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Title: How to look for an address in the censuses please.
Post by: Grizzly on Monday 04 February 13 17:17 GMT (UK)

I'm trying to do the history of my son's house, built around 1843.
Is there any way of looking up an address in the censuses rather than the name of an occupant ?

Thanks

Title: Re: How to look for an address in the censuses please.
Post by: keyboard86 on Monday 04 February 13 17:41 GMT (UK)

Hi, Find my Past have the facility to search by address, I am not so sure (but I seem to recall) that their is a way round it on Ancestry, hopefully someone will advise accordingly?!

Keyboard86

Title: Re: How to look for an address in the censuses please.
Post by: Grizzly on Monday 04 February 13 17:56 GMT (UK)

Thanks. Forgot to say I'm with Ancestry. I've found the 1911 entry by putting the address plus "1911 census" in Google which brought up a name 6 doors down from another family tree. I could then turn the pages back to my address. It didn't work for other years though.

Title: Re: How to look for an address in the censuses please.
Post by: lizdb on Monday 04 February 13 18:02 GMT (UK)

For villages, I often just put in a common name,say, John, and no more detail, other than the county of residence and town of residence (or is it parish?).  There is pretty certain to be a John living there somewhere, so I can then get to the village and scroll through the pages.
Doesn't work for a street in a city or large town.

Title: Re: How to look for an address in the censuses please.
Post by: stanmapstone on Monday 04 February 13 19:16 GMT (UK)

You don't say where it is but there are  Street Indexes for various places in the censuses at
http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Category:1841_census_registration_districts
http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Category:1851_census_registration_districts
http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Category:1861_census_registration_districts
http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Category:1871_census_registration_districts
http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Category:1881_census_registration_districts
http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Category:1891_census_registration_districts

Stan

Title: Re: How to look for an address in the censuses please.
Post by: Grizzly on Monday 04 February 13 20:48 GMT (UK)

Stan...that is wonderful and works beautifully ! Thank you very much indeed.

The street I'm looking for in in Forest Hill, Lewisham so not easy as even the street name changes- but it's all here in this index.

A busy evening ahead.

Thank again all, you've saved me from a bit of hair-pulling !

Title: Re: How to look for an address in the censuses please.
Post by: Grizzly on Monday 04 February 13 22:00 GMT (UK)

Whoops ! Apologies for putting this in the wrong place and thanks for moving it Little Nell.