Searching before the 1841 Census

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Member Since: January 2008 Posts: 355 Send Message	Angela	Report	1 May 2008 19:16
Member Since: January 2008 Posts: 355 Send Message	Can anyone tell me how to search before the 1841 census, I have tried on Ancestry, the Pallotts lists, but my family members are not on this. Any ideas? Thanks Angela.
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 13,276 Send Message	Lindsey*	Report	1 May 2008 19:26
	Family search.com, the Latter Day Saints site has some information but not as detailed
	Researching: For better results please give all the details ,name, date place as you can {pictures by me }
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 1,990 Send Message	Kate	Report	1 May 2008 19:30
	Have you tried the FamilySearch site - there's some pre-1841 parish records on there (although it's not comprehensive). Otherwise you could try putting "parish records" and the name of where you're looking for into a search engine - there are some sites around where people have transcribed them. Sometimes there are online parish clerks for various counties. You could also try searching the church records of the relevent churches in the area you're looking for but it depends how near you are to the county records office.