Overseers and the census (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 04:40 (6074 days ago) @ unknown

http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Census

Census and Population Returns 1801 - 1831

The Overseers of the Poor and the parish clergy compiled the early census returns from 1801 to 1831 in each parish. Overseers sometimes compiled lists of householders to assist them in head counting and providing the statistical answers required by the census legislation. Some of this information was kept in a few parishes to help with the administration of the poor law and this unofficial information found its way into parish chests and poor law union records.

Then post 1837 ....

The 1841 census was different from the previous censuses in two important respects. Firstly, the administration passed into the hands of the Registrar General and the Superintendant Registrars, who were responsible for the registration of births, marriages and deaths. Many recent reforms, including the 1836 General Registration Act, which had culminated in the introduction of civil registration had resulted in a new layer of central and local government.

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