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1901 CENSUS FOR LONDON GOES LIVE AT findmypast.co.uk

findmypast.co.uk today announced that the county of London, comprising over 4.6 million records has been added to its new online version of the 1901 census for England and Wales. The new records join the counties of Surrey, Gloucestershire and Somersetshire, which are already available to search at:

http://www.findmypast.co.uk/CensusPersonStartSearchServlet?censusYear=1901

More counties are to follow in the coming weeks.

findmypast.co.uk's brand new version of the 1901 census is being transcribed from scratch and each image rescanned using the sophisticated scanning technology available today. The result is clearer images and more accurate transcriptions than previously seen.

Like all the records on findmypast.co.uk, the 1901 census can be searched for free at http://www.findmypast.co.uk/CensusChooseSearchType.jsp. Images and transcripts can be viewed with vouchers, pay-as-you-go credits or a Discovery or Explorer subscription.

BAPTISMS ADDED TO THE PARISH RECORDS COLLECTION

findmypast.co.uk working in association with the Federation of Family History Societies has also added 2.3 million baptism records to The Parish Records Collection, which already includes 15 million burial records and nearly 2 million marriage records. Some of the records date back to 1538, when Henry VIII's Vicar General Thomas Cromwell instigated the recording of records at parish level. They are available to search now at:

http://www.findmypast.co.uk/parish-records-collection-search-start.action?redef=0&event=M

Among the newly added records are 346,000 baptism records for London's Docklands area covering much of East London and provided by Docklands Ancestors.

Maggie Loughran
Joint Administrator, Federation of Family History Societies