1901 Census for England and Wales Published Online

Hey hey! The 1901 Census for England and Wales is now available at http://www.census.pro.gov.uk. Unfortunately due to heavy demand the site is only intermittently available, but I was able to get through after a couple of tries.

You're able to search by first name, last name, gender, age +/- years (for example, I can search for Wodehouse, age 20, +/- five years) where born, and place keywords. You may choose to have 20, 30, or 40 search results per page. The advanced search allows you to also include marital status, occupation, and relation to head of the family. There are also searches for places (rural districts, civil parishes, etc) institutions (hospitals, barracks), and vessels (naval or merchant.) Searching for a Wodehouse, male, age 20 plus or minus five years finds a Pelham Wodehouse, born in Guildford, Surrey, 19 years old, working as an assistant. Cool!

Search results gives you a table that includes name, age, where born, administrative county, civil parish, and occupation. Click on a name and you'll discover that getting more details will require paying some money. I recommend against doing that until their server load slows down a little.

Using this site is EXTREMELY slow right now, but the prospect of 32 million names from the England Wales census of 1901 is really exciting. Worth a look, but you'll have to be very patient.

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