This practical guide to using censuses in your family research shows you how to interpret intricate details of your ancestor's lives, but also explores how and why information was gathered on names, addresses, family relationships and occupations. The photographs, screenshots and intriguing case studies included reveal why mysteries occur and what may be hidden between the lines, as well as offering practical research advice and experts' techniques. This new edition of Census has been updated to include- All of the main census websites, which have made changes to their look, their navigation or their search facilities in the past 4 years since the first edition. In the case of Genes Reunited, which has changed ownership, the census records have been completely replaced with new data. The 1911 census for England and Wales, which is now available not just on the original official site covered in the first edition but on other commercial sites. Digitisation of the Irish censuses, which has now been completed. This new edition has also been expanded to include the structure of census records and how to refer to them, as well as an appendix which highlights the most useful census documents and where to find them.