Wouldn't it be wonderful if our own 1906 Census for the Three Prairie Provinces - and the 1911 > Census for Canada - were made available to us as well. Even if we had to write for the information. Cheers, Stella At 10:06 PM 10/9/01 -0700, S. Griggs wrote: >Hello, Everyone! > >Knowing you all would be VERY interested in this, I thought I would post it >to you all! > > >Subject: [CLARE] Interest new development for British 1901 census > > >Isn't this great news! > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > PRO Announces Plan to Put 1901 British Census Online > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The Public Record Office has announced that after months of painstaking >work, the 1901 Census returns for England and Wales will be available >online over the Internet. This huge task of digitizing the original >census images and creating an index to 32 million names is the result of >a partnership between the Public Record Office and QinetiQ (formerly the >larger part of the Defense Evaluation and Research Agency) and is a >major > step towards the Public Record Office's vision of putting records >online to reach a wider >audience worldwide. > > From 2 January 2002, visitors to the 1901 Census Web site will be able >to search the index by name, place, address, institution or vessel, free >of charge. Once the desired subject is found, for a small charge >visitors can view a digital image of the original census return and the >transcribed details for an individual or order a copy of either. The >feedback from the successful operation of a pilot project using the 1891 >Census returns has allowed us to develop this technology to make it more >user-friendly. Full details of how the census will work, including the >cost, can be found at http://www.census.pro.gov.uk > > Some of the statistics from the census, taken on 31 March 1901: the >population was 32,527,843. The population breakdown was 52% women to 48% >men, and the density of population was 558 per square mile -- compared >to 152 per square mile in 1801. Of the total population 1.04% were born >in foreign countries, compared to 0.67% in 1881 and 0.8% in 1891. > > Comparable statistics for England and Wales in 1999 show a population >of 52.7 million, and a split of 49% male to 51% female. The population >density was 349 per square kilometer -- around 900 per square mile. >Ethnic minority groups made up 6.4% of the overall UK population >(although changes in definition since 1901 make this measurement a less >accurate comparison). > > Censuses containing personal information on individuals have been taken >every 10 years since 1841, and, because they contain personal >information, are subject to closure for 100 years. The Public Record >Office holds census returns for England, Wales, the Isle of Man and the >Channel Islands. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >-- >Pat Connors, Sacramento CA, listowner >http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > > >==== IRL-CLARE Mailing List ==== >Make connections.....list your surnames in the County Clare Roster >http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/clare/claresurnames.html > > > >==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== >Check the list's archives out at >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA.html