MichaelWalker wrote: > Hello List > > I wish to thank the many people who replied to my query - I have been helped > a great deal. > > Can I now trouble the list with a question as to the availability of census > returns on the internet ? All the censuses from 1841 to 1901 are available on the internet. www.familysearch.org has a transcription of the 1881 for free. www.ancestry.co.uk has all the censuses and images www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk has all the censuses and images www.findmypast.com has the 1841, 1861 (not yet complete), 1871, 1881 (transcript only at the moment) and 1891 censuses www.familyrelatives.com has the censuses as well, but I haven't checked recently to see which ones they have or if they have all of them. You also might find it useful to check FreeCEN which is a sister project to FreeBMD although it's still a fair way from being complete.