Good News ! 1911 Census!

[Necromancer]

Might be altruistic, but I suspect a pecuniary advantage will be sought !

Cheers, Newfster

[lostnconfused]

With the interst in the new cesus relaease and petitions etc can anyone explain why the change to 100 years?

When did this occur and what are the chances of getting it changed?

Andy


Moderator Comment: topics merged

[trish251]

If you are considering requesting information from the 1911 Census of England
& Wales under the Freedom of Information Act, we'd suggest you check out
http://www.1911census.info for the latest news and tips.

I found very interesting one of the links within the above page
http://alpha.qmul.ac.uk/~cgaa183/1911.html

Trish

[smeghead]

At £45 a time and maybe over 20 address's to look up I think it will  become a very expensive hobby and if your not sure of address could mean many more searches. Some is going to very rich !!!!!!

Jim

[Simplex4wd]

I took advantage of it and found details of my maternal grandfather, after seven years searching I thought it was money well spent (he never married my grandmother so there were no details to work back from - and a very common name.) Since getting the details I've traced and ordered his b/cert and found him, with his parents, siblings and grandmother on the 1881 census.

Tim

[Guy Etchells]

That's great news.
Cheers
Guy

[lesleyhannah]

I'd be quite happy waiting for 100 year gap to maintain confidentiality if this happened in every other sphere of life!

I remarried four years ago. Type in my name on ancestry and there I am - under the marriages between 1984-2004. If you're interested you can send to Southport for a copy of my marriage certificate, which has my current address, my age, my occupation etc. Now if the government thinks it's OK to put all that info into the public domain, it beats me why the address my grandmother lived at in 1911 should be seen as so sensitive!!

You could think of a dozen other examples of how all our details are in the public domain for those prepared to look. Very few details from 1911 will be relevant today - there's just no logic here, at all.

[kerryb]

Hi Lesleyhannah

I wasn't really all that bothered but now having read your post it just shows yet again, the anomalies of government policy and yes I now think we should have it quicker than 100 years. 

Much of the data from the 1911, as you say has little relevance today compared to marriage certificates of 4 years ago

Kerry

[Guy Etchells]

With the interst in the new cesus relaease and petitions etc can anyone explain why the change to 100 years?

When did this occur and what are the chances of getting it changed?

Andy


Moderator Comment: topics merged

The 100 year rule was brought in in 1966 and repealed in 2000.

Records now are either open for public inspection or exempt from public inspection. If exempt they are exempt forever, there is no legislation that allows a record to be exempt for only 100 years.
Cheers
Guy