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Subject: FFHS-NEWS Irish 1911 Census: All Thirty-Two Counties Are Now Online

Irish 1911 Census: All Thirty-Two
Counties Are Now Online
All counties have now been added to the National Archives of
Ireland's free 1911 census website. The 1901 and 1911 censuses are the only
surviving full censuses of Ireland open to the public. Both censuses cover the
entire island of Ireland. The 1911 census was taken on 2 April 1911.
Ireland's census records are unusual in that the original
household manuscript returns survive. These are the forms filled out and signed
by the head of each household on census night. Most other countries only have
enumerators' books, where family details were transcribed by the person charged
with collecting the census information. In Irish records, you can see your
ancestor's handwriting, assuming that he or she was the head of household at the
time.
By end-September, the National Archives of Ireland expects
to be re-developing the site to include full transcription of all of the data on
the household forms for 1911, including religion, occupation, relationship to
head of family, literacy status, marital status, county or country of origin,
Irish language proficiency, specified illnesses, and child survival
information.
1901 Census material, with all data transcribed, will be
launched between late 2009 and early 2010.
You will find the National Archives of Ireland's 1911 census
website at: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie.

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Gloria

I'd be dangerous with a brain.

Excellent, just in time for my hols

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Mel

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Stumbled across this by accident the other day. It really is one hell of a resource! The only criticism that I have is the lack of soundex, but heigh-ho, it sure beats long afternoons spent in front of a microfilm reader in a tiny record office in the South of Tipperary!

Does anyone know what happened to the earlier censuses?

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Maureen
If you can't fight, wear a big 'at

Mostly destroyed in the fire in 1922 I believe.

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Mel

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There's only scraps of fragments left for them, yeah. However, the 1901 and 1911 censuses surpass their English contemporaries, so it's not all bad news. For example, how many windows did great grandfather have in his house? What was the roof made of? Did he have a piggery? Having the answers to little things like these really puts the 'flesh on the bones'.

The Griffiths Evaluation is quite a useful 'substitute census', and there's another one knocking about somewhere too, but if your family is as dirt poor as my ancestry, they're still not really going to feature on them very much.

Free access to Griffiths Valuation, searchable by family or place

www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml

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Mel

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Thanks Mel
I had a quick look and I think I might be onto something - someone with the same name as my dad (one of those names that there's at least one of per generation).
Can't wait to get home and get tea out of the way so I can have a proper look. Sod Valentines's Day!

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Maureen
If you can't fight, wear a big 'at