1911 Scottish Census--Coming 5 Apr 2011

[Kyle MacLea]

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/Conte ... r=546&2066

"The Registrar General for Scotland has announced that the 1911 census will be released on Tuesday 5 April 2011. See the press release here. This census details information collected from more than 4.7 million Scots – marking a century since the data was first gathered.

The records will include the name, address, age, occupation, birthplace and marital status of everyone counted in the 1911 census, as well as details about their children. For the first time, the census data will be presented in full colour rather than black and white.

It will cost 1 credit to view an index entry for the 1911 census. An image will cost 5 credits. Unlike previous censuses, the image spans two pages due to the additional questions that were asked about the fertility of marriage and the profession or occupation. Each page measures 34 cm long by 43 cm high so the images are best viewed on your computer screen or if printed, on size A3 paper.

Unlike previous censuses there are no plans in the immediate future to relocate the enumeration books to New Register House in Edinburgh because the books need 73.5 metres of shelving. You can view a sample census page here.

James Braid, the famous Scottish golfer and winner of five Open Championships was reported on 3 April 1911 in the Scotsman as having won a golf tournament in Hyeres and Costebelle in Spain. This means that he may have missed being enumerated in the Scottish census. Check out the answer yourself when we release the census on the 5 April."

I am curious if my ancestor, visiting 'home' from the US, may have been enumerated during his few month visit of 1911! It will be interesting to see!

Kyle=

[Canadian Livingstone]

Hi Kyle,

That is great news. Hope you find your ancestor.

regards,

Donald

[Kaye Saunders]

I knew this was coming up and that I was likely to spend a lot of time and money on ScotlandsPeople come April . So, because I had some money and the NZ/UK exchange rate was so good over the Christmas period I bought lots of credits. I know that they only last 3 months (although from April 1 they will last 12 months, but price will increase to seven pound per 30 credits rather than the current six pound) but they can be re-activated by just purchasing one more lot, so I'm hoping this will save me some money in the long run - NZ's dollar has certainly gone down lately .

Kaye

[Kyle MacLea]

Indeed, Kaye, that would have been wise. I think they said they were extending the credit time too--is it a year now?

Anyway--the census is NOW LIVE!

Enjoy, all!

Kyle=

[Kaye Saunders]

Indeed, Kaye, that would have been wise. I think they said they were extending the credit time too--is it a year now?

Anyway--the census is NOW LIVE!

Yes, they did extend the credit time - and to my surprise they backdated it - mine expired on the 31st of March - I was expecting to buy one more set of credits as I said, but low and behold when I logged in on the 6th (our time) to use it, I had another 9 months to use them - which won't be a problem

So I've been doing a lot of searching since Wednesday, but all on the Saunders side of the family - must set to do some of the Livingstone stuff tonight and see if I can find any more of our line - so that Ginger and I can catch up with them when we go over

Kaye