Accessing Census records from Canada.for Free

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Member Since: January 2007 Posts: 5,717 Send Message	mgnv	Report	21 Jan 2013 17:46
	England and Wales Census, 1871 is free at: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1®ion=UNITED_KINGDOM_IRELAND Actually, most of the censuses are, but only 1871/81 give the households - the rest just give each individual with no way of linking them into h/h's which makes them pretty useless.
Member Since: January 2007 Posts: 5,717 Send Message	mgnv	Report	21 Jan 2013 08:21
	Many, maybe most, Canadian public libraries have free in-library access to Ancestry (Library Edition). My library does, as do 3 of the adjacent 4 boroughs.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 18,801 Send Message	Margee	Report	20 Jan 2013 19:48
	It doesn't matter where in the world you live, we can all access the same things online. Marg in Canada.
	Researching: Gt. grandfather Thomas Turnbull 1849-1894 (My candidate for Movember!!!)
Member Since: December 2005 Posts: 131 Send Message	Lesley	Report	20 Jan 2013 18:27
	Thanks for the replies, any other suggestions would be appreciated.
	Researching: Self, Dodd, Webberley, Cowing, Salisbury. Norfolk, Enfield Middx.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 9,922 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	20 Jan 2013 17:23
	Ah - scrub the Canadian census idea then. Yes, she can use free cen, as well as family search. There are no national boundaries for accessibility
	Researching: I am NOT an employee of GR, just a paying member. Any advice, guidance or suggestions offered is given in good faith.
Member Since: December 2005 Posts: 131 Send Message	Lesley	Report	20 Jan 2013 17:21
	Sorry I didn't explain myself very well, it was to access the UK census I have referred to in my report.
	Researching: Self, Dodd, Webberley, Cowing, Salisbury. Norfolk, Enfield Middx.
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 13,234 Send Message	MarieCeleste	Report	20 Jan 2013 17:06
	Lesley - do you mean UK census that someone in Canada can look at for free?
	Researching: Current avatar is Marie-Celeste de Villentroy
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 9,922 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	20 Jan 2013 17:01
	http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/census/index-e.html Canadian Directories: Who Was Where Catalogue of Census Returns on Microfilm 1666-1901 Census of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia) Federal Census of 1871 (Ontario Index) Census of Canada, 1871 Census of Canada, 1881 Census of Canada, 1891 Census of Canada, 1901 Census of Canada, 1911 Census of the Northwest Provinces, 1906 Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1916 ARCHIVED - Electoral Atlas of the Dominion of Canada (1895) mgnv is the expert at using these ;-)
	Researching: I am NOT an employee of GR, just a paying member. Any advice, guidance or suggestions offered is given in good faith.
Member Since: December 2005 Posts: 131 Send Message	Lesley	Report	20 Jan 2013 16:22
	I have been contacted by a relative in Canada who has been given some information I sent from my Family Tree Maker from another relative. In this report I refer to various Census but don't put full deltails on my tree, this involves many different relatives. She has asked if there is anyway she can look at Census on line from where she lives - I don't think she is a member of any paid sites. I know the 1881 Census is free can she use FreeCen from there. I intend to send her copies of BMD's I have purchased. Thanks
	Researching: Self, Dodd, Webberley, Cowing, Salisbury. Norfolk, Enfield Middx.

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