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Census records may provide indirect information about birth, marriage and death information. Look at when your relative died to see if census records may help.

Discover: name; age; marital status; relationships; occupation; place of birth (usually the parish and county)

Look for your relative in every available census.

1841 Exact place of birth was not recorded so compare with later census information
 * search the free 1841 census index
 * look at birthplace for each person in the home
 * ages for people older than 15 are usually rounded down to the nearest 5
 * compare birthplace information for neighbors

1851 and later
 * search the free index 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911
 * look at birthplace for each person in the home
 * compare birthplace information other census years if possible
 * use birthplace information to search church and chapel records