Yorkshire Census

Yorkshire Census data from 1841-1901
now available for the first time in the comfort of your own home

Bootham Bar and Minster, York

Yorkshire Census data for 1841-1901 has now been made available by S&N Genealogy Supplies so that family historians can do their research in the comfort of their own homes.

The Yorkshire Census is a great way of finding ancestors who lived in the county and S&N is the only company offering this range of years for Yorkshire.

Try a FREE search of the Yorkshire cenus 1841-1901:

Yorkshire Census data is available on CD-ROM and/or online for the years 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891 and 1901*.

*1881 coming soon.

Yorkshire Census on CD-ROM

To find out about digitised images of all the original enumerators’ records see the Census CDs page.

Yorkshire Census Indexes and Transcripts

Searching through the census pages can be a time-consuming process if you don't have much information, which is why we are running an on-going project to make indexes and transcripts available on CD-ROM and online.

About the Yorkshire Census Site

On this website, you will find some practical information about the Yorkshire Census from 1841 to 1901 and how to use it to research your family history.

Have a look at our Yorkshire Census Introduction page to find out how the Yorkshire Census can help you find your ancestors and build your family tree.
The Yorkshire Census Case Studies show entries for The Bronte Sisters in the 1861 Yorkshire Census.
Fascinating facts relating to Yorkshire life between 1841 and 1901 can be found on the Yorkshire Facts page.
On the Yorkshire Census Links page you’ll find sites that will help you with your research for Yorkshire and across the country.

Country-wide Census CD-ROMs & Online Subscriptions

The census for counties across the country is available on CD-ROM and online as images, indexes and transcripts.

For CDs see www.BritishDataArchive.com and www.GenealogySupplies.com;
for online subscriptions see www.RootsUK.com and www.TheGenealogist.co.uk.

New Series of Who Do You Think You Are? starts soon on BBC, find out more here.

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