A few months ago I offered to do free 1881 census look-ups for Great Britain & Canada. I had some 200 unanswered requests in my inbox, but unfortunately in early August I suffered a major computer disaster (!)--I had to get my motherboard replaced. The repair shop backed up my system successfully so I didn't lose any major genealogical data, but they forgot or didn't think to back up my e-mail, so that I lost some 1000 messages from my inbox. Therefore if you requested a look-up & have been wondering what the hold-up was (!), I'm sorry to say I've lost the request......I have nothing before August 10, 2002. Please feel free to ask again & I will get to it ASAP. A few things to keep in mind when requesting 1881 census look-ups: Please put "1881 census look-up" in the subject line so my e-mail program can filter all requests to the same folder. Please give me more info than just a name &/or location. Every bit of detail helps, & you'd be surprised how many persons of the same names there were living, for example, in Great Britain in 1881. Ages (even if approximate), occupations, names of relatives, religion, birthplace... everything helps. I have gotten several requests for 1881 census look-ups in Ireland....let me reiterate, once again, that the 1881 census for Ireland, like so many of Ireland's censuses, has not survived. These look-ups are for the following countries ONLY: Canada England Scotland Wales Channel Islands Thank to you everyone for your patience & I'm very sorry about all the requests I lost; please feel free to request a look-up again.... Colleen Andrews http://www.geocities.com/clandrews_2000