This CD-ROM set of the Essex 1841 Census comes on 13 CDs, and is very high quality digitised images of the original census enumerators' books taken from microfilm (not microfiche) as it is higher quality. Please note: Censuses are organised by Registration Districts, which do not necessarily correspond with county boundaries. A set of census records for a Registration District may omit some places within a county, and/or include places from adjacent counties.

The publishers are very proud of the superb quality of the scanned images. They've have worked from really excellent films copied from the first generation films at the PRO, and have then used the very best possible film scanner currently available to digitise the images at a high resolution.

Using Adobe Acrobat Reader you can zoom in and out to read the pages. You really don't have to squint to read the pages. Zoom right in without noticeable loss of detail. That's because of the very high quality of the scanning. Print quality is excellent too! Even on a standard bubblejet printer you can be sure of superb results. You can print first class copies of any page for use in your family history documents.

High quality scanned images of the whole of the originals. These CDs can be viewed by any computer using Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 4 or later recommended). The data on this CD is completely self-contained, and requires no installation.

Places on CD 1 (HO107/322):
Billericay Union Workhouse, Bowes Gifford, Bulphant, Canvey Island, Chadwell St Mary, Corringham, Doddinghurst, Downham, Dunton, East Horndon, East Tilbury, Fobbing, Great Burstead - Billericay, Horndon on the Hill, Hutton, Ingrave, Laindon Hills, Laindon - Canvey Island, Laindon - Chapelry Basildon, Little Burstead, LittleThurrock, Mucking, Nevendon, North Benfleet & Canvey Island, Orsett, Orsett Union Workhouse, Pitsea & Canvey Island, Ramsden-Bellhouse, Ramsden-Crays, Shenfield, South Benfleet & Canvey Island, Stanford-le-Hope, Thundersley, Vange, West Horndon, West Tilbury, Wickford

Places on CD 2 (HO107/323):
Barking, Dagenham, East Ham, Leyton, Little Ilford, Little Ilford - House of Correction, Walthamstow, Wanstead, West Ham, West Ham Union Workhouse, Woodford St Mary

Places on CD 3 (HO107/324-325):
Avely, Blackmore, Boreham, Broomfield, Buttsbury, Chelmsford, Chelmsford Moulsham, Chelmsford Union Workhouse, Chelmsford Old Goal & House of Correction, Chignall Smealy, Chignall St James, Childerditch, Cranham, Danbury Runsell & Bicknacre, East Hanningfield, Fryering, Grays Thurrock, Great Baddow, Great Leighs, Great Warley, Ingatestone, Little Baddow, Little Baddow Middle Mead, Little Leighs, Little Warley, North Ockendon, Rainham, South Hanningfield, South Ockendon, South Weald, South Weald Brentwood, Stifford, Upminster Corbetstye & Harton, Wennington, West Hanningfield, West Thurrock, West Thurrock Purfleet

Places on CD 4 (HO107/326-327):
Asheldham, Berden, Bradwell Juxta Mare, Burnham, Clavering, Cold Norton, Creeksea, Dengie, Farnham, Great Waltham, Hazeleigh, Henham, Langley, Latchingdon, Little Waltham, Manuden, Margaretting, Mayland, Mountnessing, Mundon, North Fambridge, Purleigh, Rettendon, Roxwell, Runwell, Sandon, Southminster, Springfield, Springfield The County Goal, St Lawrence, Stanstead, Steeple, Stock, Stow Maries, Tillingham, Ugley, Widford, Woddham Walter, Woodham Ferris, Woodham Ferris Bicknacre, Woodham Mortimer, Writtle

Places on CD 5 (HO107/328-329):
Ashdon, Aythrop Roothing, Bardfield-Saling, Barnston, Bartlow End, Berners Roothing, Broxted, Bumpstead-Helion, Chickney, Good Easter, Great Bardfield, Great Canfield, Great Dunmow, Great Dunmow Union Workhouse, Great Easton, Great Sampford, Hadstock, Hempstead, High Easter, High Roothing, Leaden Roothing, Lindsell, Little Bardfield, Little Canfield, Little Dunmow, Little Easton, Little Sampford, Margaret Roothing, Mashbury, Plesthey, Radwinter, Roothing Morrell, Shellow-Bowells, Thaxted, Tilty, White Roothing, Willingale-Doe, Willingale-Spain<

Places on CD 6 (HO107/330-331):
Alphamstone, Ashen, Ballingdon or Brundon, Belchamp St Paul, Belchamp Walter, Belchamp-Olton, Birdbrook, Bocking, Bocking Braintree Union Workhouse, Borley, Braintree, Bulmer, Bumpstead-Steeple, Bures St Mary, Felstead, Finchingfield, Foxearth, Great Hallingbury, Great Parndon, Harlow, Hatfield Broad-Oak, Havering-atte-Bower, Hornchurch, Latton, Little Hallingbury, Little Parndon, Matching, Netteswell, Romford, Romford Union Workhouse, Roydon, Sheering

Places on CD 7 (HO107/332-333):
Gesthingthorpe, Gosfield, Great Henny, Great Maplestead, Great Saling, Great Yeldham, Halstead, Halstead House of Correction, Halstead Union Workhouse, Haverill, Hedingham Castle, Hedingham Sible, Kedington or Ketton, Lamarsh, Liston, Little Henny, Little Maplestead, Little Yeldham, Middleton, Ovington, Panfield, Pebmarsh, Pentlow, Rayne, Ridgwell, Shalford, Stambourne, Stebbing, Stisted, Sturmere, Tilbury-juxta-Clare, Toppersfield, Twinstead, Weathersfield, Wickham St Paul

Places on CD 8 (HO107/334-335):
Aldham, Birch, Boxted, Chapel or Pontisbright, Copford, Dedham, Earl's Colne, East Donyland, Easthorpe, Engain Colne, Feering, Fordham, Great Coggeshall, Great Horksley, Great Tey, Inworth, Langham, Lexden &amp; Winstree Union Workhouse, Little Horksley, Little Tay, Marks Tay, Markshall, Messing, Mount-Bures, Pattiswick, Stanway, Wates Colne, West Bergholt, White Colne, Wivenhoe, Wormingford

Places on CD 9 (HO107/336-337):
Abbess Roding, Ashingdon, Barking, Beauchp Roding, Bobbingworth, Canewdon, Chigwell, Chipping Ongar, Eastwood, Foulness, Fyfield, Great Stambridge, Great Wakering, Greenstead, Hadleigh, Havengore, Hawkwell, High Laver, High Ongar, Hockley, Kelvedon Hatch, Lambaurne, Leigh, Little Laver, Little Stambridge, Little Wakering, Loughton, Magdalen Laver, Moreton, Navestock, North Shoebury, North Weald Bassett, Norton Mandeville, Ongar Union Workhouse, Paglesham, Prittlewell, Rawreth, Rayleigh, Rochford, Rochford Union Workhouse, Shelley, Shopland, South Shoebury, Southchurch, Stanford Rivers, Stapleford Tawney, Stapleford Abbots, Stondon Massey, Sutton, Theydon Bois, Theydon Garnon, Theydon Garnon Union Workhouse, Theydon Mount, Thundersley, Wallasea Island

Places on CD 10 (HO107/338-339):
Alresford, Ardleigh, Beaumont cum Moze, Bishops Wickham, Bradfield, Brightlingsea, Elmstead, Frating, Frinton, Goldhanger, Great Bentley, Great Bromley, Great Clacton, Great Holland, Great Oakley, Great Totham, Heybridge, Kirby, Langford, Lawford, Little Bentley, Little Bromley, Little Clacton, Little Holland, Little Oakley, Little Totham, Manningtree, Mistley, Ramsey, St Osyth, Tendring, Thorpe le Soken, Thorrington, Tollesbury, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Tolleshunt Knight, Tolleshunt Major or Beckingham, Walton le Soken, Weeley, Wix, Wrabness

Places on CD 11 (HO107/340-342):
Abberton, Arkesden, Birchanger, Chingford, Chrishall, Debden, Dr Allan's Lunatic Asylum, East Mersea, Elmdon, Elsenham, Epping, Epping Upland &amp; Rye Hill, Fingringhoe, Great Chesterford, Great Chishall, Great Wigborough, Henham, Heydon, Langenhoe, Layer-Breton, Layer-de-la-Hay, Layer-Marney, Little Chesterford, Little Chishall, Little Wigborough, Littlebury, Nazeing, Newport, Peldon, Quendon, Rickling, Roydon, Salcott, Stansted Montfichet, Strethall, Takeley, Virley, Waltham Abbey, Waltham Abbey or Holy Cross,
Waltham Abbey Licenced Madhouse, Wendens Ambo, Wendon Lofts, West Mersea, Wicken Bonhunt, Widdington, Wimbish

Places on CD 12 (HO107/343):
Black Notley, Bradwell, Cressing, Fairstead, Faulkbourne, Great Braxted, Great Leighs, Hatfield Peverel, Kelvedon, Little Braxted, Little Coggeshall, Rivenhall, Terling, Ulting, White Notley, Witham, Witham Asylum for Lunatics, Witham Union Workhouse

Places on CD 13 (HO107/344-345):
Colchester - All Saints, Colchester - Bere-church, Colchester - County House of Correction, Colchester - Dover-Court, Colchester - Greenstead, Colchester - Harwich Borough, Colchester - Holy Trinity, Colchester - Lexden, Colchester - St Botolph, Colchester - St James, Colchester - St Leonard, Colchester - St Martin, Colchester - St Mary at the Walls, Colchester - St Mary Magdalen, Colchester - St Michael Mile-End, Colchester - St Nicholas, Colchester - St Nicholas, Colchester - St Peter, Colchester - St Runwald, Colchester - St Giles, Colchester - The Common Goal, Colchester - The Martillo Tower, Colchester Union Workhouse, Essex &amp; Colchester Hospital, King Edward 6th Alms Houses, Maldon - All Saints, Maldon - St Mary, Maldon - St Peter, Maldon Union Workhouse, Saffron Walden Goal, Saffron Walden Town, Saffron Walden Union Workhouse

Each CD is also available individually (see links below):
Essex 1841 Census HO107/322
Essex 1841 Census HO107/323
Essex 1841 Census HO107/324-325
Essex 1841 Census HO107/326-327
Essex 1841 Census HO107/328-329
Essex 1841 Census HO107/330-331
Essex 1841 Census HO107/332-333
Essex 1841 Census HO107/334-335
Essex 1841 Census HO107/336-337
Essex 1841 Census HO107/338-339
Essex 1841 Census HO107/340-342
Essex 1841 Census HO107/343
Essex 1841 Census HO107/344-345

System Requirements: Windows, Macintosh or Unix systems, CD-ROM drive. Adobe Acrobat is need to view the CDs, this can be downloaded for free if you don't already have it, from www.adobe.com/Acrobat.