Census Index Assignment

Print out this assignment and turn it in at the beginning of the class on Church Records - Parish Registers.

1. Albert Lovell was born in 1870 in London City. The address on his birth certificate is 17 Giltspur Street. Find his family in the 1871 census. Record the information on a British census form (library attendant area) and attach the completed form.

2. For which years of the census does the Family History Library have street indexes?

3. Do the indexes cover every city in England (explain)?

4. Where are the street indexes located in the Library?

5. What is the film number for the 1871 Census of Jamaica Row in Birmingham?

6. Your ancestor, John Lumley, was a mortician in London. What film number would you use to find him in the census of 1851 (several steps, write down each step you took to get the proper film #)? You do NOT need to actually look at the census film.

7. What is the difference between the 1881 census index on the Library Desktop (network) and the 1881 census index on www.familysearch.org?

8. Is there a Charlotte Mann family living in 1881 in Derbyshire? If so, list the given names and ages of the family members.

9. Are there any children that might belong to this household that are listed elsewhere in the census of 1881? If so, who are they (list names, ages, and where enumerated)