Very interesting reading about the poor quality of the 1911 census records. Muriel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Holmes" <holmcon@compusmart.ab.ca> To: <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 11:21 AM Subject: [CCC] Re: CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-D Digest V05 #187 > I have been reading the introductory sections on the LAC website. > > My understanding is that ALL the schedules were destroyed after ONLY the > Schedule 1 was microfilmed. > > Ian Holmes > > The following text is on the web site: > ictionary of Canadian Biography Online Census of Canada, 1911 > ArchiviaNet: On-line Research Tool > Introduction and Contextual Help > > 1911 Census: the Event and the Records* > The Event > > <snipped> > The enumeration effort and the data published were all based on census > documents known as schedules. Originally, thirteen schedules, or pages > of census questions, were compiled: > > 1. Population > 2. Mortality, Disability and Compensation > 3. Houses, Buildings and Fruit > 4. Field Crops - Agriculture - Grain and Other Field Crops for the > Harvest Year 1910 > 5. Agriculture - Hoed Crops, Tobacco, Hops and Grass Seeds in 1910 > and Field Crop Areas in 1911 > 6. Agriculture - Animal and Animal Products > 7. Farm and Urban Values > 8. Forest Products > 9. Manufactures > 10. Churches, Schools, etc. > 11. Fisheries > 12. Dairy Factories > 13. Mineral Products > > 1911 Census records at Library and Archives Canada > > In 1955, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics sought authority from the > Public Records Committee (PRC) to destroy the paper census schedules. > After consultation, the PRC agreed to the destruction, on the condition > that the population schedules be microfilmed. As a result, a microfilm > copy is the only archival holding of the population schedules from the > 1911 census. The microfilming of these records was not of consistent > quality and not all images are decipherable. Unfortunately, the > destruction of the paper records means that there is no recourse when a > record is unreadable. > > The reels include all completed Schedule 1 ("Population") forms. When > microfilming, however, columns 38 to 41 of Schedule 1 (questions related > to infirmities) were lost on approximately 75 percent of the reels. > > On each microfilm reel, researchers will find a title page listing the > year of the census (1911), the name of the province, the district number > and name, the sub-district number and name and the number of pages in > the grouping. > > The digitized copies of the census schedules found on the Library and > Archives Web site were made by scanning the microfilms of the 1911 > census. Because the digitized versions are exact copies, a page that was > indecipherable on microfilm is still indecipherable on a computer > screen. The introductory pages from the microfilm which identify the > year of the census, the name of the province, name and number of the > district and sub-district and the number of pages are not visible > online. > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > Subject: Schedules > > Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 10:09:43 -0700 > > From: Stu White <swhite21@shaw.ca> > > To: CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com Is there a schedule 2 to still be posted? For those rare occasions where I know the address, the schedule 2 would prove invaluable. I have looked through this archives and if this was previously asked I missed it. Stu