Questions relating to the 1833, 1836, 1842, 1845 and 1848 Hannover Censuses.
Does the LDS Family History Library have microfilm of each of these Censuses? (I have been unable to find them on the "FamilySearch" website.)
I think I read somewhere, probably on this list, that some of the Censuses are principally concerned with "statistics" and, thus, of little value to family research; has any one evaluated each, or any one, of the 1833, 1836, 1842, 1845 and 1848 Censuses to determine their value to family research?
Questions relating to the 1833, 1836, 1842, 1845 and 1848 Hannover
Censuses.
These censuses are more of statistical value indeed after we can
only find the head of the household and the number of persons per
household seperated in males and females and certain age
columns (0-7, 7-14, 14-20. 20-45, 45-60, more than 60 years).
Compared with the 1852, 1855, 1858, 1861 and 1864 censuses
one can hardly speak of a real census, at least not in the way the
word is used amongst genealogists. Comparing the records for the
1833-1848 census lists can be nevertheless of great value in order
to learn more about the delevelopement of a certain village or
household. One should be aware that the persons who lived in the
household can include farm hands, maids, foster children, etc.
It is by far not all the Ämter for which a complete collection of 1833-
1864 census records exist.
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