Summary information
Study title
Cornwall Census Returns, 1851
Creator
McCormick, M., FreeCEN
Study number / PID
6738 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-6738-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
This study contains a complete transcript of the Cornwall returns of the census of 1851.
Main Topics:
Using microfiche loaned to the project by the LDS, volunteers, recruited online, transcribed the pages of the enumerators' books for the Cornwall 1851 census. Other volunteers checked the data using Free Census software. Finally, the organiser validated the data, using yet another piece of Free Census software.
The original data was collected in 1851. the raw data was in the form of microfiche, organised in accordance with the PRO regulations
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
Not availableCountry
England
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
Individuals
Administrative units (geographical/political)
Subnational
Universe
Population of Cornwall, 1851
Sampling procedure
No sampling (total universe)
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Transcription of existing materials
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
2011
Terms of data access
The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.
Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.
Related publications
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