1911 Census released

jameshayes · 04-12-2007 12:05pm #1

You can now see the 1911 census online... it's pretty cool... you can search by first name, surname or both...

Sounds boring but is interesting!

Print one out and give it to your granny in a frame! cheapest crimbo pressie ever!

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

bill_ashmount · 04-12-2007 12:09pm

Class

edit to say, load of crap, seems to be Dublin only..........booooooooooooooo

biko · 04-12-2007 12:11pm

Only available for Dublin County

LadyJ · 04-12-2007 12:11pm

Lol, I'd say not many people from 1911 are still around today.

seamus · 04-12-2007 12:11pm

1911....was my granny even alive?

Rob_l · 04-12-2007 12:12pm

Im not on it

cornbb · 04-12-2007 12:17pm

Move to Dublin forum

daveirl · 04-12-2007 12:20pm

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luckat · 04-12-2007 12:24pm

Yes, Dublin is the first one. Found someone I know of in Haroldsgrange (where??) in Rathfarnham - he lists his religion sternly as 'Rationalist'. Yay!

Wreck · 04-12-2007 12:25pm

Thats actually pretty cool

Cathmandooo · 04-12-2007 12:31pm

wow that's amazing, havent found anyone I know yet but picked a random name of a dude living round where I live and he lived with his 3 female servants!!! How mad!

Thanks for the link!

Pal · 04-12-2007 12:33pm

http://86.47.147.157/reels/nai000051594/

house of ill repute

Heisenberg. · 04-12-2007 12:36pm

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DonJose · 04-12-2007 12:36pm

I think I found some relations, have to confirm dates of birth, he's down as "Head of family" wifes occupation "domestic duties"

LadyJ · 04-12-2007 12:37pm

I'd prefer to see one from around the 1920s or 1930s.

04-12-2007 12:44pm

Pal wrote: »

http://86.47.147.157/reels/nai000051594/

house of ill repute

How do you know that exactly?

Ha, the last column:

If Deaf and Dumb;
Dumb only;
Blind;
Imbecile or Idiot;
Lunatic.

Ahh..it was a simpler time! I'm going to try and find a lunatic.

watna · 04-12-2007 12:52pm

That's pretty cool. I think I may have found my great grandfather. I'm not sure though, I'll have to confirm his name with my mum. My dad is Welsh and he's done a lot of research into that side of the family because more info is up online. He's gone back a good bit and some of the stuff is really interesting. One of my relatives was arrested for bigamy, I thought that was pretty cool!

I'd really like to see the 1931 census and work back from that though. Surely it would make more sense to puclish more recent ones first?

jameshayes · 04-12-2007 12:56pm

everything is backwards in this country, so no point in changing it now?

seamus · 04-12-2007 1:01pm

watna wrote: »

I'd really like to see the 1931 census and work back from that though. Surely it would make more sense to puclish more recent ones first?

The FOI Act put a limit on how long census data should remain private, so they're limited in what they can put up. I'm not sure what the actual limitation is though, may be 75 years or so.

watna · 04-12-2007 1:04pm

seamus wrote: »

The FOI Act put a limit on how long census data should remain private, so they're limited in what they can put up. I'm not sure what the actual limitation is though, may be 75 years or so.

bah, humbug!

GhostInTheRuins · 04-12-2007 1:07pm

watna wrote: »

I'd really like to see the 1931 census and work back from that though. Surely it would make more sense to puclish more recent ones first?

I think there's some law that they have to wait a certain amount of years untill the census becomes public. As far as I know when the 1911 was released, it was released early because the previous one was mostly destroyed. I might be wrong about that though)

Edit: Seamus got there before me

boneless · 04-12-2007 1:14pm

Great link, thanks! Found both my maternal Grandparents on it... didn't actually know that my Great Grandfather had a servant!!! :eek: I come from a line of exploiters!!:p

Rob_l · 04-12-2007 1:15pm

Can we merge this thread with the Ideal immigration policy thread and then if you cant find a direct descendant on that pack your bags and leave Dublin today

NextSteps · 04-12-2007 1:15pm

I found my great-great grandparents!

coolhandc · 04-12-2007 1:22pm

thats really cool,i just found my great grandfather and grandmother!

watna · 04-12-2007 1:25pm

I had a look around the national archive site and you can see the database of Irish people transportated to Australia. It's quite interesting. I just typed in a common name and loads of people came up. Most were sent for stealing sheep. One guy got life transportation for "administering unlawful oaths". i wonder what that was!

Tis all ver interesting!

ejmaztec · 04-12-2007 1:30pm

I see that Eamon De Valera was Edward De Valera at that time. He also had a 25 year-old female servant who couldn't read or write. I wonder whether he was bothered about her illiteracy, or even tried to help her get to grips with reading and writing, he being concerned with improving the quality of life of the Irish people. Perhaps I'm just being cynical.