Source:England. 1881 Census Returns of England and Wales
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Source 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands
Coverage
Place England
Wales
Isle of Man
Channel Islands
Year range 1881 - 1881
Subject Census records
Publication information
Type Government / Church records
Publisher <br>The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.
Place issued <br>Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom
Periodical / Series name RG11. 1881 Census Schedules
Citation
England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.).
Repositories
Ancestry.comEngland http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7572..Free website
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Findmypast.comhttp://www.findmypast.co.uk/CensusPersonStartSea..Paid website
National Archives (United Kingdom)RG 11 General Register Office: 1881 Census Schedules.Other
FamilySearchFamilySearch CatalogFamily history center
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Internet ArchiveStatistics: Volume 3; Second holdingFree website
Internet ArchiveStatistics: Volume 1Free website
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May be ordered through the nearest Family History Center.

The 1881 census was conducted based on information for 3 April 1881.

The original transcription was done by volunteers from various UK family history societies in the 1980s and the data was collected together by FamilySearch.

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About volumes

copied from FamilySearch catalog page 2745006

Vol. 1 Preliminary report and tables of the population and houses enumerated in England and Wales and in the islands in the British seas on 4th April 1881.
Vol. 2 Area, houses and population: registration counties.
Vol. 3 Ages, condition as to marriage, occupations and birth-places of the people.
Vol. 4 General report.

Until 2003 the General Record Office was part of the Public Record Office and had its offices first in St. Catherine's House, Chancery Lane, in central London, and later in the Family Records Centre, Islington. References to the General Record Office (GRO) and the Public Record Office (PRO) may appear in older documentation. For more information on the National Archives and the General Record Office, see Wikipedia

Another article in Wikipedia includes a "List of UK censuses" giving the date each census was held and the changes to questions asked.

Scotland and Northern Ireland maintain their census records separately.

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