Most British and Irish pre-1841 census records have only statistical information. However, approximately 1400 returns have named individuals. The Early British and Irish Census Project (EBIC) brings all the information from those returns into one searchable, free-to-the-public database (ebc.byu.edu, will soon be ebic.byu.edu). The database covers the period before civil registration and the more comprehensive censuses. It helps researchers find early nineteenth-century and late eighteenth-century people who can be difficult to trace due to increased mobility and increased religious nonconformity.
Discount code: census25 (valid at Familytreewebinars.com)
Valid through: October 28, 2025
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I’m new to this and I am not a member but I am becoming one as soon as I fill out this survey! We are planning a trip to Ireland in sept 2026 and you mentioned the National Archives of Ireland in Dublin. Thank you! We will definitely go there. Even though I could only listen to the Webinar it gave me hope I might be able to find information on my Great Grandmother and Great Grandfather. We have always hit a brick wall because my Great grandfather and his two brothers were orphans.
Absolutely wonderful! The presentation and Q & A were very insightful and helpful. Thank you so much for the work that you and the students are doing to make this information available.
A very interesting webinar. Clearly there is a huge amount of information to be found in the presentation. Thank you both.
the project is ideal to get students keen on and involved with history and genealogy.
Fantastic webinar, the information in the database is awesome and I can see it helping me in my research
Brilliant, I can’t wait to try it
What a great project! Very helpful and eagerly awaiting a resource I badly need for many projects, including example of Allington, Dorset. Well done.
It was interesting to learn about the project the speakers are working on and about the records they are using.