Is there a freespace help page for UK Censuses?

Question

If there isn't such a page then I propose we make one and contribute to it.

Answer 1

What do you think it should contain?

Comments

Some ideas:

• Dates (exact) of each census
• Changes of data in each census (e.g. ages in 1841 census)
• Places in censuses (e.g. links to UK BMD index, problems at county boundaries)
• Tips (e.g. incomplete transcriptions => check original, look for neighbours)
• Sources - where to find, differences
• Reporting transcription errors

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For age rounding in 1841 there's a good explanation, which could be linked from such a page, at Durham Records Online (via Katie Fuller's English sources guidelines).

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Thanks!