A clearer sense of the census : the Victorian censuses and historical research
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A clearer sense of the census : the Victorian censuses and historical research
(Public Record Office handbooks, no. 28)
H.M.S.O., c1996
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Note
Includes bibliography (p. [209]-219) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This revised work provides a guide to understanding censuses. It is intended to be useful for local, social and economic historians. It contains interpretive material, and several new chapters on using the census.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The history of 19th-century census taking. Part 2 The structure of the records. Part 3 The interpretation of census data. Part 4 References and finding-aids. Part 5 Making use of the census. Appendices: Census Acts and Census Days, England and Wales, 1801-1890
- the overall structure of the enumeration books
- the structure of the nominal page
- geographical and administrative areas in the census
- geographical data sought on each page of the enumerators' books
- summary tables in the enumerators' books
- examples of documents used in the process of census-taking
- examples of documents used in abstracting occupational data from the returns.
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