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This important data collection encompasses 10% of the U.K. population in 1851. More than an index to the census, this resource includes all of the information you"d find on the actual census page. Knowing the exact town or parish of a person's birth can be especially helpful in tracking a person's mobility and in locating the proper entries in civil registration records or parish registers. While specific references to inhabitants will vary, researchers will find some or all of the following information, age, gender, occupation, and marital status; place of birth; relationship to head of household; address at time of census; and enumeration district and county.

Following is a list of the counties covered followed by the approximate number of individuals referenced:

Aberdeen (4,000), Anglesey (1,900), Angus (5,700), Antrim (33,000), Argyll (2,500), Ayrshire (5,300), Banff (2,300), Bedford (3,900), Berkshire (6,500), Berwick (1,000), Brecknock (2,500), Buckingham (4,300), Caernavon (2,500), Caithness (780), Cambridge (7,000), Cardigan (4,500), Carmathen (1,700), Cheshire (13,800), Clackmannan (1,200), Cornwall (10,300), Cumberland (7,000), Denbigh (4,500), Derby (19,600), Dorset E (4,500), Dumfries (3,600), Dunbarton (2,400), Durham (12,100), Edinburgh (7,500), Elgin (600), Essex (14,200), Fife (4,900), Flint (1,200), Glamorgan (8,100), Gloucester (15,500), Haddington (1,100), Hampshire (12,000), Hereford (2,500), Hertford (3,000), Huntingdon (1,500), Inverness (2,000), Kent (13,100), Kincardine (600), Kirkcudbright (760), Lanark (15,100), Lancashire (56,000), Leicester (6,500), Linlithgow (1,800), Merioneth (1,454), Middlesex (36,000), Monmouth (6,100), Montgomery (1,030), Nairn (550), Norfolk (453,000), Northampton (9,200), Northumberland (8,900), Nottingham (10,200), Orkney (1,720), Oxford (5,600), Peebles (150), Pembroke (2,000), Perthshire (4,200), Renfrew (6,400), Ross & Crom (2,900), Roxburgh (2,200), Rutland (1,560), Shetland (780), Shropshire (25,400), Somerset (16,200), Stafford (19,400), Stirling (4,000), Suffolk (11,600), Surrey (23,400), Sussex (9,900), Sutherland (400), Westmoreland (1,500), Wigtown (2,550), Wiltshire (4,800), Worcester (9,800), and Yorkshire (64,000).

System Requirements: You must have a CD-ROM drive, and in order to read the CD you must use either the Family Archive Viewer (version 4.0 or higher), which is available as a free download at http://www.genealogical.com/content/dlfav6.html, or Family Tree Maker for Windows, version 4.0 or higher (Family Tree Maker software can be ordered from www.FamilyTreeMaker.com).

To access information on our Family Archive CDs using the Family Archive Viewer:

1. Install the Family Archive Viewer CD or download it from http://www.genealogy.com/dlfav6.html.
2. Start the Viewer if it is not already running
3. Insert the CD you wish to view into the CD-ROM drive. If you have 2 or more CD-ROM drives, the CD must be placed in the first one.
4. The CD should open automatically, but users of later versions of the Family Archive Viewer must click the CD/magnifying glass icon in the top toolbar (above the template in some versions) to read the CD.
5. When the screen entitled “About this Family Archive� appears, click OK where prompted.

To access information on our Family Archive CDs using Family Tree Maker:

1. Start your Family Tree Maker and open a Family File. (If the program is already running, skip to Step 2.)
2. Insert the CD in your computer's CD-ROM drive. (If you have 2 or more CD-ROM drives, the CD must be placed in the first one.)
3. From the View menu, select Family Finder, or select the Family Finder icon from the toolbar.
4. For FTM 2005, FTM 2006, or Version 16 or later: From the View menu, select Data CD, then View CD.

To search the CD for names, select the Search Expert button in the top right of your screen, then select "Search this archive for someone NOT from your Family File." You can also search for names by using the Index.

Note: If a window opens that contains a list of files on the CD, simply close it.