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Subject: [STEWART-L] Irish Census Returns
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 20:29:41 -0500

http://www.nationalarchives.ie/censusrtns.html

"Census Returns: A census of the Irish population was taken every 10
years from 1821 until 1911.

Manuscript returns for each household survive for all 32 counties for
1901 and 1911. The returns are arranged by townland or, in urban
areas, by street. The returns for each townland or street consist
of: (a)Forms (Forms A) filled in by the head of each
household, giving the names of all people in that household on census
night and their age, occupation, religion and country of birth.
(b)Forms (Forms N, B1, B2) filled in by the official taking the
census, summarising the returns for that townland or street.

If you wish to see the returns for a particular townland or street,
you must first establish:
i.the District Electoral Division number in the Townland Index for
1901 and the Supplement for 1911, or the street indexes for Belfast,
Cork, Dublin, Kingstown (Dun Laoghaire) and Limerick
ii.the townland or street number in the list of census returns for the
year and county in question.

No manuscript returns survive for 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891. There
are some returns for 1821, 1831, 1841 and 1851 covering parts of
Counties Antrim, Cavan, Fermanagh, Galway, King's Co.(Offaly),
Londonderry (Derry), and Meath, and there is a list of heads of
household named in the returns of 1851 for Dublin City (see list of
19th century census returns). There are also census search forms for
each county giving the results of searches made in the returns of 1841
and 1851 for pension purposes (see separate list for each county), and
some other copies made from the returns of 1821 - 51(see list of 19th
century census records - miscellaneous copies and certified copies
made for pension purposes).

The 1901 census of Leitrim and Roscommon is available on the web
through the Leitrim-Roscommon genealogy site

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