1911 census

[familysearcher]

me too - and while you're at it what about 1921 and 1931?  My grandparents married in 1929 and the only way i'm going to find gd's birthplace is from the 1931 census!!

sue

[RJ_Paton]

Sorry, I would vote against.

People who provided the information were promised that the information would be kept secret for the set period. That period should not change .... change one and you have started to burst the dam.

me too - and while you're at it what about 1921 and 1931?

.... see what I mean

What argument could you then put up against the revelation of any and all information gathered at any time

[molar]

I agree with Falkryn.
Whatever would happen if we thought the government told porkies
Patience is a virtue

[cardiff Irish]

you can't find a birthplace for your Grandfather ? have you his parents? doesn't it give his father on his marriage cert? what if 1911 doesn't give the info? campaign for 1921? etc.

[Shaztoni]

Over here in Ireland we have the 1911 census available, mostly on microfilm and disk though but it is still available.
I don't understand the need for a hundred year rule maybe a 75 year rule but 100 years is a bit extreme.
Sharon

[Siouxzie]

Agreed 100 years is a bit extreme.

Three of my grandparents were born in 1911, they are all gone now.  The fourth is still here in body if not in spirit,  born 1916 my gradma Lilian Maud James is the one I am having the most trouble tracking down.  I would perhaps be able to find her parents marrriage details on the 1911, or at least pin her father down to an area of the country.

"Patience is a Virtue" is something we say to our kids isn't it.......I am afraid with genealogy, I want to know it all yesterday.

I'd sign

Siouxzie

[ryan]

I strongly agree with Sharon and Souxzie. I think that a 75, 80 or 85 year rule would be better than the existing 100 years rule. If Ireland has it released why can't we have it too?

I don't want to sound selfish, but the 1911 census is VITAL to unlocking important info on my Hill, Hopkins, Burke & Munson families.

Like they say: "Good things come to those who wait".



Ryan.

[moiramount]

I AGREE THE CENSUS SHOULD BE RELEASED EARLY, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE CENSUS AT THE TIME ARE LONG GONE, IF THEY WERE BORN IN 1911 THEY WOULD BE 94YRS OLD & HOW MANY WOULD BE BOTHERED ABOUT THEIR INFO BEING RELEASED, AT THAT AGE. MY MUM DIED LAST NOVEMBER AGED 90YRS, BEING BORN IN 1914, SINCE THEN I HAVE FOUND ALOT OF INFO ON HER RELATIVES & SHE IS NOT AROUND NOW SO I CAN TELL HER, THIS COULD APPLY TO PEOPLE FROM THE 1911 CENSUS, LET IT BE RELEASED & SHARE SOME FAMILY HISTORY WITH THEM BEFORE ITS TOO LATE.

                MOIRA

[Hackstaple]

Keep it closed until 1912 as originally guaranteed. It is extremely hard to find any politician who considers a promise to be in any way binding - let us not petition them to break promises.
This may sound like a grumpy old man talking - I am that indeed - but dishonesty by politicians and governments is now so "expected" that we accept any transgression as minor. That includes lies to take us to War, Kofi Annan's son with his snout in the Iraq oil bowl, the totally selfish and corrupt European Commission and European Parliament, ballot box riggers, statistical "interpretations" etc.
How much more of it do you want?