Genealogy Resources

This page is for links to, and notes on, useful (British) family tree resources.

UK censuses

The UK census is the bedrock of British family tree research. You need enough information to take you back at least as early as April 1911 before you can start using the censuses for research. With a bit of luck they'll take you back beyond 1841.

• UK census dates.
• FreeCEN. Free searches of the 1841–71 and 1891 censuses. NB that it is not (yet) complete.
• Ancestry UK. You have to pay, but Ancestry has full coverage of the 1841–1901 censuses.
• 1911census.co.uk. Ancestry doesn't have the 1911 census, so if you want to look at it online, you'll have to pay these people.