1851 United Kingdom Census Records

A census is an official enumeration of the population in a particular area. In addition to counting the inhabitants of an area, the census generally collects other vital information. Since 1801, the United Kingdom has undertaken a census every ten years (except for 1941, during World War II). 

Useful enumerations featuring the names of every resident of England and Wales began in 1841, and by 1851 the census schedule showed each person’s full name, age, gender, occupation, address, relationship to the head of the household, marital status, and the exact town or parish of birth. 

 This resource includes all of the information you’d find on the actual census page. Knowing the exact town or parish of a person’s birth can be especially helpful in tracking a person’s mobility and in locating the proper entries in civil registration records or parish registers. 

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The Irish Flax Grower’s List, 1796

In 1796, the Irish Linen Board published a list of nearly 60,000 individuals who received awards for planting between one and five acres of flax. Individuals who planted one acre were awarded four spinning-wheels, and those growing five acres were awarded a loom. The “Flax Grower’s List,” is an extremely useful genealogical record since virtually no Irish census of the nineteenth century has survived. 

With the information listed, you may be able to compensate for the lack of genealogical records available for Ireland at this time. Land records are unique because they allow you to obtain an idea of your family’s migration pattern and help you determine local resources to research for more information. If you are one of the nearly 70 million individuals worldwide with Irish heritage, the Flax Grower’s List is an important resource. 

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Topographical Dictionaries of England, Ireland, and Scotland

The gazetteers reproduced on this database contain detailed information on English, Irish, and Scottish locales as they existed in the mid-1800s. A gazetteer is a topographical (or geographical) dictionary in which a location’s political and physical features are defined. For example, for a location listed you may learn information on local industry, nearby towns, population, and primary landholders. 

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Immigration Records: Scottish Immigrants to North America, 1600s-1800s

This database contains immigration records for approximately 70,000 Scottish immigrants to the United States and Canada. Extracted from a great variety of sources both in North America and Scotland, the information collected here would otherwise be difficult to access. Records were compiled from private and public sources including passenger lists, newspapers, church records, land deeds, records of indenture, and oaths of allegiance. 

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Passenger and Immigration Lists: Boston, 1821-1850

Passenger lists are important primary sources of arrival data for the vast majority of immigrants to the United States in the nineteenth century. With the single exception of federal census records, passenger lists are the largest, most continuous, and the most uniform body of population records for the entire country. It contains approximately 161,000 individuals who arrived at the port of Boston, Massachusetts from foreign ports between 1821 and 1850.

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Land Records: AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI, 1790-1907

This resource contains approximately 1,645,000 records from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The records are often the only available source offering the identification of legal land descriptions and transfer of property ownership from the U.S. Government to private landowners. They show who obtained what land from the Federal Government, and when it was obtained. Source documents include homesteads, cash sales, warrants, private land claims, swamp lists, state selections, and railroad lists.

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Marriage Index: Michigan and Wisconsin, 1830-1900

This resource contains information on approximately 52,800 individuals married Wisconsin and 108,500 individuals married in Michigan. It brings together previously uncollected marriage records and gives you easy access to information that you would otherwise have to obtain at from local sources.

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Marriage Index: Illinois, 1851-1900

This resource contains information on approximately 707,000 individuals who were married in Illinois between 1851 and 1900. It is a great resource because it brings together previously uncollected marriage records from fifty-eight Illinois counties.

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