1851 England and Wales census launched online
1851 England and Wales census launched online
28 October 2005
The National Archives in partnership with Ancestry.co.uk have launched the 1851 England and Wales Census online. In compiling an additional 17.7 million names, six of the seven publicly available censuses are now available on the Internet. As a result more than 300 million entries can now be found across six consecutive decades from 1901.
Familiar and famous names within this Census include:
- Charles Darwin had returned home from his discoveries in the Galapagos Islands and published The Voyage of the Beagle, to be found at home with his wife and children.
- Florence Nightingale had yet to embark on her nursing career and still lived at home with her parents at the age of thirty-four.
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel, designer and builder of tunnels, bridges, railways and ships, was living with his wife, children and mother at 17 and 18 Duke Street in Westminster, London - above his design offices.
Ancestry.co.uk in conjunction with The National Archives now offers six complete Censuses dating from 1851 to 1901. These were previously only available by trawling through records offices. Every single record has been carefully indexed so you can search by first name, surname, birthplace, county and date, all helping to paint the picture of how your family lived. Once you´ve tracked them down you can find out where they were living and who with, and how they made a living.
The 1851 England and Wales Census can be found at Ancestry.co.uk
