pam hillier wrote: > Hi Bryan, > Not a lot of the 1831 exists, just small pockets from what I am aware. I > read on a list at some point that the 1831 only states the head of the > household and the numbers. It was just for the purpose of statistics. As > such once the statistics were finalised many were destroyed. Some were > available at some point on familyhistory online, which I "believe" was taken > over by findmypast....if I recall correctly. Some, possibly the majority, of the parish register entries were transferred to FMP but not all. Some of the FHSs refused to allow their transcripts to be passsed on. I don't know if any of the references for the 1801-1831 censuses were transferred as well. Maybe Andy Hedgcock would be able to help. There is a booklet (a Gibson Guide, IIRC) which gives details of the survival of the early censuses. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk

I hear my name? ;-)) The Society of Genealogists has some pre 1841 but alas, not the 1831. See this link; http://62.32.98.6/S10312UKStaff/OPAC/search/BrowseList.asp But check this out; http://www.essex.ac.uk/history/working-papers/MW-RW-BM.pdf Cheers Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charani" <charani.b@googlemail.com> To: "pam hillier" <pamhillier24@virginbroadband.com.au> Cc: "KENT-ENG-L rootsweb" <KENT-ENG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:38 AM Subject: Re: [KENT-ENG] 1831 Census > pam hillier wrote: >> Hi Bryan, >> Not a lot of the 1831 exists, just small pockets from what I am aware. I >> read on a list at some point that the 1831 only states the head of the >> household and the numbers. It was just for the purpose of statistics. As >> such once the statistics were finalised many were destroyed. Some were >> available at some point on familyhistory online, which I "believe" was >> taken >> over by findmypast....if I recall correctly. > > Some, possibly the majority, of the parish register entries were > transferred to FMP but not all. Some of the FHSs refused to allow > their transcripts to be passsed on. > > I don't know if any of the references for the 1801-1831 censuses were > transferred as well. Maybe Andy Hedgcock would be able to help. > > There is a booklet (a Gibson Guide, IIRC) which gives details of the > survival of the early censuses. > > -- > Charani (UK) > OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM > Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM > http://wsom-opc.org.uk > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Andy Hedgcock wrote: > I hear my name? ;-)) You did indeed :)) Thank you for answering the call and for the links :)) -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk

Thanks Charani, I was not sure what had been transferred. I do know that I was a fan of FHOL, but couldn't find things I had access to before when it was taken over by FMP. If this is the case, it seems such a shame we have lost some online resources (especially for us expats). Thankfully we have some wonderful county Family history societies with more and more information available. Cheers pam from Adelaide Australia Some, possibly the majority, of the parish register entries were transferred to FMP but not all. Some of the FHSs refused to allow their transcripts to be passsed on. I don't know if any of the references for the 1801-1831 censuses were transferred as well. Maybe Andy Hedgcock would be able to help. There is a booklet (a Gibson Guide, IIRC) which gives details of the survival of the early censuses.