TOOMEY/BURNETT (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Wednesday, December 31, 2014, 00:22 (3616 days ago) @ Mike Pinchin

I'm glad this has been answered first by someone wiser and more experienced than me, hopefully more will follow, as this is a subject I'm keen to understand better too.

Its a few months since I've searched the Census', so pardon my rustiness. I may be wrong, but my limited understanding is that the first page or so of each Census book contains a box/paragraph showing the area being covered by that Census, as a list of placenames or streets if town or city. I think I'm right in saying that this is usually taken to be the "running" (well, walking) order that the Census was taken hence the same page order that book is presented/bound. This is just my perception of what I've seen and learnt from reading posts on this forum, it may only apply to the later 1911 Census ?, and I'm very happy to be corrected.

I think they're only available for the 1911 Census (?), but I've sometimes seen the Census Summary books when using Ancestry. These simplified "mini-Censuses" definitely appear to be a logical progression thro the given village, rather than say in alphabetical order of householders, perhaps they're worth looking out for to compare against the full Census as a usefull guide.

These links helped me understand the 1911 Census process better.

http://www.1911census.org.uk/

http://thefamilyrecorder.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/1911-census-enumerators-summary-books.h...