1911 Census .....

scooter · Post by **scooter** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:04 pm

I see that ScotlandOnline and the National Archives will be in partnership concerning the 1911 census: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news ... epage=news

Post by **Pandabean** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:35 pm

Right, i'm off to raid the building where the census is

I can't wait til it comes out. Does anyone know what extra information is included in the census?

Also it mentions that they were written in their own hand, how would that work for someone who couldn't write?

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:58 pm

Pandabean wrote:Right, i'm off to raid the building where the census is

I can't wait til it comes out. Does anyone know what extra information is included in the census?

If you lay your hands on a copy of the May edition of Family History Monthly there's a blank schedule on p29. I'd scan it and add it to the Gallery, except that a very high resloution would be required to allow the column headings to be read, - we could be talking 20+ Mb.

(Thinks, - there has to be a copy somewhere on the web...................)

Pandabean wrote:Also it mentions that they were written in their own hand, how would that work for someone who couldn't write?

If neither the Head of Household or someone else in the household, even a child, was able to fill in the schedule, then it would be down to the enumerator.

NB The Scottish 1911 format is the same as earlier censuses, i.e. the info from the schedules transcribed into enumeration books.

David

grannysrock · Post by **grannysrock** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:26 pm

Thats interesting news. Does anyone know who will do the indexing?

Sally

Post by **SarahND** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:37 pm

In order to avoid posting in two different places, see also Sporran's post in the England forum http://talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8777

Cheers,
Sarah

JustJean · Post by **JustJean** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:39 pm

Isn't this particular partnership just for the England and Wales 1911 census?

Here's a link to a previous article and sample image.....(hope this works!)

http://www.yourfamilytreemag.co.uk/page ... 911_census

Best wishes
Jean

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:22 pm

JustJean wrote:Isn't this particular partnership just for the England and Wales 1911 census?

Indeed !! , and a congratulatory email has been sent to the MD of ScotlandonLine !!

JustJean wrote:Here's a link to a previous article and sample image.....(hope this works!)

http://www.yourfamilytreemag.co.uk/page ... 911_census

Best wishes
Jean

The link works OK, but the quality of the on-line image is very, very low, - but then a downloaded image from the site may be of much higher quality .............

David

JustJean · Post by **JustJean** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:21 am

The image is readable if you click in the body of the article where it says to in order to view a full page version of the image.

Best wishes
Jean

momat · Post by **momat** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:02 am

Had no trouble reading the sample given by Jean,but I think we will all have to take a course in Deciphering Handwriting
before we will get any where.

Pandabean wrote:
Also it mentions that they were written in their own hand,

Cheers.