Good News ! 1911 Census!

[meles]

What is private info and what is public?

meles

[Princess Poppy]

Quote from the story:

The Information Commissioner ruled that confidentiality could only be applied to details of people’s health or mental infirmity, which did not apply in the case of the particular record Guy requested.

Addresses in 1911 aren't private are they?  Many of those addresses won't even exist now. 

Cheers, PP

[acceber]

This is great news!

However does the questions relating to health mean questions 6-8 and 15 of the total questions asked?:

1. Name
2. Relationship to head of household
3. Age (Years + Months)
4. Marital status (if over 15)

- Each married woman had to answer:
5. Completed years of present marriage
-- Of the children born alive to present marriage:
6 .Total children born alive
7. No. of children still living
8. No. of children who have died

- All occupants again:
9. Personal occupation
10. Industry or service the worker is connected with
11. Whether Employer/Employee/Working on Own Account
12. Whether working from home or not
13. Birthplace (County + Parish)
14. Nationality (British subject by parentage/Naturalised citizen [with year]/Foreign national)
15. Infirmity (Totally deaf/blind, Lunatic or Feebleminded)

NB: This is from the appendix of the 1911 census General Report from my local public library.

acceber

[Wendi]

Bureaucracy  +/-

Well done Guy! - is that 'cos it's in my interest or interests me 

Wendi 

[trish251]

Oh well I suppose 2012 is not that far off now!!!

From the official press release it seems - apart from the details of people’s health or mental infirmity it is about to be fast tracked and they are looking towards 2009.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/13dec2006.pdf

The National Archives has already made significant plans to digitise the 1911 census for the first working day of 2012 and as a result of the Information Commissioner’s decision, The National Archives is seeking to fast-track this process. A partner will be selected, and the contract awarded in the spring 2007, to develop an online census that is searchable by address and name. This process is not quick, as the whole census needs to be digitised, and searchable indices created. The National Archives hopes to start to offer a searchable service in early 2009, with key sensitive information withheld until 2012. This service will enable most researchers to find the information that they want, through a simple search.

Well Done Guy           

Trish

[kerryb]

Well there you go then Trish, told you it wasn't that far off!!!!!

Kerry

[trish251]

Well there you go then Trish, told you it wasn't that far off!!!!!

Kerry

Hi Kerry 

I'm not quite sure whether we gained or lost 3 years        

Trish

[kerryb]

Hmmm does that mean I age quicker!!!!

In all seriousness, I have the whole of my family lined up waiting to put them in the context of the 1911 census.  All my great grandparents etc.  Would be very useful to get there earlier but not sure it's worth paying £45 for!

Kerry 

[Pels.]

Kerry - £45 does sound expensive - I couldn't justify spending it.
Luckily for me, the 1911 will be the icing on the cake, rather than the means to an end - thankfully!
If I still had unanswered questions ..  ..  who knows!