Hi Ian If Australia had any surviving census I suspect you would be facing the same dilemma there ;-) You have to take into account the census year for a start The 1841 was the only one organised by Hundred It also depends on how much detail you keep on the census reference and how Different suppliers or transcribers may also record locations in a different way I keep only the year ie 1861 census and then keep the reference with the source and in notes for each person The actual address or method of address is up to you, many census here in particular the earlier ones and in rural locations do not record a specific address, only "Village" or similar To add further confusion you may find the census 1851 and later whilst being in one County geographically, because the administrative area might be different may be enumerated in a neighbouring County So my advice would be to record the census reference and the census administrative area data as found Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 24/02/2014 05:27, Ian Marr wrote: > I am somewhat confused (a common state of mind, for me) by some of the > England Census location details. Taking the various years, there are quite > a few localities listed on a Census: > > Civil Parish > Hundred > Town > Registration District > Sub-registration District > > I live in a town called Allansford, in the state of Victoria in Australia, > so the location equates quite easily to Allansford, Victoria, Australia. > > But, I am not knowledgeable enough toe decipher the above English examples. > > Should the order of precedence be (let's say, the County is Cornwall and the > Country, obviously England