GENUKI: Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire
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In the earliest government census of 1801, there were 107,444 inhabitants recorded in Buckinghamshire of whom 52,094 were males and 55,350 females. Of this total 25,083 were employed in agriculture and 20,138 in trade, manufactures and handicrafts.

Census YearPopulation of Buckinghamshiremalesfemales1801*107,44452,09455,3501811*117,65056,20861,4421821*134,06864,86769,2011831*146,52971,73474,7951841155,98376,48279,5011851163,55480,99082,5641861167,99383,02384,9701871175,87986,05989,8201881176,32386,84089,4831891185,28491,19594,0891901197,04696,486100,5601911**219,551107,326112,2251921**236,171113,979122,1921931**271,586132,490139,0961951**386,291188,457197,8341961**488,233240,810247,4231971**587,559291,132296,4271981**567,979280,465287,5141991**632,487311,662320,825

* = No names were recorded in census documents from 1801 to 1831.

** = Census documents from 1911 to 2001 are only available in summary form. Names are witheld under the 100 year rule.

Microfilm copies of all census enumerators' notebooks for 1841 to 1901 are held at the Local Studies Libraries at Aylesbury and Milton Keynes, as well as centrally at the PRO. A table of 19th century census headcount by parish is printed in the VCH of Bucks, Vol.2, pp 96-101. See also on the Parish Pages below

Availability of census transcripts and indexes for the entire County.

1798 - Posse Comitatus (not strictly a census in the meaning of those listed below) it contains a list of men between the ages of 16 and 60 in Buckinghamshire, who would be available to take arms, and who were not already in the army. It also lists those who could provide horse and carts. The survey was conducted due to the fear that Napolean would iminently invade.

Available on CD-ROM, fully searchable with mapping facility etc., from Drake Software and via the Buckinghamshire Genealogical Society.

Available on microfiche (facsimile of the Buckinghamshire Record Society publication) from the Buckinghamshire Family History Society.

1851 - Full transcripts and indexes for Buckinghamshire are available on CD-ROM, hard copy and microfiche from the Buckinghamshire Family History Society.

1861 - Available on CD-ROM with advanced search and mapping capabilities etc. from the Buckinghamshire Genealogical Society.

1881

Available on CD-ROM from the Church of the Latter Day Saints, as part of the National 1881 Census Index.

Available on CD-ROM for Buckinghamshire, with advanced search and mapping capabilities etc. from Drake Software.

1891 - Available on CD-ROM with advanced search and mapping capabilities etc. from the Buckinghamshire Genealogical Society.

See also, individual parish pages for further census details.

Details regarding availability of Parish Registers for a given location can be found listed under the appropriate parish page. These pages include details of the registers either at the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, or available as a transcript for purchase, or available for loan as part of a society library (society membership is usually required for the latter).

Both the Buckinghamshire Family History Society and the Buckinghamshire Genealogical Society maintain various databases of Parish Register events - please see their web sites for details of look-up services offered.

Ted Wildy's UK Marriage witness index entries for Buckinghamshire.

Supplementary Index of Settlement Certificates etc have been published Buckinghamshire Family History Society