Going Further with UK and Irish Census Records

Going Further with UK and Irish Census Records

Find out how to get the most from census records for your family history research. This workshop considers the background to the census and looks at it in some of its early forms in England and Wales. Attendees will explore the development in the modern census from 1841 to date, including also the 1939 Register, and have the opportunity to examine examples of different census.

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Image: Taking the Census – painting by Francis William Edmonds (MET, 2006.457). Creative Commons CC0 1.0, Universal Public Domain Dedication (cropped)

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Date

Sat 22 Aug 2026

Time

11:00 - 13:00

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£10.00

Location

Family Research Centre (Berkshire Family History Society)
Family Research Centre (Berkshire Family History Society)
L14 London Road Campus, London Road, Reading, Berkshire RG1 5AQ

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The Centre - Berkshire FHS
Email
booking@berksfhs.org.uk
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https://berksfhs.org/branches/
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Speaker

  • Tony Roberts
    Tony Roberts
    Tony Roberts
    Tony Roberts

    Tony Roberts is a retired Chartered (Civil) Engineer, a former Secretary and Trustee of the Society and has a particular role in managing the Society’s bookshop. His own family history is rooted mainly in Dorset and Berkshire, but also with ancestral connections to West Yorkshire, Dumfries and Angus. He has led a number of workshops for the Society on the topic of census. Among other activities, he has a lifelong interest in history, especially the pre-Norman period, in cycling, gardening and travel.