Making a new census for future genealogists

[Shaztoni]

I am one of the 4,200 census enumerators for this years Irish census, I'm wondering should I mix up all the names and addresses just to give the genealogists of the future something to really hunt for

Sharon

[MrsLizzy]

Ooh Sharon I want your job!  My dream job would be to be a registrar of births deaths and marriages, but in the meantime I'll nick yours if that's OK!

 

[Shaztoni]

No I'll keep it for myself thank you very much, although you can have the leg work if you want, my poor calves 

Sharon

[MrsLizzy]

So you have to knock on people's doors and ask them questions about themselves, do you?  Or do you just have to make sure they've filled in their forms and return them?

[PassionPlay]

Can you check if they are telling the truth?  I think people are much more inclined to lie these days unfortunately.

I would love to work in one of the Archive Centres (especially the one at Canterbury Cathedral) but I'm sure their salaries wouldn't cover my bills!  If I could just win the lottery and be able to work for fun....

I'd be run ragged doing lookups all day  

Steph.

[Shaztoni]

I've to give each house a code, make sure each has got a form, understands how to fill it out, collect the form, helping those who couldn't fill it out do so, and finally enumerate some of the information.
And all that has to be done in triplicate 

Steph, if they lie they lie, there's nothing I can do about it........ or may be there is *rubs chin*

Sharon

[MrsLizzy]

When I did my Red Cross First Aider training, they told me I could only advise people to go to hospital, I couldn't actually make them go.  But I thought "I can make them THINK I can make them go!"

Make them think they have to tell you the truth or else . . . . say thinks like "ve vill ask ze qvestions!"

[wheeldon]

Sharon, you don't need to bother as I can guarantee that something bad will happen to them in the future -

Flood damage, fire - herd of rampaging rhinoserous trampling the bits that my descendants want to see etc.

[Shaztoni]

Yep the day the Zoo visits the Dáil, Nostradamus predicted that one himself.

Sharon