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Census Book Competition Winner

Thank you to all who entered our latest book competitio n to win a copy of  Tracing Your Ancestors Using the Census   by Emma Jolly (Pen & Sword, 2020) .  Congratulations to the winner - Frances Owen! The answers to the census book competition are:   (i) The census index for which year was the first to appear online?  1881   (ii) In 1942, the census returns of which year were destroyed? 1931 To keep up to date with news of future releases please do like and follow our pages on  Facebook  and  Twitter !

New Search Facilities on Website

This week, Deceased Online uploads the remaining parts of the Redcar and Cleveland dataset. I also look at a selection of new features on the website which make collection easier to search and provide more flexibility - and at the bottom of the page, part 2 of the competition to win a copy of my new book. Records for the remaining four cemeteries from Redcar and Cleveland are now available: Loftus                                                  opened 1875   8,651 records Redcar                                           ...