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Acts of Parliament

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mgnv

mgnv Report 22 Dec 2014 21:54

A search at http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/Show?page=Search
for Act of Parliament with only Legislation checked gets the following 57 full-text hits. (Range is 1800-1939)

England
Marriage Act, 1836
Registration Act, 1836
Registration (Suspension) Act, 1837
Registration (Amendment) Act, 1837
Registration (Amendment) Act, 1856
Registration (Amendment) Act, 1858
Registration (Amendment) Act, 1874

Ireland
Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844
Registration (Ireland, Births and Deaths) Act, 1863
Registration (Ireland, Marriages) Act, 1863
Registration (Ireland, Amendment) Act, 1880

Scotland
Registration (Scotland) Act, 1854
Registration (Scotland) Act, 1855
Registration (Scotland, Amendment) Act, 1860
Registration (Scotland, Amendment) Act, 1910

Great Britain
Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926.
National Registration Act, 1939

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Great Britain
Census Act, 1800
Census Act, 1811
Census Act, 1820
Census Act, 1830
Census Act, 1840
Census Amendment Act, 1841
Census Act, 1850
Census Act, 1900
Census Act, 1910
Census Act, 1920
Census Order, 1920
Census Regulations, 1921
Census Order, 1931
Census General Regulations, 1931

England
Census (Payment) Act, 1841
Census (England) Act, 1860
Census (England) Act, 1870
Census (England) Act, 1880
Census (England) Act, 1890

Scotland
Census (Scotland) Act, 1860
Census (Scotland) Act, 1870
Census (Scotland) Act, 1880
Census (Scotland) Act, 1890
Census (Scotland) Regulations, 1920
Census (Scotland) Regulations, 1931

Ireland
Census (Ireland) Act, 1812
Census (Ireland) Act, 1815
Census (Ireland) Act, 1822
Census (Ireland) Act, 1830
Census (Ireland) Act, 1840
Census (Ireland) Act, 1850
Census (Ireland) Act, 1860
Census (Ireland) Act, 1870
Census (Ireland) Act, 1880
Census (Ireland) Act, 1890
Census (Ireland) Act, 1900
Census (Ireland) Act, 1910
Census (Ireland) Act, 1920

Northern Ireland
Census (Northern Ireland) Act, 1925
Census (Northern Ireland) Act, 1936

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These Acts concern the census and registration only.
Acts on other matters that have a genealogical impact, such as marriage and divorce; adoption; legitimacy; and boundary changes are not covered.

Some older Acts are at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~framland/acts/actind.htm

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 22 Dec 2014 22:12

Are you bored mgnv? ;-) :-)

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MBSG

MBSG Report 24 Dec 2014 12:37

Thank you for the information, especially the second link. Interesting for the serious researcher.