1841 Census now on Map Explorer at TheGenealogist

"With over 18.4 million individuals in the 1841 Census, this huge release lets you explore the area where your ancestors lived right down to the parish, street or even house they lived in," explains Mark Bayley, Head of Online Development at TheGenealogist.

Mark continues, "We're proud to announce the completion of our project to "map the census". Never before could you pin down your ancestors through each year, from 1841 all the way to the 1939 register. This visual approach to genealogy brings the past to life in ways never before possible."

What records are mapped with TheGenealogist's MapExplorer?

The records mapped with TheGenealogist's MapExplorer are: 1841 to 1911 Censuses, the tithe apportionments, the Domesday Book, and the Lloyd George Domesday Valuation Office records 1910, selected headstones, memorials and historic images.

Which maps can be studied using TheGenealogist's MapExplorer?

A range of Ordnance Survey maps from the 1890s to the 1960s and Charles Booth's poverty maps of London.

What do the coloured pins denote on TheGenealogist's MapExplorer?

The red pins mark the location of a precise building.

The green pins mark a street and all the households recorded on that street.

The purple pins mark the civil parish.

Clicking on a pin will take you through to details of the relevant records pertaining to that locality. Sometimes it will be possible to click through to an original image, for instance, the census pages or 1939 National Register.

Note: The 1939 National Register was taken in the early weeks of the Second World War, and is used by family historians as a census substitute. The 1941 Census would not be available, due to the restrictions of the Census Act that require a hundred year closure period to protect the details of those recorded on the census. As it happened a census was not taken in 1941 due to the Second World War raging.