Lancashire Census

Census Records of Lancashire

To search for ancestry in Lancashire census records, first search for indexes. These are available at several online locations including thegenealogist.co.uk, findmypast.com, ancestry.co.uk, Britishorigins.com, FamilyRelative.co.uk and others as well on microfilm at the Lancashire Record Office, The Family History Library, The Society of Genealogists as well as The National Archives, Kew. For online (free) sites, also see FHLFavorites.info (click "England", then "Lancashire" and then "Census" for additional census transcriptions and indexes for Lancashire).

The following two web sites provide online data at no cost, which covers Adlington chapelry for 1881 and the 1901 censuses:

1881 - FamilySearch

1901 - 1901CensusOnline

Lancashire census records have been indexed and transcribed countywide, and made available online by the following subscription web sites for the census years, 1841-1911:


 * Ancestry.co.uk
 * FindMyPast.com
 * TheGenealogist.co.uk

Click here (Lancashire Census Surname Index main page) to see a list of the census surname indexes for local places and parishes in this county acquired by and available at the Family History Library.

The Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society have compiled transcriptions to a rare set of the--as yet--largely inaccessible "unfilmed 1851 census" of Lancashire and have made these available for purchase. They are now available at the Family History Library (but not its satellite family history centers). They include the following Lancashire townships and parishes:

Transcript of the unfilmed 1851 census returns, Ardwick HO107/2220 Transcript of the unfilmed 1851 census returns, Ashton-under-Lyne HO107/2233 Transcript of the unfilmed 1851 census returns, Chorlton on Medlock HO107/2220 Transcript of the unfilmed 1851 census returns, Hulme HO107/2221 Transcript of the unfilmed 1851 census returns, Manchester St. George HO 107/2230 Transcript of the unfilmed 1851 census returns, Pendleton &amp; Pendlebury HO107/2222 Transcript of the unfilmed 1851 census returns, Prestwich, Blackley, and Harpurhey HO107/2232 Transcript of the unfilmed 1851 census returns, Salford Greengate HO107/2223 Transcript of the unfilmed 1851 census returns, Salford Regent Road

Click on the parish name to link to the Family History Library Catalog entry for that parish. Return to the Lancashire County page.