1911 Census for England and Wales
The 1911 Census must remain closed as a whole document until 2012, to
protect personally sensitive information. However the Information
Commissioner's decision means that The National Archives must supply
some information from the 1911 Census in response to Freedom of
Information (FOI) requests.
In response to great public demand The National Archives is developing
an online 1911 Census service, covering most parts of the census, with
an external partner; we are actively investigating the possibility of
launching this digital service in 2009. Over two kilometres of census
records, containing the details of 35 million UK ancestors, will be
digitised. This will provide an online service, across most fields of
the Census, enabling researchers anywhere in the world to search and
download digital scans of images from the census. As with our current
online census services it will be both address and name searchable. It
is anticipated that it will be available from 2009. It will offer a
much cheaper and speedier access to the census returns than the planned
FOI service. The full 1911 census won't be released until 2012.
Read more at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/1911census/
One comment
Why can searchers on 'Who do you think you are' find and contact living persons.
We can't fo this and of course it is easy for them as you use professional genealists and pay for their certificates etc.
I have been researching for 25 years and have had to pay for any work myself.
You give the idea to new researchers that it only takes a few days and a quick visit to the place in question.
I would love an answer or explanation to this query.
Janette
Written by : Janette Childs | 29 March 2008 at 21:58