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From: "Gordon Johnson" <>
Subject: Re: 1851 Census CD
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 13:36:41 +0100

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Subject: 1851 Census CD

> To Anne and Jerry -
>
> Yes, it is the 1851 Census and there are Scottish counties on it (it is
> CD#272). I didn't phrase my question well but what I wanted to know is
> whether it is the complete 1851 Census for the UK or is it only a partial
> copy? I am unsure whether the entire country was counted in that Census.
>
> They claim it shows all the information contained on each census page.
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Carol

** I haven't seen this cd, but I expect it will be based on the 2 per cent
sampling of the 1851 census, done some years ago by one of the
universities under an ESCR research project. This was done by transcribing
in full EVERY 50th book right round the UK, so you have a 50 to 1 chance of
finding any specific person. But if you do find them, the whole household will
be there, along with everyone else in that enumeration book.
I have the original cd-rom that was brought out afterwards, so I presume this
is another version of this data.
Gordon Johnson.


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