Good News ! 1911 Census!

[Rabbit B]

I hope so too, and I would like to be around to see it as well.

Rabbit B   

[stonechat]

Just think, when 1921 Census is released, it will be another 30 years before we see the next, 1931 was destroyed, and no 1941 census was taken

Bob

[Mean_genie]

Unless the 1939 census is released in 2040-ish...

Mean_genie

[IMBER]

Just for clarification, it was the English/Welsh 1931 census that was destroyed.

[toni*]

however there was a list of men (& households ) i think taken before the start of WW2 (got full details of whats its called etc. at home)
to ascertain if we had enough men to go to war
pretty much like the 1831 census
this will help many people -  well its better than not having anything

[Mean_genie]

The 1939 'Census' was taken in Sep 1939, using the stationery and admin framework that was already in place for the 1941 census, and it was used for National Registration, ie the issue of identity cards and ration books. Less information was gathered than in a normal decennial census, and after the war it formed the basis of the National Health Register.

In theory it should be available for release after 100 years (ish!), but I don't know whether this will be the case, because unlike a proper 'census', it was subsequently annotated throughout people's lives, so some of the information is relatively recent.

Mean_genie

[Lydart]

How many of us will still be searching when we are well over 100 years of age, in the 1951 ??   

[Rabbit B]

Hi Lydart,

Don't think I will be, I still have my ID card.  I was born before the war started!

Rabbit B   

[toni*]

The 1939 'Census' was taken in Sep 1939, using the stationery and admin framework that was already in place for the 1941 census, and it was used for National Registration, ie the issue of identity cards and ration books. Less information was gathered than in a normal decennial census, and after the war it formed the basis of the National Health Register.

In theory it should be available for release after 100 years (ish!), but I don't know whether this will be the case, because unlike a proper 'census', it was subsequently annotated throughout people's lives, so some of the information is relatively recent.

Mean_genie

i was refering to this
but i was only refering to the first part not the NHS register
and obviously wasn't expecing to be released until 100 years after well  1939!