Minister for Culture Mary Hanafin says the 1901 Census is an important tool for people that wanted trace their Irish roots. “In a world which is very troubled, people want to know where they are ...

The earliest surviving complete Census of Ireland has gone online, giving free access to over 4.5 million records from 1901 for historians, genealogists and anyone curious about their family history.

Budding British genealogists get an unexpected boon today with the online publication of the census for the year 1901. Amateur historians will be able to scour this vast resource as the Public Record ...

Now – following yesterday’s internet release of the 1901 census by the national archives – that question can be answered, along with what was the quality of their dwelling, religion and literacy ...

Lisa Bird-Wilson’s first novel, Probably Ruby, will be published later this month. In 1955, the records of the 1901 census, which I search for evidence of my birth family, were microfilmed. After ...

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Detailed records for the parishes that make up what is now the London Borough of Ealing can be accessed at the Central Library. Information about the population of England and Wales has been collected ...

The earliest surviving complete census of all of Ireland is now available at the click of a mouse. More than 4.5 million records made by 850,000 households on census night in 1901 have been put online ...

GENEALOGY enthusiasts have been gifted a new index containing more than three million searchable names, to mark the centenary of the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI). Around 3.2 ...

The Irish National Archives of Ireland has made the Irish Census of 1901 available online from today. This follows on the 1911 census, which became available in full last year. Visitors to the website ...

A window into life in 1901 was opened today with census records going live online, including family detail of some of the greatest Irishmen and women. The National Archives have put 4.5 million ...