Ancestry and 1911 Census

[JeanH]

My subscription to Ancestry is nearly at an end and I was considering moving to another site which included the 1911 Census.  I then noticed that Ancestry says it is now providing the 1911 census.  I had a look but could not understand what they have on offer.  Seems to be some kind of reference to the census and not the actual census itself.  I was trying to find somone in Leicestershire but all it showed me was that a "Joe Bloggs" lived at xxxx address with three females.  Is this all we get or am I missing something?

[Mort29]

They dont have the full census up yet - just the Enumerators books, which can be of use, but only show a surname.

They say in a blog that they will release the full schedules for browsing over the coming months, and eventually index them as per other years.

So using the EBs and the imminent browseable schedules will help - a bit.

Personally I'd go for a 6 month FindMyPast 1911 in the interim, think they are offering a discount from normal rates at the moment?

[Nick29]

The Enumerators Records books in 1911 only show the head of the family, and annoyingly in many records the person is only listed as "Mr Xxxxxx".   Not so bad if you know the street address.

Ancestry say that it's the transcriptions that will take the time to do, and in the interim period they are going to release the images without the transcriptions, but it's not clear how they are going to be indexed, so that they can be found.

I've taken out another year on FindMyPast - 1911 Census Only - the 6 month sub wasn't as good value. 

[peterbmillzz]

1911 is now on Ancestry - BUT - not searchable!  You will still need to do your basic search elsewhere (if you know what I mean).  You than have to save the image and upload  as a picture (unable to attach just yet...............Its a pain).


Now it is..........will it remove the inability to ask for 1911 lookups?  Over to you moderator(s)
Peter

[Ruskie]

I think if you know where the family lived you can physically search through the pages by county, civil parish, sub-registration district, and enumeration district.

It's not too bad if you have an unusual surname - locate them in the summary books first, make a note of the details of parish and districts, then go to the '1911 census' and enter those in the 'browse' section on the right. Then you just have to go through the results page by page.

I successfully found a couple of familiesusing this method a while ago (I hope I've explained the process correctly - as I said, it was a while ago  ).

I guess you can also use the 1911 census site to get the same details and then enter them into Ancestry's 1911 census boxes ...

[Ringrose]

Easy to find 1911 on Ancestry if you bare looking at a small village as youbonly have a few pages to look at.I found all 4 records I wanted in Henley on Thames . Henley is a larger area and by looking at the 1911 summary records first you find the name you want.At top of this page is the registration district.Take note of this then go to 1911 search.top right hand you can pick county and town.This then comes up with all the registration districts and click on the one you want.The first page usually describes the district and with the aid of a map if needed to can work your way round.There are ,2 pages to each entry.The actual record is on the second page so you only need to look at even numbers.I found the roads by jumping forward 10 pages at a time .When the road came up I then I'd the search up and down.With the summary records you get the number of the house.I found this method quite quick but it needs patience.I would not like to search in a huge town though.
Hope this makes sense
Ringrose

[Ringrose]

Forgot to add take note of the address from the Summary records.
Ringroee

[wrjones]

As someone has mentioned on a previous thread about this,if you can find your name in the Summary Books;

1,Open the 1911 Census in a new tab.
2.Take note of County and Parish details.
3.Take note of schedule number to the left of address.
4.Double the schedule number and enter in the image number box.

Regards
William Russell Jones.

[Ringrose]

That sounds much simpler than my account.
Thanks
Ringrose