Genealogy Chat

I wonder if anyone can explain to me how you search the census records by street rather than by people. I have seen lists of all residents together but I don't seem able to do it.

I am also an Ancestry member.

Apologies in advance for being thick!

Thanks by the way to Kathryn who posted the difference between threads for me last month.

X Jane

Go to 1881 census and enter address

There are no street indexes (except for 1881) on Ancesty. Not all images have the street names on. So it depends which census and whereabouts the street you want is.

What you can do:
Scroll down the census search page, you'll see a list of counties. Click on the county of interest.
Now you see a list of civil parishes in that county, click on the appropriate parish.
Now you see a list of Enumerator's Districts. Read the descriptions to find the District containing the street you want, then click on the District name.

You can now browse through the pages looking for the street you want. The pages (mostly) run in a walking order round the District, so a streetmap is useful to see whereabouts you are.

Often a long street is in more than one District, and sometimes each side of a street will be in different districts. With a bit of practice you can get quite good at it.

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Dave.