The dataset is based on three separate censuses of the Netherlands of 1899, population census (13 vols), occupational census (13 vols) and housing census (2 vols).Content: images of the publication, searchable pdf files of the text sections and excel files with data entered from the published tables.The introduction volume to the series of this population census has been completely digitized and is accessible as a web application at www.volkstelling1899.nl