Good News ! 1911 Census!

[mike175]

Is it just me

I'm sure there will be the odd little gem of new information, but I find it hard to get very excited about the 1911. I mean . . . well, it was less than a decade before my father was born.

. . . now if it was the 1811 that really would be something else . . . 

Maybe I'm just looking at it the wrong way 

Mike

[Ruskie]

I think it might be just you Mike! 

I guess it's just that the timing may just not be right for you.

I hope to find many of my OH's relatives, especially excited about the possiblilty of finding his illusive g grandfather. (none of my own though)

[Tati]

Well, for people like me who aren't lucky enough to have elderly relatives, the 1911 census is very exciting - loooking forward to giving a definite home to a dozen or more 'orphaned' children in my database!  

[mike175]

I think it might be just you Mike! 

Yeah, I think you may be right 

The 1911 will be a great boon to younger researchers just starting out, but in all honesty I think, after about 5 years, I've just about come to the end of the line as far as internet research is concerned. I have found all of my 3xgt.grandparents and more than half of their parents, which takes me back into the mid-18th century, with many lines back to the 16th. I'm not so interested in the side branches beyond siblings of direct ancestors . . . creating a "family hedge" as someone so eloquently described it on RC 

I think my best hope now is to plan a series of family history themed holidays and visit all the places my ancestors frequented, so that I can explore some of the records directly.

Maybe we should have a section of RC devoted to earlier research?

Mike. 

[Ruskie]

I've gone 'further back' with the research too, but still curious to know what some of them were up to in 1911.

As for the illusive g grandfather - I'm not sure if I even have him in one census although he was born in 1861/2. I have found someone who MAY be him but he uses a different forename although he appears to be in the correct family group. So in this case I need to go forward in order to go backwards. I need to find his place of birth so I can find his birth record etc etc. 

[Gadget]

I've gone so far back on one line, I might have A & E in my tree but I'm still fascinated to see my Mum and Dad there for the first time  and also, of course all the collaterals - it's the tracing forward that's the most difficult in many cases not the tracing back and the 1911 will help with this.


Gadget

[lesleyhannah]

I know I'm probably the last one to find this 1911 website - you can register so they keep you updated with news about the census. I'm posting it in case there's anyone else like me who missed it!

http://www.1911census.co.uk/index.php



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[ladybird]

Well for someone like me, who's Grandfather was away at sea for the 1881, 1891 and 1901, to actually find him at home in 1911 will be a real bonus. He should be on it as they had several kids around that time...gotta retire from sea sometime!!

[Lydart]

Do you suppose Ancestry will have the 1911, or will those of us who use that have to change subscriptions ??   I can't think that Ancestry will be wanting to loose customers !