1911 census Beta on Find My Past

[ShaunJ]

Well it's a beta version. They want feedback so they can improve it by the time it's publically released - so you should let them know.

As Tewin has pointed out, some of the search functionality is turned off in the beta version. Wildcards will be turned on at a later stage and the surname will no longer be mandatory.

I will still feedback on the lack of helpful detail in the display of search results.

[Sloe Gin]

What do you get if you opt for a transcript - is it a transcript of the whole household, or just the details of the person you searched for?

[PaulineJ]

Transcript of household.

Pauline

[Sloe Gin]

Thanks, Pauline.

Just noticed this in the census search tips:

The original pages help to validate your findings and also enable you to see the household in the context of the surrounding households.

Now that's true of the earlier censuses, but on this one, do you get to see anything of the neighbouring households?

[Paul Caswell]

I'm finally in.

I used up my first block of credits on two originals I was confident with. Both perfect hits on grandparents and greats. With one, I found they had lost two children. A new but perhaps sad thread to trace. And sister and sister's husband were there, another fact confirmed.

If it turns out as good as they promise I would take out a years subscription but I would not stay with pay-per-view. To get the best out of census you have to be able to search laterally. Up and down the street comes to mind, mapping a whole village is fun. You just could not do that with pay-per-view.

I've bought another block (my name is Paul and I am a genealogyolic    ) but I am going to think carefully about my next ones.

Paul

[Aniseed]

Thanks, Pauline.

Just noticed this in the census search tips:

The original pages help to validate your findings and also enable you to see the household in the context of the surrounding households.

Now that's true of the earlier censuses, but on this one, do you get to see anything of the neighbouring households?

Not on the ones I've downloaded you don't - just one separate household, no neighbours. And apparently if your ancestors were especially productive and had more household members than the 15 gaps on the sheet, you have to shell out to download the second sheet.

[les_looking]

What do you get if you opt for a transcript - is it a transcript of the whole household, or just the details of the person you searched for?

info i got from the transcripts i bought

NAME
RELATIONSHIP TO HEAD
MARITAL STATUS
AGE
YEARS MARRIED
TOTAL CHILDREN BORN ALIVE
CHILDREN STILL LIVING (AMOUNT NOT NAMES)
CHILDREN WHO HAVE DIED (AMOUNT NOT NAMES)
OCCUPATION
INDUSTRY OR SERVICE TO WHICH WORKER IS CONNECTED
WORKER OR SELF EMPLOYED
WHETHER WORKING AT HOME
BIRTHPLACE
NATIONALITY OF PERSON BORN IN FOREIGN COUNTRY
INFIRMITY (HIDDEN UNTIL 2012)
AMOUNT OF ROOMS IN THE HOUSE
SIGNATURE OF HEAD (OR PERSON WHO FILLS IN FORM)
POSTAL ADDRESS

so as you can see, it will depend on the person filling in the form
all 3 of the ones i have bought have given me additional information
to what i had/knew, maybe a tip for some who have searched and found nothing
try doing it from the home page, not the advanced one, not saying it will work
for everyone, but a couple i did weren't found, yet put the same name in the front search
and found them,
re the neighbours it has a back and forward button to view previous household and next household, but wouldnt be worth doing this until it becomes a subscription, as you have to pay 30 credits for each, unless like michael owen your family owns the whole street, im pretty sure it will be handy, as we all know families didn't tend to move far then

[Paul Caswell]

I have a PDF Printer driver. With it you can print web pages to PDF. There's a good 'printer friendly' view of the transcription that works well that way.

I don't use it but CutePDF is supposed to be able to do that too.

http://www.cutepdf.com/

Paul

[Sloe Gin]

I've just downloaded a couple of transcripts, but they do not have all the information quoted above.

They have:

Name
Relationship to head
Marital status
Years married
Sex
Age in 1911
Occupation
Where born

plus details of the address. I did not get details of children except those in the household at the time.