In a message dated 01/05/2009 14:36:59 GMT Daylight Time, gen2mail@googlemail.com writes: Does anyone know where I can find a list of the abbreviations used in the earlier censuses: ______________________________________________________________________ There were no official abbreviations for censuses prior to 1841 which was the first one to be taken under the auspices of the recently formed General Register Office. For an introduction to pre 1841 Censuses see http://www.histpop.org/pre41/listings_a.pdf Stan Mapstone