Three-quarters of the Sussex Census for 1871 is now on-line, with the rest of it in the pipe-line. This means that soon all the Censuses for Sussex from 1861, '71, and 91 will be available for researchers to use without charge at www.freecen.org.uk (and the 1881 is of course also free, thanks to the LDS). Even if you have a subscription to one of the other Census sites it's often worth looking on FreeCEN for your ancestor; transcription is not an exact science and a "second opinion" may find someone whose name was mis-read on the database you usually refer to. With the 1871 nearing completion our team of transcribers is starting on the 1851. Our volunteers are a generous bunch, happy to get the information "out there" for people to use for free. However folk do have to drop out at intervals and we are always ready to welcome new volunteers to speed up the project. Could you give some time to transcribing? If you can use a spreadsheet and send emails you already have the skills you need (apart from reading Victorian handwriting!). Please give it some thought; if you've benefited from other people's help in the past this could be one way of making your contribution to the Family History community. Further details from the FreeCEN website, or by contacting us via the address below. Thanks in advance! Simon and Chris Brickell FreeCEN Co-ordinators for Sussex http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ssx1861/