Good News ! 1911 Census!

[denniskelly]

Thanks.

I think 45 quid is a bit step for me.

[stanmapstone]

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

 From the 1911 Census on, the data was put on punched cards directly from the Householder's Schedules. There were no enumerators books as in the previous censuses. From the family history standpoint the original paper householders schedules are the only source of information. This information will be more reliable as it will not have been copied as in he earlier censuses.


Stan

[denniskelly]

Thanks.

[springtime 60]

when is the 1911  census available 0n line



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[ev]

hi kpnuts

don't know when 1911 census will be available

but i've been told(second hand) not to get my hopes up as it's not
in very good condition 
that the indexing is not as good as previous census returns and
the staff know where it is because the records smell 
this was meant to come from an article in a family history magazine
can anyone confirm this ?

ev

[Browniepants]

Hi , here is a link for you about 1911 census

http://www.1911census.org.uk/

                         Yvonne 

                       Happy New Year

[springtime 60]

thankyou yvonne happy new year
i am looking forward to using the census whenever it happens
               ann

[stanmapstone]

This has just been covered in http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,275521.0.html
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Stan

[stanmapstone]

hi kpnuts

don't know when 1911 census will be available

but i've been told(second hand) not to get my hopes up as it's not
in very good condition 
that the indexing is not as good as previous census returns and
the staff know where it is because the records smell 
this was meant to come from an article in a family history magazine
can anyone confirm this ?

ev

"The 1911 Census itself contains some 35,000 volumes of schedules and 38,000 enumerators summary books. The National Archives Conservation department carried out a survey of the 1911 Census. Statistically significant samples of the records were inspected to produce a conservation report on the condition of the Census schedules. Skilled TNA staff directly supervised by the Preservation Manager did this work. The assessment followed the guidelines published in Eden et al. (1998): A Model for Assessing Preservation Needs in Libraries. British Library Research and Innovation Report 125. Although creases or folds were estimated to occur in nearly 50% of records, this would not materially affect the legibility or scanning, and the data used to estimate scanning costs and time scales include this routine preparation work. A much smaller percentage, about 5% of the Census schedules, will require more extensive conservation work to be scanned safely. All of these records are stored in good environmental conditions in the Kew repositories and whilst it has been widely reported that these records smell, the Preservation Manager assures me that the 1911 Census does not smell at all. It has also recently been confirmed by the Preservation Manager that the accompanying enumerators summary books, which are bound volumes, are in very good condition.
Yours sincerely Jacqui Shepherd Freedom of Information Manager The National Archives."


Stan