Else Churchill from the Society of Genealogists has news from the Office of National Statistics about a 2011 census scam email doing the rounds. The full story is at www.societyofgenealogists.com/census-email-scam/
(With thanks to @SoGGenealogist)
Chris
Showing posts with label census. Show all posts
Showing posts with label census. Show all posts
Friday, 27 January 2012
Saturday, 7 January 2012
FamilySearch additions
FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org) has added part of an index to the English and Welsh 1871 census to its site. The search page notes "Currently this collection is 26% complete. Additional records will be added as more counties are completed indexing. This data has been provided through a cooperative project between FamilySearch.org and findmypast.com". Also available is a new index to its Norfolk parish registers collection from 1538-1900 and some further images, as well as more Welsh probate record extracts. Also, a nod to the current Genealogy in Time newsletter for pointing out the release of Isle of Man parish records recently on the site (not sure if I covered it!).
From a personal point of view, I'll be having a delve into the new Queensland cemetery records collection from 1802-1990 to try and find a few of my folk!
Full details of the release are at www.familysearch.org/node/1533
Chris
From a personal point of view, I'll be having a delve into the new Queensland cemetery records collection from 1802-1990 to try and find a few of my folk!
Full details of the release are at www.familysearch.org/node/1533
Chris
Friday, 6 January 2012
1911 census website discounts
FindmyPast's original 1911 website at www.1911census.co.uk is offering a discount on accessing the full version of the English and Welsh records for a limited period:
Huge 1911 census discount as we reveal previously hidden details
We're giving you the opportunity to view the 1911 census at a vastly reduced cost until 31 January 2012. View a 1911 census original image for 10 credits (previously 30) and a transcript for 5 credits (previously 10).
This offer is especially beneficial because we've just published the 'infirmity' column of the 1911 census on 1911census.co.uk. If your ancestors completed this part of their census return, you'll be able to see information about your family's health in 1911. Under data protection regulations, this sensitive information remained hidden until now – we've just made it available for the first time.
We have also just revealed any recorded details of children born to women in prison who were aged three or under at the time of the census.
Any images and transcriptions you've already viewed on 1911census.co.uk will be free to view again. Don't forget to make the most of our reduced prices until 31 January 2012!
Chris
Huge 1911 census discount as we reveal previously hidden details
We're giving you the opportunity to view the 1911 census at a vastly reduced cost until 31 January 2012. View a 1911 census original image for 10 credits (previously 30) and a transcript for 5 credits (previously 10).
This offer is especially beneficial because we've just published the 'infirmity' column of the 1911 census on 1911census.co.uk. If your ancestors completed this part of their census return, you'll be able to see information about your family's health in 1911. Under data protection regulations, this sensitive information remained hidden until now – we've just made it available for the first time.
We have also just revealed any recorded details of children born to women in prison who were aged three or under at the time of the census.
Any images and transcriptions you've already viewed on 1911census.co.uk will be free to view again. Don't forget to make the most of our reduced prices until 31 January 2012!
Chris
More on 1911 English and Welsh census
FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk) has now released a formal press release on the unredacted English and Welsh census release:
PICTURE OF LIFE IN 1911 IS COMPLETED AS REMAINING 1911 CENSUS RECORDS GO ONLINE
The ‘infirmities’ column is released online for the first time, detailing people’s health conditions ‘Lunatic’ and ‘imbecile’ popularly used, reflecting a different kind of society Unusual entries: ’old age’, ‘voteless’, ‘bald’ and ‘short of cash’ The final, missing column of data from the 1911 census, which details individuals’ infirmities is today released for the very first time at www.findmypast.co.uk and www.1911census.co.uk, the family history websites which first launched the 1911 census three years ago in 2009 in association with The National Archives.
The infirmity column details wide-ranging descriptions of peoples’ health conditions as perceived and hand-written by the head of the household on the night of Sunday 2 April 1911. Under data protection regulations, this sensitive information has remained closed until now.
A less ‘politically correct’ society
‘Lunatic’, ‘imbecile’ and ‘feeble-minded’ are some of the most commonly used entries reflecting an era before such terminology was deemed unacceptable. The census in fact prompts the respondent to record if a person is ‘totally deaf’, ‘deaf and dumb’, ‘totally blind’, ‘lunatic’, ‘imbecile’ or ‘feeble-minded.’
5 most common ‘infirmities’ recorded in 1911:
1. Lunatic
2 Feeble-minded
3. Imbecile
4. Deaf and dumb
5. Blind
1911 humour
However, not all the entries are negative or insensitive. The 1911 records also reflect the humour and curious family dynamics from a century ago - not too dissimilar to what we know now in 2012. One extraordinary record details a Mr John Underwood from Hastings recording his children as ‘quarrelsome’, ‘stubborn’, ‘greedy’, ‘vain’ and ‘noisy’. He even records himself as ‘bad-tempered’ and his wife as suffering from a ‘long tongue’.
Another unusual entry is from Thomas Wallace Young, who was described as being ‘bald and toothless’, helping us picture exactly what he looked like. William Robert Arnold from Yorkshire commented on his financial status in 1911 by recording his infirmity as being ‘short of cash’. Suffragette labels ‘voteless’ as her infirmity The cause of the suffragettes is also illustrated within the new records, with some women listing their infirmities as not having the vote or not being enfranchised. For example, four women living in the same household recorded their infirmities as ‘voteless, therefore classed with idiots and children’.
Infirmities? ‘None, thank God’
Some chose to make a note of their good health instead of the health problems the form enquired about, such as ‘well’, ‘healthy’, ‘sane’, ‘alright’ and even ‘perfect’. Evelyn Baker and her family from Leeds were recorded in the census by their father Addiman Parkin Barker as simply being ‘alive’. Seventy-two entries simply say ‘none, thank God’.
10 unusual infirmities in the records:
1. Voteless
2. Bald and toothless
3. Short of cash
4. Quarrelsome
5. Stubborn
6. Greedy
7. Vain
8. Noisy
9 Bad tempered
10 Long tongue
Connections between infirmity and profession
A correlation between infirmity and occupation can also be identified in some cases. The biggest source of employment for blind men and women was basket-weaving. Other trades for blind men were musicians or musical instrument makers. Women who were ‘deaf and dumb’ were often employed within the textile or garment trades, or in domestic service, while men were most likely to be labourers.
Debra Chatfield, family historian at findmypast.co.uk, said:
“The infirmities column is the last piece of the jigsaw completing the 1911 census. This column alone provides a fascinating insight into life a hundred years ago. It not only reflects health conditions, but also a time before society became aware of political-correctness and certain terminology was deemed acceptable. In the more unusual entries we also get a wonderful sense of post-Edwardian humour, society and family dynamics at this time.
“Researching your family history is a fascinating way to learn about your ancestors. The 1911 census records include detail about occupations, housing arrangements and social status and you are also able to see a copy of the handwritten record itself.”
Audrey Collins, Family History records specialist at The National Archives, said:
“The information in the ‘infirmities’ column being released today helps add an extra dimension to the picture of our ancestors’ lives in 1911. We have to remember that the census returns were completed by relatives living in the same house who for the most part had no specialist medical knowledge. Their descriptions provide us with a clue as to how each individual was viewed by other family members, although many would have been reluctant to admit that their relatives suffered from any defect.”
(With thanks to Amy Sell)
Chris
PICTURE OF LIFE IN 1911 IS COMPLETED AS REMAINING 1911 CENSUS RECORDS GO ONLINE
The ‘infirmities’ column is released online for the first time, detailing people’s health conditions ‘Lunatic’ and ‘imbecile’ popularly used, reflecting a different kind of society Unusual entries: ’old age’, ‘voteless’, ‘bald’ and ‘short of cash’ The final, missing column of data from the 1911 census, which details individuals’ infirmities is today released for the very first time at www.findmypast.co.uk and www.1911census.co.uk, the family history websites which first launched the 1911 census three years ago in 2009 in association with The National Archives.
The infirmity column details wide-ranging descriptions of peoples’ health conditions as perceived and hand-written by the head of the household on the night of Sunday 2 April 1911. Under data protection regulations, this sensitive information has remained closed until now.
A less ‘politically correct’ society
‘Lunatic’, ‘imbecile’ and ‘feeble-minded’ are some of the most commonly used entries reflecting an era before such terminology was deemed unacceptable. The census in fact prompts the respondent to record if a person is ‘totally deaf’, ‘deaf and dumb’, ‘totally blind’, ‘lunatic’, ‘imbecile’ or ‘feeble-minded.’
5 most common ‘infirmities’ recorded in 1911:
1. Lunatic
2 Feeble-minded
3. Imbecile
4. Deaf and dumb
5. Blind
1911 humour
However, not all the entries are negative or insensitive. The 1911 records also reflect the humour and curious family dynamics from a century ago - not too dissimilar to what we know now in 2012. One extraordinary record details a Mr John Underwood from Hastings recording his children as ‘quarrelsome’, ‘stubborn’, ‘greedy’, ‘vain’ and ‘noisy’. He even records himself as ‘bad-tempered’ and his wife as suffering from a ‘long tongue’.
Another unusual entry is from Thomas Wallace Young, who was described as being ‘bald and toothless’, helping us picture exactly what he looked like. William Robert Arnold from Yorkshire commented on his financial status in 1911 by recording his infirmity as being ‘short of cash’. Suffragette labels ‘voteless’ as her infirmity The cause of the suffragettes is also illustrated within the new records, with some women listing their infirmities as not having the vote or not being enfranchised. For example, four women living in the same household recorded their infirmities as ‘voteless, therefore classed with idiots and children’.
Infirmities? ‘None, thank God’
Some chose to make a note of their good health instead of the health problems the form enquired about, such as ‘well’, ‘healthy’, ‘sane’, ‘alright’ and even ‘perfect’. Evelyn Baker and her family from Leeds were recorded in the census by their father Addiman Parkin Barker as simply being ‘alive’. Seventy-two entries simply say ‘none, thank God’.
10 unusual infirmities in the records:
1. Voteless
2. Bald and toothless
3. Short of cash
4. Quarrelsome
5. Stubborn
6. Greedy
7. Vain
8. Noisy
9 Bad tempered
10 Long tongue
Connections between infirmity and profession
A correlation between infirmity and occupation can also be identified in some cases. The biggest source of employment for blind men and women was basket-weaving. Other trades for blind men were musicians or musical instrument makers. Women who were ‘deaf and dumb’ were often employed within the textile or garment trades, or in domestic service, while men were most likely to be labourers.
Debra Chatfield, family historian at findmypast.co.uk, said:
“The infirmities column is the last piece of the jigsaw completing the 1911 census. This column alone provides a fascinating insight into life a hundred years ago. It not only reflects health conditions, but also a time before society became aware of political-correctness and certain terminology was deemed acceptable. In the more unusual entries we also get a wonderful sense of post-Edwardian humour, society and family dynamics at this time.
“Researching your family history is a fascinating way to learn about your ancestors. The 1911 census records include detail about occupations, housing arrangements and social status and you are also able to see a copy of the handwritten record itself.”
Audrey Collins, Family History records specialist at The National Archives, said:
“The information in the ‘infirmities’ column being released today helps add an extra dimension to the picture of our ancestors’ lives in 1911. We have to remember that the census returns were completed by relatives living in the same house who for the most part had no specialist medical knowledge. Their descriptions provide us with a clue as to how each individual was viewed by other family members, although many would have been reluctant to admit that their relatives suffered from any defect.”
(With thanks to Amy Sell)
Chris
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
Unredacted 1911 English and Welsh census records
The full and complete 1911 census for England and Wales will be released today on FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk), with the previously redacted columns on medical information reinstated. Scottish 1911 census records are already fully available via www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk. More news soon...!
UPDATE: The unredacted records are now available on FindmyPast - no idea if the same will be true of Ancestry and TheGenealogist. I checked a few minutes ago, and the records are still redacted there on both - will update again if that changes!
Chris
UPDATE: The unredacted records are now available on FindmyPast - no idea if the same will be true of Ancestry and TheGenealogist. I checked a few minutes ago, and the records are still redacted there on both - will update again if that changes!
Chris
Wednesday, 28 December 2011
1911 census digitisation podcast
The National Archives at Kew has released a new podcast on the preparation of the 1911 English and Welsh census for digitisation - it was recorded at the Celebrating the Census conference held at the archive in early October. I was at this conference, but this was not one of the talks I attended, so looking forward to hearing it. The podcast is available at www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/preparing-1911-census-for-digitisation.htm
For a write up on some of the other topics covered at the event, read my report at http://scottishancestry.blogspot.com/2011/10/celebrating-census-report.html)
(With thanks to John Reid at the Anglo-Celtic Connections blog)
Chris
For a write up on some of the other topics covered at the event, read my report at http://scottishancestry.blogspot.com/2011/10/celebrating-census-report.html)
(With thanks to John Reid at the Anglo-Celtic Connections blog)
Chris
Monday, 26 December 2011
Lost Cousins Christmas newsletter
Peter Calver's Lost Cousins Christmas newsletter is now out, mainly with census related stories, though also more on the GRO redundancies announced last week. To read the newsletter visit www.lostcousins.com/newsletters/xmas11news.htm
Chris
Chris
Friday, 23 December 2011
Essex 1911 census on The Genealogist
The Genealogist (www.thegenealogist.co.uk) has added records for Essex to its 1911 census collection.
(With thanks to @thegenealogist on Twitter)
Chris
(With thanks to @thegenealogist on Twitter)
Chris
Monday, 19 December 2011
1871 Scottish census on FindmyPast
FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk) has added 3.3 million records transcriptions from the 1871 Scottish census to its site. The images for he same records are unavailable due to licensing restrictions from the former General Register Office for Scotland (now part of the National Records of Scotland).
More on the release can be read at www.findmypast.co.uk/content/news/scotland1871.html
(With thanks to @findmypast on Twitter)
Chris
More on the release can be read at www.findmypast.co.uk/content/news/scotland1871.html
(With thanks to @findmypast on Twitter)
Chris
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