No, I had no idea, Nirvard. It goes from tragedy to farce. Boyd Gray http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/default.htm http://www.westulstergenealogy.com/ http://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington Sent: 11 June 2013 20:51 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] 1926 Census Hi Boyd As you are probably aware the 1931 census for England and Wales was destroyed in WW2 in a fire And there was no 1941 census due to the war I read that the 1931 census for Northern Ireland was not carried out as one had been taken in 1926, is that the case do you know ? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 11/06/2013 20:35, [email protected] wrote: > Yes, but instead of bemoaning our loss and whinging, Irish as victim > fashion, about our political class, let's do something positive and campaign > for the early release of the 1931 census. If the Americans can do 1940, > what do we in Ireland have to fear about 1931? > > > Boyd Gray ------------- Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It does indeed But as you rightly say, we should look on the bright side, Australia had virtually no census kept at all and as we enter the more modern era we have directories, electoral rolls and various other sources, so whilst the census would be nice research is not entirely impossible In England and Wales there was a 1939 National identity registration exercise, its available for a fairly hefty fee at present and information is limited when compared to the census but still its better than nothing Do you know if that was carried through in Ireland? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 11/06/2013 20:54, [email protected] wrote: > No, I had no idea, Nirvard. > > It goes from tragedy to farce. > > Boyd Gray

It could be even worse. While the U.S. has pretty good census records, only one of the eight States where I have research experience required birth or death records prior to the last 15-35 years of the 19th century. I'm told, in fact, that most States did not begin keeping such records until about 1890-1900. If you are fortunate enough to know of a church affiliation, you might ... only might ... find church registers of births and deaths for the early to mid 19th century. Loretta -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 4:05 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] 1926 Census It does indeed But as you rightly say, we should look on the bright side, Australia had virtually no census kept at all and as we enter the more modern era we have directories, electoral rolls and various other sources, so whilst the census would be nice research is not entirely impossible In England and Wales there was a 1939 National identity registration exercise, its available for a fairly hefty fee at present and information is limited when compared to the census but still its better than nothing Do you know if that was carried through in Ireland? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 11/06/2013 20:54, [email protected] wrote: > No, I had no idea, Nirvard. > > It goes from tragedy to farce. > > Boyd Gray ------------- Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message