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Census information for County Tipperary and places above it in the hierarchy

County Tipperary

1821 Census Fragments - Courtesy of the IGP Tipperary website

1799 Unofficial Census of Carrick - IGP's County Tipperary website

A partial census of Ireland took place in 1813, followed by more complete census every ten years from 1821 onwards. However the 1821, 1831, 1841 & 1851 census returns were almost all destroyed in a fire in 1922, whereas the 1861 1871 1881 & 1891 census returns had earlier been destroyed on the orders of the government.

General Guidance:

PRONI Guidance Notes: "19th Century Census Records" (free).
NAI Guidance page "About Pre-1901 Census Fragments" (free).
NIFHS booklet: "Researching Your Ancestors in the North of Ireland: Census Records" (£2.50).

Available records:

1813 Census:

NAI has some surviving fragments for Galway (numerical returns for Longford Barony only) & Londonderry; which can be searched online here.

1821 Census:

Almost all census returns were destroyed in a fire in 1922.
Indexes for the 1821 to 1851 fragments (linked to images on the NAI website) are available on Familysearch (free).
NAI has some surviving fragments for Cavan, Fermanagh, Galway, Meath & Offaly; which can be searched online here.
PRONI Belfast holds some surviving fragments for Fermanagh and Cavan (PRONI Reference MIC/5A)

1831 Census:

Almost all census returns were destroyed in a fire in 1922.
PRONI Belfast holds some surviving fragments for County Londonderry (City of Londonderry and Baronies of Coleraine, Loughlinsholin & Tirkeeran)

1841 Census:

Almost all census returns were destroyed in a fire in 1922 (but see "Census Substitutes" below).
Indexes for the 1821 to 1851 fragments (linked to images on the NAI website) are available on Familysearch (free).
NAI has some surviving fragments for Cavan, Cork, Fermanagh & Waterford; which can be searched online here.
PRONI Belfast holds some surviving fragments for Cavan (PRONI Reference MIC/5A/9B)

1851 Census:

Almost all census returns were destroyed in a fire in 1922 (but see "Census Substitutes" below).
Indexes for the 1821 to 1851 fragments (linked to images on the NAI website) are available on Familysearch (free).
PRONI Belfast holds some surviving fragments from Cromic Ward (Belfast) and also for County Fermanagh and County Antrim (PRONI Reference MIC/5A/10-26)
NAI has some surviving fragments for Dublin city (index to heads of household only) and County Fermanagh; which can be searched online here.
A transcription of some extracted fragments for Dunaghy (County Antrim) are viewable free of charge on this website.

1861, 1871, 1881 & 1891 Census Returns:

All records were destroyed on Government orders and no records survive.

1901 Census:

Transcripts of full details are available and fully-searchable on-line on the National Archives of Ireland website (free).

1911 Census:

Transcripts of full details are available and fully-searchable on-line on the National Archives of Ireland website (free).

1926 Census:

The records for the Republic of Ireland are held at NAI (Dublin), but will not be released for public viewing until January 2027.
The census records for Northern Ireland no longer exist.

1936 Census (Republic of Ireland only):

The records for the Republic of Ireland are held at NAI (Dublin), but are not due to be released for public viewing until 2036.

1937 Census (Northern Ireland only):

The records of the limited census undertaken in Northern Ireland are held at PRONI (Belfast) but are not due to be released for public viewing until 2037.

1939 National Register (Northern Ireland only):

The records for the 1939 National Register covering Northern Ireland are held at PRONI (Belfast), but are not generally available for public search.
No equivalent Register was compiled in the Republic of Ireland.

1946 Census (Republic of Ireland only):

The records for the 1946 census of the Republic of Ireland are held at NAI (Dublin), but are not expected to be released for public viewing until 2047.

Census Substitutes

The Old Age Pensions Act 1908 introduced a non-contributory pension for eligible people aged 70 and over. Proof of age was an essential part of the process of application for a pension. Because civil registration of births did not begin in Ireland until 1864, applicants had no official documentation to prove their age. It was decided that searches of the 1841 and 1851 census returns could produce acceptable documentary evidence of a claimant's age, so information was extracted from the then surviving 1841 & 1851 census records to support pension applications.

The original images are held in the National Archives of Ireland and the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland. Index and images are available on the National Archives of Ireland website (free) and Findmypast (subscription).
The indexes with a link to images on the National Archives of Ireland website are available on Familysearch (free).
Index with images of transcriptions on Ancestry (££/€€)
Various local indices and transcriptions have been produced by volunteers. Many of these are to be found in the Irish Genealogy Project website.

For other possible "census substitutes", see the Land and Property and Taxation sections.

UK and Ireland

UK & Ireland - Census - links and information.

Census

UK and Ireland: Census

In general information about the availability of census records is to be found in GENUKI at the level of the separate countries making up the UK and Ireland - i.e. for England and Wales, for Scotland, and for Ireland. Here we just provide more general information related to the census.

Lumas, Susan. Making Use of the Census, The National Archives (2002) 128 pp. [ISBN 190336535x]
["This is a revised edition of this bestselling guide to census records at The National Archives. Census records are some of the most valuable and frequently used by family historians and the release of a new census every ten years is an eagerly anticipated event. Published to coincide with the opening of 1901 Census in January 2002, this new edition incorporates all the essential details for researchers wishing to exploit this new and important resource. It also offers practical advice to historians to find their way into the nineteenth century returns. It provides help in tracking down individuals as part of a family tree, and is equally helpful to social or economic historians. . ."]

A helpful tutorial on using census information, including advice regarding possible sources of errors, is provided on the British Genealogy website.
The 1901 Census of England and Wales is available online at FindMyPast, with a free index search facility. To accompany this resource, the Public Record Office have produced a fascinating set of pages entitled 1901: Living at the Time of the Census (archived copy).
Barry Ruck's Mini FAQ (archived copy) deals primarily with matters involving the census (last updated 2005).
1901 Census - Royal Navy Ships (archived copy) - Jeffery Knaggs has compiled an index to Royal Navy ships that were at sea or in ports abroad on 31st March 1901.
1901 Census - Institutions (archived copy) - Jeffery Knaggs is compiling an index to Institutions on the 1901 Census of England and Wales.
British Census Indexes, Transcripts, and Images Available Online or on CD - a useful summary from Daniel Morgan.
Statistics from the 2001 census provided by 'National Statistics' (formerly the Office of National Statistics).
A Vision of Britain Through Time. Information from the 1801 to 2001 censuses arranged by local-authority area.
The Online Historical Population Reports project at AHDS History have a project to provide searchable online access all the census reports for Great Britain (1801-1931) and reports of the registrars-general (1836-1920) for England, Wales and Scotland. The current version is a demo version, but release version will be launched on 9th January 2007. Note that this site contains only statistical reports, and does not include information about individuals.
The British Surname Atlas CD allows exploration of the distribution of forenames and surnames in the 1881 census returns.
Census substitutes: For the years for which census returns are not available, consider Voting Registers, Directories, Manorial Records.

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