marriages and Deaths index has been added to TheGenealogist.co.uk - this is the latest data to be released by the GRO.

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