Census archives from 1800s released online

Family trees have just sprung a lot more branches thanks to the latest release of genealogical records from the National Archives.

Census and related documents from the 19th century containing details of more than 600,000 people have been placed online on three websites where they can be accessed free of charge.

The latest release follows the massive success of last year’s online publication of the 1901 and 1911 census which have just recorded their one billionth hit and have 20m individual site visitors around the world.