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CENSUS - COMPLETION of FORMS by HOUSEHOLDERS & ABBREVIATIONS (O.N.S. Archive)
« on: Wednesday 12 September 18 11:40 BST (UK) »
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1841 Census Onward - Official Specimen Form Instructions - Downloads

This is not posted to discuss the inaccuracy of a particular Census you may have discovered and you have documentary evidence to the contrary.

Official Specimen Instructions exist, regarding the Completion of the England and Wales Census from 1841 onward.


Each Householders Schedule Form
According to these Specimen Instructions, every Householder had their own "Schedule" form in 1841 (Specimen extract attached 1841) which he / she had to complete [or get completed], Sign and also get Witnessed.

Link to Specimen Forms / Instructions
See the link which goes to the various pdf Form downloads and also gives you the 1841 Specimen in full (with Abbreviations and calculation of ages and from the age this applied) and the 1851 specimen Instructions onwards.

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160110200232/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/how-our-census-works/about-censuses/census-history/census-1801-1901/index.html


1841 Census
"Some 35,000 enumerators (all men) armed with pencils delivered a separate form to each household, recording almost 16 million people in England and Wales. People completed the forms themselves, a real challenge for some since at this time many people could not read or write."


1861 Census
"For the first time, the census in Scotland was conducted under separate legislation by the newly created Registrar General for Scotland."


Kind regards, Mark