1931 Canada Census - released on 1st June

[dbree]

Oh my  PB, a definite NEWS FLASH.

Thanks for the heads up.

[dbree]

Ancestry now says,

"Thanks to our proprietary handwriting recognition technology, the 1931 Census of Canada records are now searchable. Please keep in mind that diacritical and accent marks may not appear and are not required to search names. Transcription accuracy is dependent upon the quality of the document being scanned. For best results, view the census image."

That was quick.

DB

[RunKitty]

Hi,

I received an email from Ancestry today saying that the 1931 census is now searchable by name.    That certainly was fast!    I found a few people by name, but it is a bit hit and miss at the moment. 

I am still extremely happy about the finding aids posted by Melba...I have bookmarked those and will be using them to find the "hard to find" people.   Unclear handwriting, mistranscriptions etc happen!!   Nobody's fault.   Wonderful to have tools to help!   Thanks again Melba

RK

[melba_schmelba]

News flash!

I don’t know how much indexing has been completed by ancestry but some of my searches have been indexed and are searchable by name with images.

PB

Well spotted , here's the links

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62640/
https://www.ancestry.ca/search/collections/62640/

[melba_schmelba]

Ancestry now says,

"Thanks to our proprietary handwriting recognition technology, the 1931 Census of Canada records are now searchable. Please keep in mind that diacritical and accent marks may not appear and are not required to search names. Transcription accuracy is dependent upon the quality of the document being scanned. For best results, view the census image."

That was quick.

DB

Yes, they first announced using this on the 1950 US census I think. It seems to work pretty well. Unfortunately I think they are also using on much older handwritten records, but they haven't in any way optimized it for the fact old lettering can be very different, so much poorer transcriptions for pre 1800s records .

[fhtess1165]

Yep - it went live on Ancestry at 10pm on Thursday night... The AI didn't do a half-bad job! Most entries will need at least a little tweaking, but that's normal, even after humans have indexed.

News flash!

I don’t know how much indexing has been completed by ancestry but some of my searches have been indexed and are searchable by name with images.

PB

[susano]

I don't think it's complete.  I can find my maternal grandparents but none of my paternal family.  Will keep checking.

Susan

[*Sandra*]

News flash!

I don’t know how much indexing has been completed by ancestry but some of my searches have been indexed and are searchable by name with images.

PB

Coming along nicely. Thanks for the update, sorry News Flash.......... 

Cheers
Sandra

[fhtess1165]

If the indexing is way off, you might have to continue to browse...or search without surname or using wildcards... Hopefully FamilySearch will have it soon as well.

I don't think it's complete.  I can find my maternal grandparents but none of my paternal family.  Will keep checking.

Susan