I can help with all resources marked , copyright permitting.

Census online on this site. I also have an assortment of Strays.

A good summary of what can be found in each census is on the GENDOCS Census site. The official custodians of the census are the National Archives but it is no longer possible to inspect the books. They have subcontracted the online data to various agencies which is now the only way to see them. The indexes are available but there will be a fee to see the images.

The country wide indexes available with pay-to-view images are as follows:—

Ancestry UK 1841–1901.

1901 Census Online The official site.

1911 Census The official site operated by Find My Past.

UK Census Online 1841–1901. This is a branch of TheGenealogist.co.uk in association with British Data Archive/S & N Genealogy.

The CRO use a different class number scheme to the PRO/ONS, please consult them before ordering copies to view.

In the following listings SD = Sub-District, ED = Enumeration District.

1851

Sunday 30 March PRO HO107/1917 to 1919

This is published on 35mm microfilm which is available for purchase from the PRO. Some research facilities including the CRO, CSL & CFHS have a copy.

Gordon Beavington at MyCensuses.Com, Canada has published this in facsimile on CD-ROM (July 2003). Disk #6 covers this district. The detailed locations on the CDROM are maked GB below (note the “unexpected” locations and spelling). Since I purchased my copy this has been rescanned and the format has changed so the details may vary. The district is now on CD #F.

Images on CD-ROM by British Data Archive (part of S & N Genealogy), Salisbury and includes street and area indexes.

This is indexed by The New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc. published indexes for the area—that is volumes 24 to 30 (excluding v26).

The CFHS report that they have transcribed, checked and entered on the database about half of this census. None has been published in book form but the population counts per parish are noted below.

A project, started in Summer 2003, to transcribe the whole of the Cornwall 1851 census for free internet access has now been completed. See the Cornwall Online Census Project for more information. This data is also available in the FreeCEN database.

Penzance Union Registration District No. 311.

See COCP for full transcript.

SD 1 Uny Lelant HO107/1917 [CRO CS51/37]

NZSOG Volume 24
St. Erth ED 1a–1e ff1–89 GB #6:\1917St. Ives\8St. Esth\
Ludgvan ED 2a–2g ff90–222 GB #6:\1917St. Ives\8Ludgvan\
Uny Lelant ED 3a–3d ff223–305 GB #6:\1917St. Ives\8Uny Lelant\

SD 2 St. Ives HO107/1917 [CRO CS51/37 & 38]

NZSOG Volume 25
Towednack ED 1a–1c ff306–346 GB #6:\1917St. Ives\8Towednack\ The CFHS database reports 1053 people.
St. Ives ED 2a–2j ff347–553 GB #6:\1917St. Ives\8St. Ives-part1/2\ The CFHS database reports 1472 people.
Zennor ED 3a–3d ff554–598 GB #6:\1917St. Ives\8Tenner\ The CFHS database reports 918 people.

SD 3 Penzance HO107/1918 [CRO CS51/38 & 39]

NZSOG Volume 26
Perranuthnoe ED 1a–1c ff1–48 GB #6:\1918Penzance\8Perran Uthnae\
St. Hilary ED 2a–2e ff49–115 GB #6:\1918Penzance\8St. Hilary\
Marazion ED 3a–3c ff116–163 GB #6:\1918Penzance\8Marazion\
St. Michael’s Mount ED 4 ff164–171 GB #6:\1918Penzance\8St. Michaels Mount\

SD 4 Penzance HO107/1918 [CRO CS51/39 & 40]

NZSOG Volume 27
Paul ED 1a–1h ff172–358 GB #6:\1918Penzance\8Paul & District\
Gulval ED 2a–2c ff359–425 GB #6:\1918Penzance\8Galval\ The CFHS database reports 1858 people.
NZSOG Volume 28
Madron ED 3a–3e ff426–520 GB #6:\1918Penzance\8Madron\ The CFHS database reports 2529 people.
Penzance ED 4a–4k ff521–802 GB #6:\1918Penzance\8Penzance-part1/2\ The CFHS database reports 7494 people.

SD 5 St. Just in Penwith HO107/1919 [CRO CS51/41]

NZSOG Volume 29
Morvah ED 1 ff1–16 GB #6:\1919Scilly Islands\8Morvah\. The CFHS database reports 367 people.
Sancreed ED 2a–2c ff17–71 GB #6:\1919Scilly Islands\8Sancreed\=ED2a GB #6:\1919Scilly Islands\8Sanued\=ED2b GB #6:\1919Scilly Islands\8Manor of Givedden\=ED2c.
St. Just in Penwith ED 3a–3l ff72–358 GB #6:\1919Scilly Islands\8St. Just-part 1/2\

SD 6 St. Buryan HO107/1919 [CRO CS51/41 & 42]

NZSOG Volume 30
St. Buryan ED 1a–1e ff359–449 GB #6:\1919Scilly Islands\8St. Buryan\ The CFHS database reports 1651 people.
St. Levan ED 2a–2b ff450–477 GB #6:\1919Scilly Islands\8St. Levan\. The CFHS database reports 390 people.
Sennen ED 3a–3b ff478–508) GB #6:\1919Scilly Islands\8Lennen\ Another transcript can be found at the Sennen OPC Website. The CFHS database reports 654 people.

1861

Sunday 7 April PRO RG9/1587 to 1599

This is published on 35mm microfilm which is available for purchase from the PRO. Some research facilities including the CRO, CSL & CFHS HQ have a copy.

Archive CD Books have have published the 1861 Census for Cornwall in high quality facsimile on CDROM (January 2003). This includes a surname and placename index supplied by the CFHS.

Another player entered the game and this ceneus for Cornwall was now available from UK-Census Online on just two CD-ROMs. I haven't seen these and the site no longer exists but see the site of the same name above.

Images on CD-ROM by British Data Archive (part of S & N Genealogy), Salisbury were released in May 2005 and includes street and area indexes.

The CFHS report that they have transcribed , checked and entered on the database nearly all of this census. The CFHS published 1861 index for Gulval is the only one published in book form but the population counts per parish are noted below.

A project, started in early 2004, to transcribe the whole of the Cornwall 1861 census for free internet access has now been completed. See the Cornwall Online Census Project for more information. This data is also available in the FreeCEN database.

Penzance Union Registration District

See COCP for full transcript.

Uny Lelant RG9/1587

Ludgvan ED 1–7 ff1–100. The CFHS database reports 3479 people.
St. Erth ED 8 ff101–117

(cont.) RG9/1588

St. Erth ED 9–12 ff1–55
Uny Lelant ED 13–16 ff56–119. The CFHS database reports 2319 people.

St. Ives RG9/1589

St. Ives ED 1–6 ff1–98 Ships in port ff99–118, ED 7 ff119–137.

(cont.) RG9/1590

St. Ives ED 8–10 ff1–68. The CFHS database reports 6934 (total) plus 85 on board ship.
Towednack ED 11–13 ff69–104. The CFHS database reports 1007 people.
Zennor ED 14–17 ff105–138. The CFHS database reports 933 people.

Penzance RG9/1592

Paul ED 1–8 ff1–133. The CFHS database reports 5053 people.

(cont.) RG9/1593

Madron ED 9–13 ff1–69. The CFHS database reports 2364 people plus 147 in the Workhouse.
Penzance East ED 14–16 ff70–130.

(cont.) RG9/1594

Penzance East ED 17–19 ff1–64.
Penzance West ED 20–22 ff65–127.

(cont.) RG9/1595

Penzance West ED 23–24 ff1–46. The CFHS database reports 9196 people (total).
Gulval ED 25–27 ff47–92.

St. Just in Penwith RG9/1596

Morvah ED 1 ff1–11. The CFHS database reports 380 people.
Sancreed ED 2–4 ff12–35. The CFHS database reports 1233 people.
St. Just in Penwith ED 5–6 ff36–88.

(cont.) RG9/1597

St. Just in Penwith ED 7–11 ff1–101.

(cont.) RG9/1598

St. Just in Penwith ED 12–16 ff1–93. The CFHS database reports 9290 people (total).

St. Buryan RG9/1599

St. Buryan ED 1C, 2B, 3A, 4B, 5A ff1–50 (Folio 2, among the headers of ED 1C, is pages 7 & 8 missing from ED 9A (Sennen). The CFHS database reports 1429 people.
St. Levan ED 6D, 7A ff51–67. The CFHS database reports 447 people.
Sennen ED 8C, 9A ff68–85 (See also St. Buryan above). Another transcript of the parish can be found at Sennen OPC Website. The CFHS database reports 613 people.

1871

Sunday 2 April PRO RG10/2330 to 2346

This is published on 35mm microfilm which is available for purchase from the PRO. Some research facilities including the CRO, CSL & CFHS HQ have a copy.

This has been published as images on CD-ROM by British Data Archive (part of S & N Genealogy), Salisbury, 2004 and includes street and area indexes.

Archive CD Books have have published the 1871 Census for Cornwall in high quality facsimile on CDROM (October 2004).

Images on CD-ROM by British Data Archive (part of S & N Genealogy), Salisbury and includes street and area indexes.

The CFHS report that they have checked (corrected from the online Ross index) all of this census and it is on the database, but not all of it is published. The CFHS published 1871 index for ALL EXCEPT Penzance. Note that early editions of the Zennor index were faulty (if you have bought one, check that the alphabet extends beyond "T"). The population counts per parish are noted below.

The online index from data supplied by Dick & June Ross can be found at Kindred Konnections. A free service from a commercial organisation!

A project, started in late 2004, to transcribe the whole of the Cornwall 1871 census for free internet access has now been completed. See the Cornwall Online Census Project for more information. This data is also available in the FreeCEN database.

Penzance Registration District No. 301.

See COCP for full transcript.

SD 1 Uny Lelant RG10/2330

Ludgvan ED 1–5b

(cont.) RG10/2331

Ludgvan ED 6–7. The CFHS database reports 2960 people (total).

(cont.) RG10/2332

Lelant ED 13–16. The CFHS database reports 2178 people.

SD 2 St. Ives RG10/2333

St. Ives ED 1–4

(cont.) RG10/2334

St. Ives ED 5–7

(cont.) RG10/2335

St. Ives ED 8–11. The CFHS database reports 6911 people (total) plus 55 on board ship.
Towednack ED 12–14. The CFHS database reports 850 people.
Zennor ED 15–18. The CFHS database reports 807 people.

SD 4 Penzance RG10/2338

Paul ED 1–6

(cont.) RG10/2339

Paul ED 1–8. The CFHS database reports 5748 people (total).
Madron ED 9–13. The CFHS database reports 2765 people plus 212 in the Workhouse.
Penzance East ED 14

(cont.) RG10/2340

Penzance East ED 15–19

(cont.) RG10/2341

Penzance West ED 20–22

(cont.) RG10/2342

Penzance West ED 23–24. The CFHS database reports 10345 people (total) plus 112 on boatd ship.
Gulval ED 25–27. The CFHS database reports 1668 people.

SD 5 St. Just in Penwith RG10/2343

Morvah ED 1. The CFHS database reports 356 people.
Sancreed ED 2–4. The CFHS database reports 1182 people.
St. Just in Penwith ED 5–6

(cont.) RG10/2344

St. Just in Penwith ED 7–11

(cont.) RG10/2345

St. Just in Penwith ED 12–16. The CFHS database reports 9011 people (total).

SD 6 St. Buryan RG10/2346

St. Buryan. The CFHS database reports 1437 people, St. Levan ED 6b–7a. The CFHS database reports 536 people.
Sennen ED 8c–9a. Another transcript of the parish can be found at the Sennen OPC Website. The CFHS database reports 630 people.

1881

Sunday 3 April PRO RG11/2339 to 2351

This is published on 35mm microfilm. Some research facilities including the CSL have a copy.

It is available as a full transcript and index on CD-ROM and now also online from the Family Search organisation of the LDS Church. This was a 12 year project undertaken in collaboration with the FFHS. England, Scotland & Wales comes on 24 CDROMs, but the South West can be purchased separately. The online version is complete, but not so easy to search.

A separate name index by county was produced by the LDS in association with the FFHS on microfiche, presumably as an earlier product of the same project, and can be found in some research facilities including the CRO, CSL & CFHS HQ (the latter have the whole of England and Wales).

Archive CD Books have have published the 1881 Census for Cornwall in high quality facsimile on CDROM (2004) for the Registration Districts of St. Austell, Truro and Falmouth ONLY.

Advance orders are being taken for images on CD-ROM by British Data Archive (part of S & N Genealogy), Salisbury but they say that it will only be produced if there is sufficient demand.

A project to transcribe the whole of the Cornwall 1881 census for free internet access has now been completed. See the Cornwall Online Census Project for more information. This data is also available in the FreeCEN database.

Penzance Registration District No. 301.

See COCP for full transcript.

SD 1 Uny Lelant RG11/2339

Ludgvan 7EDs ff1–79. The CFHS have counted 2631 people.

(cont.) RG11/2340

Uny Lelant 4EDs ff45–94, Ships in port (Uny Lelant) ff95–110. The CFHS have counted 1784 people.

SD 2 St. Ives RG11/2341 A guide to the area is available online

St. Ives 8EDs ff1–118.

(cont.) RG11/2342

St. Ives 4EDs ff1–62. The CFHS have counted 2456 people.
Towednack 3EDs ff63–85. The CFHS have counted 647 people.
Zennor 4EDs ff86–111 The CFHS have counted 604 people.
Ships in port (St. Ives) ff112–116.

SD 4 Penzance RG11/2344

Paul 8EDs ff1–155. The CFHS have counted 6004 people.

(cont.) RG11/2345

Madron 5EDs ff1–72. The CFHS have counted 2650 people.
Penzance 3EDs ff73–132.

(cont.) RG11/2346

Penzance 7EDs ff1–138.

(cont.) RG11/2347

Penzance 3EDs ff1–81. The CFHS have counted 11996 people (total).
Gulval 3EDs ff82–126. The CFHS have counted 2124 people.

(cont.) RG11/2348

Ships in port (Gulval) ff1–100, (Penzance) ff101–245.

SD 5 St. Just in Penwith RG11/2349

Morvah 1ED ff1–8. The CFHS have counted 184 people.
St. Just in Penwith (fragment which belongs after f100) f10
Sancreed 3EDs ff11–39. The CFHS have counted 936 people.
St. Just in Penwith 5EDs ff40–113.

(cont.) RG11/2350

St. Just in Penwith 7EDs ff1–102. The CFHS have counted 6405 people (total).
Ships in Port (St. Just) ff103–111.

SD 6 St. Buryan RG11/2351

St. Buryan 5EDs ff1–49. The CFHS have counted 1365 people.
St. Levan 2EDs ff50–71. The CFHS have counted 598 people.
Sennen 2EDs ff72–92. Another transcript of the parish can be found at the Sennen OPC Website. The CFHS have counted 721 people.
Ships in port (Sennen) ff93–102, (St. Levan) ff103–105.

The residents of the Penzance Union Workhouse in 1881 have been extracted and put on the Workhouses web site.

1891

Sunday 5 April PRO RG12/1853 to 1861

This is published on microfiche which is available for purchase from the PRO (£7.95 per sub-district at last enquiry). Some research facilities including the CSL & CFHS HQ have a copy.

This has been published as images on CD-ROM by British Data Archive (part of S & N Genealogy), Salisbury. It includes place name and street indexes.

The CFHS report that they have transcribed, checked and entered on the database over 50% of this census. None has been published in book form but the population counts per parish are noted below.

There was a project, started in July 1999 and completd in 2004, to transcribe the whole of the 1891 census for free internet access. See the Cornwall Online Census Project for more information. It is also available in the Official FreeCEN database.

Penzance Registration District No. 301.

See COCP for full transcript.

SD 1 Uny Lelant RG12/1853

Ludgvan ED 1–7 ff1–74. The CFHS database reports 2322 people.
St. Erth (ED 8–12) ff75–126
Uny Lelant ED 13–16 ff127–163. The CFHS database reports 1438 people plus 7 on board ship.
Uny Lelant Shipping ff164–165.

SD 2 St. Ives RG12/1854 A full transcript is available on this site

St. Ives ED 1–12 ff1–154. The CFHS database reports 6093 people.
Towednack ED 13–15 ff155–172. The CFHS database reports 363 people.
Zennor ED 16–18 ff173–193. The CFHS database reports 495 people.

SD 3 Marazion RG12/1855

Marazion (ED 1–3)
St. Michael’s Mount (ED 4)
Perranuthnoe (ED 5–7)
St. Hilary (ED 8–11)

SD 4A Penzance RG12/1856

Paul ED 1–2 ff1–33.
Newlyn ED 3–6 ff34–104.
Paul ED 7 ff105–127. The CFHS database reports 5961 people (total).

SD 4B Penzance RG12/1857

Madron including Penzance Union Workhouse ED 8–12 ff1–65. The CFHS database reports 2810 people (total?).
Penzance ED 13–16 ff66–138

SD 4C Penzance RG12/1858

Penzance ED 17–22 ff1–112

SD 4D Penzance RG12/1859

Penzance ED 23–26 ff1–76. The CFHS database reports 12200 people (total) plus 201 on board ship.
Gulval ED 27–29 ff77–112. The CFHS database reports 1445 people.
Penzance Shipping ff113–145

SD 5 St. Just in Penwith RG12/1860

Morvah ED 1 ff1–7. The CFHS database reports 172 people.
Sancreed ED 2–4 ff8–33. The CFHS database reports 868 people.
St. Just in Penwith ED 5–16 ff34–187. The CFHS database reports 6111 people.

SD 6 St. Buryan RG12/1861

St. Buryan ED 1–5 ff1–43. The CFHS database reports 1288 people.
St. Levan ED 6–7 ff44–62. The CFHS database reports 622 people.
Sennen ED 8–9 ff63–80 Another transcript of this parish can be found at the Sennen OPC Website. The CFHS database reports 658 people plus 17 in Longships and 4 in Wolf Rock Lighthouses.
Sennen Shipping & Lighthousesff81–83

See the Cornwall Online Census Project for a full transcript; also the Official FreeCEN online database.

1901

Sunday 31 March PRO RG13

Images on CD-ROM by British Data Archive (part of S & N Genealogy), Salisbury and includes street and area indexes.

The CFHS report that they have transcribed, checked and entered on the database over 50% of this census. None has been published in book form but the population counts per parish are noted below where available.

The CSL also has a copy on Microfiche.

The SD numbers and divisions are conjecture at the moment.

Penzance Registration District No. 301.

SD 1 Uny Lelant

Ludgvan, St. Erth, Uny Lelant & Shipping

SD 2 St. Ives

St. Ives, Towednack
Zennor. The CFHS database reports 219 people.

SD 3 Marazion

St. Hilary, Perranuthnoe

SD 4A Penzance

Paul, Mousehole, Newlyn. The CFHS database reports 1655 people.

SD 4B Penzance

Madron, Penzance.

SD 4C Penzance

Penzance.

SD 4D Penzance

Penzance, Gulval, Paul

SD 5 St. Just in Penwith

Morvah, Sancreed
St. Just in Penwith..

SD 6 St. Buryan

St. Buryan.
St. Levan
Sennen A full transcript can be found at the Sennen OPC Website.