Genealogy Chat

Sorry if this has been asked before.....Can I search the 1901 census on Ancestry by the address? I can't for the life of me see any way of doing it!!! Or maybe it's too early in the morning!!

You can search here ,

*1901 censusonline.com*

this site allows address search......

What you can do on Ancestry is eg:
On the 1901 put in place name say Penwortham.
2,523 names appear,
click on first name to view image.
At the top of the image it will say
You are here: Search > Census > UK Census Collection > 1901 England Census > Lancashire > Penwortham > District 2

Click on Penwortham and you will be able to view 3 enumeration districts, this will give you the names of streets on that District inparticular a certain area of that village/town covered by the enumerator which will help narrow down your search.

This can be done for any village/town.

Hope this helps in your quest.
Kind regards,
Judith

Thanks Kay. I tried the 1901 census site, but you have to pay to view the details,it only shows the address, but not the names of the people.

Judith...I'll try your idea, but I'm looking for an address in one ofthe London Districts, so I hope it's not too big!!

You can check the district description and find which streets are in which distict number.

London parishes often have several districts so it can be a bit of a trawl, checking the district description saves a lot of leg work.

Have a look at the illustrated guide in the link below, it shows how to get the district descriptions on screen.

http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Finding_images_from_a_particular_parish

Glen

Thanks very much everyone.....

Glen...thanks for the link,I'm having trouble getting the census pages to load today, so I'll give it a try during the week.