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Census forms detailing the lives of 36 million people in England and Wales are being scanned and posted on an ancestry website.

Among those whose personal data was collected were then Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and Bloomsbury Set author Virginia Woolf.

Researchers have also discovered the census record for the Royal Family, showing King George V and including four pages of household staff, and the ancestors of David Beckham and Amy Winehouse.

The 1911 Census is the oldest from which the original forms were kept and the first to record full details of British Army personnel stationed overseas.

It covered England and Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, plus Royal Naval and Merchant Navy personnel who were on their vessels.

Eighty percent of the available records from England have been uploaded and the remainder will go online in coming months.

The 1911 Census was the first to ask women how long they had been married and how many children they had.

The records were made available by the National Archives after a ruling by the information commissioner. Some sensitive details - such as names of children born in prison - will not be included.

Commercial director Elaine Collins said: "The 1911 census offers a crucial new entry point to family history research for a wide range of people, from novice family historians to seasoned genealogists who have hit a 'wall' in their family tree research."