Ireland Census, 1901 - FamilySearch Historical Records

Ireland

What is in This Collection?
This collection consists of the 1901 enumeration of population of Ireland. The 1901 and the 1911 Censuses are the only surviving censuses for Ireland. They were released for public inquiry in 1961.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
Census records may contain any of the following:


 * Name
 * Relationship
 * Religion
 * If able to read and write
 * Age
 * Sex
 * Occupation
 * Marital Status
 * Birth place
 * Language spoken
 * If blind, deaf, or dumb

How Do I Search the Collection?
To begin your search it is helpful to know:


 * Name of your ancestor
 * Identifying information such as age or names of other family members

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Use the age listed to determine an approximate birth date. This date along with the place of birth can help you find a birth record
 * Use the names of the head of household and spouse to search for a marriage record
 * Birth places can tell you former residences and can help to establish a migration pattern for the family
 * The relationships given will help you to organize family groups
 * Married family members may have lived nearby but in a separate household so you may want to search an entire town, neighboring towns, or even a county
 * You may be able to identify an earlier generation if elderly parents were living with or close by a married child
 * You may be able to identify a younger generation if a young married couple still lived with one of their sets of parents

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * There may be more than one person in the records with the same name
 * Your ancestor may have used different names or variations of their name throughout their life
 * It is often helpful to extract the information on all families with the same surname in the same general area. If the surname is uncommon, it is likely that those living in the same area were related
 * Additional searches may be needed to locate all members of a particular family in the census
 * You may have to read around marks made by the clerks who compiled the census data. These marks sometimes obscure the information
 * Accept the ages with caution
 * Given names may not be the same as a name recorded in church or vital records
 * The information may be incorrect
 * Names may be spelled phonetically (or as they sounded to the census taker)
 * Place-names may be misspelled
 * Individuals missing from a family may be listed elsewhere in the census
 * Search the surrounding area.

Record Finder
Consult the Ireland Record Finder to find other records

Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.


 * Collection Citation: Ireland, Census, 1901 Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2017. Citing Central Statistics Office, Cork.

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