Genealogy Ebooks From 1841 to 1901 a census schedule was completed for each household, and was then collected by the enumerator who copied the information into an enumeration book. It is these enumeration books that we consult today online and on microfilm. Special enumeration books were completed for institutions such as workhouses, barracks and hospitals. There were special schedules for vessels from 1851 onwards.]]> From 1841 to 1901 a census schedule was completed for each household, and was then collected by the enumerator who copied the information into an enumeration book. It is these enumeration books that we consult today online and on microfilm. Special enumeration books were completed for institutions such as workhouses, barracks and hospitals. There were special schedules for vessels from 1851 onwards.]]> Welshpool is a town in Wales, historically in the county of Montgomeryshire. The town is situated 4 miles (6 km) from the Wales–England border and low-lying on the River Severn; its Welsh language name Y Trallwng literally means "the marshy or sinking land".  ]]> Oswestry stands on the border land of England and Wales, within that somewhat undefined district, once known by the general name of the Welsh March. Pennant says it was a cc part of Powys-Iand." The famous dykes of Watts' and Offa are within the boundaries of the parish. The Welsh language may still be heard on market days within its streets, and more than one Welsh epitaph will be found in the list.]]> So little is known of the laws which governed this country before the Saxon domination that all serious study of English Law must commence at that period. The temporal and spiritual jurisdictions appear to have been distinct, although the judges representing the two sections sat together in the county or in the hundred court. The matters presided over by the heads of the Church were those concerning which the clergy, by virtue of their office, might be expected to exercise a more fitting control than their secular brothers, and included tithes,…]]> Transcripts at the Diocesan Registry, together with others onwards from 1670 to 1688, a comparison of which with the entries in the Register shows that the Transcripts are more full and complete than the official copy.]]> Monmouthshire is an English county, bordering on South Wales, and is bounded to the north and north-east bv Herefordshire, the river Monnow forming a portion of the boundary, on the east by the Wye, dividing it from Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, on the south by the estuary of the Serern, and on the west by the Rumney, dividing it from Brecknockshire and Glamorganshire.]]> Monmouth Boroughs (also known as the Monmouth District of Boroughs) was a parliamentary constituency consisting of several towns in Monmouthshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliaments of England, Great Britain, and finally the United Kingdom; until 1832 the constituency was known simply as Monmouth, though it included other "contributory boroughs". The constituency was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1918, with Newport becoming a parliamentary borough in its own right while…]]> Their importance will be self-evident when it is remembered that they embrace in their simple annals: The authentic facts in the history of the families of the rich and poor.The clues to the devolution of family and local properties. Record of the trades, occupations, and social condition of the inhabitants. Some index to the healthiness and morality of the district. That records of such singular value should be carefully preserved is evidenced by the requirement that Archdeacons and Rural Deans should, in their Visitations, see that they were…]]>