Good Evening Listers, Does anyone know if the total April 5, 1891 British Census, by all counties in England and Sources, is on a website or does anyone have the data on zip file? We desire downloading the total census so we can review the data for the surnames: SEADON, SEADEN, AND SHADICK. In the future we will also be asking for the same information for the 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, and 1881 Census. We know the 1881 Census has been put on disc by IGI, however we have found some errors in the addresses, (house or home numbers which did not exist) especially in Middlesex County and now desire checking the actual Census. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Rita (nee Seadon) and Don Shadick, in hot Florida. Come on WINTER!!!

Rita and Don, As far as I know, the only British census that is searchable in the way you want is the 1881. None of the others have been extensively indexed or recorded electronically, although you may find that individual family history societies have indexed their own particular areas. I believe a 1% or 2% sample of the 1851 census is available on the internet, too. You can access the 1891 for Scotland through the Scots Origins site (www.origins.net ) but you have to pay a fee. The only other way from outside GB is to order the relevant census sections through your local LDS centre, but as I say they are not indexed and it will be a L-O-N-G job to trawl through the millions of addresses in search of your names. The 1901 census, as you may know, will be made available next year on the internet, again for a fee. Hope you are not too discouraged by this! Lorna Looking for MUTIMER, CLAYTON and DAVY in Suffolk > Does anyone know if the total April 5, 1891 British Census, by all counties in England and Sources, is on a website or does anyone have the data on zip file? > We desire downloading the total census so we can review the data for the surnames: SEADON, SEADEN, AND SHADICK. > In the future we will also be asking for the same information for the 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, and 1881 Census. > We know the 1881 Census has been put on disc by IGI, however we have found some errors in the addresses, (house or home numbers which did not exist) especially in Middlesex County and now desire checking the actual Census. > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > Sincerely, Rita (nee Seadon) and Don Shadick, in hot Florida. Come on WINTER!!! > > > ==== ENG-EAST-ANGLIA Mailing List ==== > This list is for people who have an interest in the ESSEX, > SUFFOLK, NORFOLK,BEDFORDSHIRE and CAMBRIDGESHIRE regions. > ENG-EAST-ANGLIA-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >

I think you need to read this! ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Gaskell <paulgaskell@madasafish.com> To: <LANCSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 30 July 2001 21:01 Subject: Re: [LAN] 1891 census on cd > > > Has anybody had seen the 1891 census on cd thats now out? > > > I attended a lecture on Saturday about the release of the 1891 census, given > by Nigel Bayley of S&N Genealogy Supplies, the firm who have paid many > thousands of pounds to get exclusive rights to produce scanned images of the > nineteenth century censuses on CD. The presentation was given to several > dozen researchers at the Open Day of the Buckinghamshire FHS in Aylesbury. > > Nigel's first product on sale will be the London census of 1891, and this > will be out in the Autumn. This will be a 37 CD set, or four DVDs. This will > be followed by the 1891 census of Lancashire and then the 1891 census of > Yorkshire, hopefully by Christmas and Spring 2002 respectively. > > The CDs will contain all of the county at the time of the census, so > Lancashire will contain Warrington, Liverpool, Manchester and > Barrow-in-Furness. These are scanned images from microfilms, but based on > the demonstration that I saw (Paddington 1891), the images were excellent. > New microfilms have been produced for this purpose, and additionally the > scanned images are enhanced and cleaned after digitisation. Street indexes > as used at the Family Record Centre are included on the CD, but not surname > indexes. The CDs will use Adobe Acrobat, a free reader that can be used on > both PCs and AppleMacs. > > My view ? Well I feel that these CDs will turn out to be excellent value for > money. Certainly, the 1891 census of London on microfiche would cost around > £5000 to buy, but the CD images are a fraction of the price. Whilst I have > no connection with S&N other than as a very satisfied customer, I know that > this is a husband and wife partnership of family historians. They are trying > to make a profit from selling these CDs, but there is no way that they would > want to compromise their reputation. My guess is that the only way they will > profit from their deal to scan the censuses is if they get lots of repeat > customers and recommendations. This means that it's inevitable that they > will bend over backwards to satisfy their punters. > > Incidentally, some researchers might chose to save their money and wait for > FreeCen to publish the censuses in question. This could be a long wait, the > records might be slow and costly to access on the web, and there will > inevitably be transcription errors. I'm going to buy the CDs from S&N, but > eventually use the FreeCen records as a surname index to them ! > > Paul Gaskell > Publicity Officer > Oxfordshire Family History Society > E mail ; publicity@ofhs.org.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: Don Shadick <shadick@worldnet.att.net> To: <ENG-EAST-ANGLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 07 September 2001 4:04 Subject: [EEA] BRITISH CENSUS 4-5-1891 > Good Evening Listers, > Does anyone know if the total April 5, 1891 British Census, by all counties in England and Sources, is on a website or does anyone have the data on zip file? > We desire downloading the total census so we can review the data for the surnames: SEADON, SEADEN, AND SHADICK. > In the future we will also be asking for the same information for the 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, and 1881 Census. > We know the 1881 Census has been put on disc by IGI, however we have found some errors in the addresses, (house or home numbers which did not exist) especially in Middlesex County and now desire checking the actual Census. > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > Sincerely, Rita (nee Seadon) and Don Shadick, in hot Florida. Come on WINTER!!! >