An ICT Resource Pack: Personal Edition (Counting Heads: Britain and Ireland 1801-1871) an Introduction to the Census, Poor Law Data and Vital Registratyion

This book provides an introduction to the history of census taking and vital registration in the British Isles; it looks at how the early censuses were undertaken, at why the data was collected, and at how the results of these inquiries were published.

It also explains how this data has been compiled for publication in the SECOS database, on the accompanying CD-ROM.

There is also a brief introduction to the versions of three topographies of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, dating from the middle of the 19th Century, which are including on the accompanying CD-ROM. These

1. James Pigot's Pocket Topography of England, which was published in about 1840.

2. James Pigot's Topography of Scotland, which was contained within his Directory of Scotland, published in 1837.

3. Isaac Slater's Topography of Ireland, which was contained within his Directory of Ireland, published in 1844.