Post by Steve HayesOn Sat, 26 Mar 2022 12:10:45 +0100, john
Post by johnPerhaps you should have checked whether that census was available?
A quick search of the FamilySearch catalogue shows they do not have any
of the 1871 England and Wales Census.
But they do have 1871 Census records for a lot of other places.
They DID have 1871 census records available for general access.
But, if you had checked again
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list?fcs=placeId%3A1986340&ec=region%3AUNITED_KINGDOM_IRELAND%2CplaceId%3A1986340
England and Wales Census, 1841
15,782,939 Jul 16, 2021
England and Wales Census, 1851
18,369,674 Jul 16, 2021
England and Wales Census, 1861
19,591,543 Sep 26, 2020
England and Wales Census, 1871
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England and Wales Census, 1881
26,124,851 Jul 30, 2018
England and Wales Census, 1891
29,048,399 Dec 14, 2021
England and Wales Census, 1901
34,138,955 May 22, 2019
England and Wales Census, 1911
36,354,828 Aug 1, 2019
There is a discussion of the problem.
https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/91797/england-and-wales-census-1871-problems/
And in particular this answer on the second page:
On 12 November 2021, the contract between TNA (UK National Archives- the
owner/custodian of the UK censuses) and FamilySearch expired. This
contract gave FS the right to publish the Images of UK Censuses at FHCs,
Affiliate Libraries and to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints. The relationship between the two is now governed by
general terms and conditions (not a contract) that permit FamilySearch
to make the images available at FHCs and Affiliate Libraries. Any
Indexes that FamilySearch themselves created are their own property and
they can keep publishing those if they wish. This I learned by
contacting TNA myself and making a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
request. However some of the Indexes come from FindMyPast, and there's a
partnership between FS and FMP that may affect FS's ability to publish
the Indexes.
It seems from other comments the 1841 census may also disappear from
FamilySearch