LYCOS RETRIEVER
1901: 1901 Census
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A 1901 census image is a digital image of a page of the original enumeration book, showing the members of the household in which you are interested, on census night. When you view a census image, you may choose to navigate back to the previous page or forwards to the next page of that census enumeration book. Each navigation will cost 5 credits, unless it has been previously viewed.
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Differences of detail between the 1871 and 1901 census returns are few and minor. All the major data remains the same: first name, last name, relationship to head of household, marital status, age, profession/occupation, and place of birth. The 1871 census offers less information about houses (no facts about families crowded into a few rooms) and about work (whether a person is an employer, a worker, or self-employed).
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In the 1901 census you can view the original census documents from 1901 and look at property census records for the inhabitants of over 6,000,000 properties to see who lived in your house in 1901. In the 1901 census you can ... discover where your ancestors were living in 1901 and see the other family members your ancestors were living with in 1901, helping you find more relatives to add to your family tree.
The 1901 census forms asked respondents for their name, address, age, and occupation. The forms ... asked them to list the state of their mental health, reporting whether they are deaf and dumb, blind, lunatic, an imbecile, or feeble-minded. More than ninety thousand individuals are listed as "lunatics, imbeciles, or feeble-minded people."
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People and Places of 1901 combines images, transcripts, and voice recordings along with other historical sources and images to illustrate how the census can be used to trace family and community history. In People learn about the life of a typist, a telephone operator, a war widow, and others. Places portrays East Tuddenham, Senghenydd, Spitalfields, and Salford at the time of the census.
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A census of the Irish population was taken every ten years from 1821 until 1911 and manuscript returns for each household survive for all 32 counties for 1901 and 1911. The returns are arranged by townland in rural areas and by street in urban areas. The returns for each townland or street consist of:
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