2 volumes of Yorkshire (West Riding) were not put online at the same time as the rest of the county as they were damaged and had to spend some time in Conservation Care at The National Archives before they could be scanned. These 2 volumes related to Knaresborough and Doncaster.

We are happy to tell you that these 2 final volumes are now live and available on the site and that Yorkshire (West Riding) is now complete.

We have added another 3 counties, the keenly-awaited Yorkshire North & East ridings and Durham. All three counties are searchable as of now.

The next data release will be the final 3 English counties: Cumberland, Northumberland, Westmorland. We estimate these are approximately a month away.

Enjoy - let us know what you find.

We are preparing the next counties for loading onto the website during March. Depending on the speed of the data load and any problems found, we anticipate they should be available in 2-3 weeks.

At a minimum we will load the 2 remaining Ridings of Yorkshire and Durham. We may be able to get one or two others in at the same time if all goes well.

Just to let you know that we have now scanned all English counties and have started on Wales. We anticipate that the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire, and Durham will be available by the end of March. Happy St David’s day!

UPDATE: 3/3/09 To the end of February, we have scanned 15.1million images, 93% of total. This leaves 1million (or 7%) to go. We should finish scanning at Kew In April. Compare the number of images to the 1901 census at 1.5 million images - it is over 10 times larger!

Although the vast majority of the West Riding of Yorkshire is complete, there are 2 pieces which are not yet online as they are still being examined by the Conservation Team to prepare them for scanning. The 2 pieces are from Knaresborough and Doncaster respectively and each contain approximately 1,500 individuals.

 We will add them in as soon as possible and update you when they are available.