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This guide explains how to use Gramps to record all of the information that a 1881 UK Census return contains about a household. It demonstrates how to enter Repositories, Sources, People and Families. How to link them together to ensure that every piece of information is attributed back to its source. It also explains how to use the Clipboard and "drag and drop" to speed up data entry.
A new method of entering census data is being developed for Gramps version 3.2 and greater . If you would like to try this new method, please read about it at [[Form AddonsAddon:Forms_Gramplet|Forms Gramplet addon]]. You can download it from inside Gramps, using the [[4.2_Addons{{man version}}_Addons|Plugin Manager]].
For genealogists with UK ancestors, the UK Census returns are a very important source of information. Census' have been conducted every 10 years in the UK since 1841 (details of all the UK Census dates and how to access the records can be found at [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/barry.ruck/FAQCENSUS.htmBarry Ruck Census FAQ @ NTL World]). The census returns are available online at [http://www.ancestry.co.uk Ancestery.co.uk] for a subscription.
Census returns are organized by location and each return shows a list of households living in a particular street. This means that once you find a return showing one of your ancestors it will also show the rest their family members living in the same house.
[[Image:Census image 1.png|thumbnail|The Census return for John Martin in 1881 - Illustration 1]]
Each of the UK Census’ recorded slightly different information (full details of the information recorded on each Census can be found at [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hitch/gendocs/census.htmlGendocs Census page on NTL World]. For this guide I will use an example taken from the 1881 Census that shows the family of my ancestor John Martin.
This Census page records the following information about where the census was taken and where the page is located within the Census record: