The UK 1921 Census The 1921 census was taken on the 19th of June 1921 at a time when the population for England and Wales stood at over 37 million. The 1921 census gives greater detail than any previous census. In addition to the questions asked in the 1911 census, the 1921 census incl...
The Census Act, 1920, requires that a census be taken in Britain at intervals of not less than five years. With the exception of the 1966 Census (so far the only quinquennial census), censuses have been taken in Britain since 1801 (except in 1941 when there was no census). The earlies...
When the 1901 census was taken on 31 March 1901, the total population of England, Wales and Scotland was recorded as 36,999,946. From 1801 the population had nearly quadrupled. In January 1901 the reign of Queen Victoria ended and her eldest son became King Edward VII. In that same year...
2. Families numbered in order of visitation. 3. The name of every person whose place of abode on the 1st day of June, 1880, was in this family. Personal description: 4. Color – White, W; black, B; Mulatto, Mu; Chinese, C; Indian, I. 5. Sex – Males (M), females (F) 6....
Census records are one of the most valuable primary sources created. The United States' census was taken every ten years beginning in 1790. Canadian census records were taken every ten years beginning in 1841. There are earlier census records for USA and Canada but to find them you must check...
When it comes to the census returns, typically we explain that, as an archive, we acquire the census returns as they are—even when the writing is blurry or unreadable—ashistoricalrecords. We also strive to maintain the records’ original order and context. ...
Most of the U.S. census was taken door-to-dooruntil 1960, when census officials recognized the inefficiency of this method in dealing with such a fast-growing, mobile population. That's when they decided to use the mail to distribute forms. In the 2010 census, 74 percent of households re...
The first Irish census was taken in 1813 but had so many flaws that the records were deemed useless and destroyed. A second, more successful, attempt was made in 1821 and a census was subsequently held every decade until 1911.The information contained in these records varied according to the...
who have captured the public’s imagination quite like Gerald Durrell. Born in India during the last days of the Raj, his journey from a young boy fascinated by slugs to one of the world’s most important conservationists reads like an adventure story - which, in many ways, it was. ...
When, as frequently happened, a search could not find the claimant, the form 37 was returned with 'not found' or 'no trace' written on it. The 'green forms' Some people chose to directly commission (and pay) the Public Record Office to search the old censuses on their behalf. In thes...