The following announcement was written by the folks at TheGenealogist:
Discover over 18.4 million individuals on historical maps
Leading genealogy research website TheGenealogist has announced the integration of the 1841 census into its cutting-edge MapExplorerTM tool. This significant addition allows family historians and researchers to delve deeper into their ancestral past with unprecedented geographical context.
[TheGenealogist’s MapExplorerTM showing households across the streets of London in 1841]
Key Highlights:
The 1841 census, the first modern census of England, Scotland and Wales, is now on TheGenealogist’s MapExplorerTM
Locate your ancestors to the parish, street or even house they lived in
Over 18.4 million individuals are recorded in the 1841 census and you can now explore their neighbourhoods
Users can visualise their ancestors’ locations on historical maps, providing a unique perspective on family history
Mark Bayley, Head of Online Development at TheGenealogist, stated, “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.”
Found in these records is Surgeon Nurse Eliza Roberts, the forgotten hero of the Crimea, read her story here:https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2024/eliza-roberts-a-forgotten-pioneer-in-nursing-7666/
To celebrate this release, for a limited time you can claim a Diamond Subscription for just £99.45, a saving of £40. You can claim this offer here: https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/MGBCEN924
Offer expires 30th December 2024.
About TheGenealogist
TheGenealogist is an award-winning online family history website, who put a wealth of information at the fingertips of family historians. Their approach is to bring hard to use physical records to life online with easy to use interfaces such as their Tithe and newly released Lloyd George Domesday collections.
TheGenealogist’s innovative SmartSearch technology links records together to help you find your ancestors more easily. TheGenealogist is one of the leading providers of online family history records. Along with the standard Birth, Marriage, Death and Census records, they also have significant collections of Parish and Nonconformist records, PCC Will Records, Irish Records, Military records, Occupations, Newspaper record collections amongst many others.