Good News ! 1911 Census!

[stonechat]

Yes I saw two further chldren by an ancestor after being widowed, no mention of father

[Nick29]

Nick29 I would disagree, the parish registers and bastardy records are littered with cases of mothers fathering children by different men.
Cheers
Guy

I'm not saying it didn't happen - in those days it was not something that was considered "respectable", so it was often covered up (a child born to an unmarried daughter "adopted" by its grandparents, for example).  These days it's much more common, or at least it's more out in the open, and very few worry about it these days.  One of the daughters of my g. g. aunt was made pregnant by her employer whilst she was working as a live-in servant, and the settlement paid out by the man in question to keep it quiet enabled her parents to buy their own farm ! 

[Necromancer]

FindmyPast Newsletter

Findmypast.com, in association with the National Archives, will be managing the launch of the 1911 census, in 2009. This mammoth project is underway at this very moment.

www.1911census.co.uk will be the first, and for a time the only place to access the 1911 census online.

If you haven't already, then be sure to register on the site in order to receive the latest updates and be among the first to use the census at its launch.

Between now and the 2009 launch we’ll be sending regular updates and imparting some useful tips and background information to ensure you get the most from this exciting new census.


Moderator Comment: topics merged

[Gadget]

Hi Newf

That's good news 

Does this mean that those of us with existing subscriptions can just use it or will they up the sub?


Gadget

[Necromancer]

The Women's Freedom League, a suffragette organisation, arranged a boycott of the 1911 census. We've already found three apparent sympathisers. One of them, who left the census return otherwise blank, has written:

‘No vote – no census. In view of restrictive legislation… I refuse to give details of my household asked for in this document'.

Another - who has partially completed the form – declares:

'If I am intelligent enough to fill in this paper, I am intelligent enough to put a cross on a voting paper.'

She also lists '6 females - addresses and names unknown' who, we can guess, were fellow suffragettes. Many attended all-night parties or stayed with friends to avoid participation.

[Tati]

'If I am intelligent enough to fill in this paper, I am intelligent enough to put a cross on a voting paper.'
She also lists '6 females - addresses and names unknown' who, we can guess, were fellow suffragettes. Many attended all-night parties or stayed with friends to avoid participation.

Just wish one was mine 

[Necromancer]

I dont know about a sub, I'm not a subscriber to findmypast .... I expect the info will be on the site ?


Tati - sure it wasnt yer Great Nan ?   

[Gadget]

I think a few of us would have been there with them 

Mine were too busy having kids and being good Coop/Methodists in those days 

[Ruskie]

No real answer to your question about subscriptions Gadget. 

Perhaps they haven't decided the finer points yet. 

It would be nice if the 1911 was included in the current sub, but as this is an opportunity to rake in some cash, I very much doubt that it will be. I think they'll only allow access via the link that newf posted, and it'll be pay per view to pay for the cost of the project and to maximise profits;D.

What's going to happen with Ancestry - when will they get the 1911?