Have you checked the Nat.Archives' catalogue? That has an entry for every piece in every released census. p At 21:56 18/07/2005, Jim Halsey wrote: >Does anyone know whether any central authoritative list is available, >and if so from which public or private source, as to which original >census records for England and Wales are not available because of loss >or accidental destruction? I have enquired of the Brighton History >Centre whether the missing Piece Number for the 1861 Brighton census >is missing from the microfilm copy by accident or error, or whether >the original documents are lost or destroyed. They do not know the >answer, so perhaps SOG members will know whether any informed source >exists, within or without the public sector. >Thank you. >Jim Halsey