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9 October 2009

Seven complete 1851 census counties added

Hot on the heels of our recent five-county 1851 census update, we’ve added seven more complete counties. These newly-transcribed records give you the chance to search for those ancestors you can’t find on other versions of the census. And all the ancestors you’ve already discovered can be viewed again on our new high-quality images – probably the clearest and most faithful online reproductions available.  

The new counties are:

• Kent
• Shropshire
• Staffordshire
• Cornwall
• Lincolnshire
• Leicestershire
• Westmorland

Discover your ancestor’s precise age

1851 was the first census to reveal the precise age of each householder – on the 1841 census everyone over 15 had their age rounded down.  This ‘rounding down’ policy has proven a perpetual source of frustration for family historians the world over. If an ancestor was alive in 1851 but had perished by 1861, our new records could well be the only way you’ll track down their birth record.

Find your forebears on our high-quality 1851 census images

More counties coming soon.

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