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Have we had a release date for 1921 census, yet?
Thanks
2mm
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Believe it is January 2022
Sandra
Added :- 19 June 1921
The census, which was the first to be conducted following the introduction of the Census Act of 1920, will be published in January 2022. Taken on 19 June 1921, it consists of more than 28,000 bound volumes of original household returns containing detailed information on close to 38 million individuals.
https://ukcensusonline.com/census/1921/
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I also anticipate the release of the Census for Scotland 1921 in early 2022. This will presumably be released on Scotlands People website.
BTW - there is NO CENSUS for Ireland for 1921 because of then then ongoing War. So, yet again, Irish records are depleted. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/help/history.html
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Officially the first working day of 2022 ie 2nd January.
Find My Past have been transcribing it for months now,but who knows if they'll be ready to release it on time?
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That's exciting - my grandparents were married on 1 June 1921, so will be able to see where they set up home.
FS
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BTW - there is NO CENSUS for Ireland for 1921 because of then then ongoing War. So, yet again, Irish records are depleted. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/help/history.html
They were talking of releasing the 1926 Irish Census for 2016, but the recession put a stop to that, unfortunately.
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1931 Census. Many years ago I was told that that census was burnt because of those in the storage area were smoking. Maybe, possibly, before my time.
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1931 Census. Many years ago I was told that that census was burnt because of those in the storage area were smoking. Maybe, possibly, before my time.
Yes the 1931 Census for England & Wales was destroyed by a fire at the storage warehouse, despite there being fire watchers on duty, however in reality much of the census was not burnt to ash but so soaked by the water used to put the blaze out it could not be salvaged. I have a report in my records that give further details which I think I downloaded from Histpop website http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/
The good news is the Scottish 1931 census was archived in Scotland and escaped destruction and will be released in January 2032.
Have we had a release date for 1921 census, yet?
Thanks
2mm
It will be released on 2nd January 2022, but could be open online for years if the genealogical community had supported the campaign to release it early.
There are very sound reasons for my claiming that, just as there were sound reasons for my challenging the refusal to release the 1911 census and the 1939 National Registration.
It is academic now but as well as the commonly cited points that most people bring up about people not expecting it to be kept secret as earlier census had been released early and that the 100 year rule had only been instigated in 1966 (from memory). There was a very significant point that most people overlook, the 1921 Census had an option for people who had “privacy” concerns could for the first time fill in a seperate “private return”.
These “private returns” could have been excluded for the early release thereby honouring any real concerns about privacy a few had.
As the song says "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be). ;)
Cheers
Guy
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That Histpop Link doesn’t seem to work Guy.
What a shame if the 1931 Census was completely discarded:-(
I’m sure that more recent techniques might have been able to salvage some of it...?
Romilly.
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What a shame if the 1931 Census was completely discarded:-(
I’m sure that more recent techniques might have been able to salvage some of it...?
Romilly.
Agreed. But I think they probably had other things on their mind at the time, rather than sifting through all those pages to see what may or may not be usable in the future :(
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True, - but it’s still a shame.
I’ve got a Baptism Record from a Church in Southwark that was destroyed by fire, but the records were salvaged. It’s impressively charred round the edges, but still readable.
Romilly.
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The link:- http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/ worked for me just now :)
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It's also worth remembering that the original purpose of censuses was for Government Statistical reasons.
Not for future Family Historians! ;D
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What a shame if the 1931 Census was completely discarded:-(
I’m sure that more recent techniques might have been able to salvage some of it...?
Romilly.
Agreed. But I think they probably had other things on their mind at the time, rather than sifting through all those pages to see what may or may not be usable in the future :(
They had already made various reports (before the fire in 1942) containing the statistics required for the different regions.
Cheers
Guy