Fleshing out the Census

This workshop uses a case study of a Victorian farmer’s wife to demonstrate how the bare bones of data provided by the decennial censuses can be interpreted and contextualised. It will show how that information is used to provide clues for further documents to hunt down, enabling you to plan a research strategy to build up extraordinarily detailed life stories of your ancestors. Participants will be asked to download a number of handouts to study in advance of attending the workshop.