Hi All, Have a read of the following article, it should be of interest to most list members. http://tinyurl.com/6b9p287 or http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2011/0103/1224286666643.html Here in Alberta it is Family Day, a day off for most. Many other provinces also celebrate the holiday on 21 Feb. The Ski and Toboggan hills will be busy today along with the outdoor and indoor Ice rinks. Have a nice day Bob CDN

Thanks, Bob. Hope they get 1926 out early. Very interesting article. Have you or any of our fellow researchers run into this problem in the censuses, which really have provided a wealth of information? In 1901 I found John Craig, 34, with wife Annie and 8 children in house #8 in Ballintra, Ballintra, Donegal. There were about 45 houses listed. In 1911 I can find only one house in Ballintra, #1, occupied by 2 Grahams. Where did all the houses go? I can not find my John Craig in 1911 in Ireland. There were 3 more children born to John Craig and Annie (McCabe) after 1901 and before 1911. Actually Mary Agnes (1902), Bernard (1903), and Lily (Elizabeth 1905). The census says errors will be posted as they find them, but I can't find how to tell them that it seems a whole bunch of people are missing. You can correct spelling or dates. I would like to see if they can be found emigrating to (?). Does anyone know best lists of Irish emigrating to England (Lily was married in Birmingham), Australia, or New Brunswick. I know that John did not come to USA from info from my grandmother who was his sister. I also know that John died before 1940 as he is listed as deceased on Elizabeth's Marriage record in Birmingham. I would appreciate any help you can give. Thanks Clare In snowy Massachusetts on Presidents Day. -----Original Message----- From: donegaleire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:donegaleire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of hiflyte Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 10:39 AM To: IRL-Donegaleire-L; IRL-Co-Donegal; IRL-Donegal Subject: [DONEGALEIRE] Census Returns Hi All, Have a read of the following article, it should be of interest to most list members. http://tinyurl.com/6b9p287 or http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2011/0103/1224286666643.html Here in Alberta it is Family Day, a day off for most. Many other provinces also celebrate the holiday on 21 Feb. The Ski and Toboggan hills will be busy today along with the outdoor and indoor Ice rinks. Have a nice day Bob CDN When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY SUBJECT, GO TO THE THREADED ARCHIVES AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/DONEGALEIRE/ TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY DATES AND SUBJECT GO TO THE SEARCHABLE ARCHIVES AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=DONEGALEIRE SOME HELPFUL WEBSITES: Donegal Genealogy Resource (Lindel's Site) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/ Donegaleire Genealogy Links & Data http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/ Bob's Donegal Ireland Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DONEGALEIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Bob. Thank you for posting the links to this article. It is very well-researched and written -- understandable when one reaches the end and reads the biography of its writer. However, I did find his second-last sentence to be unclear. He wrote this: "... Clearly, if the 1926 census were to be released in 2012 the authorities could disclose data for all people born before 1912 ..." This seems to indicate that for anyone who was in that 1926 census, but who was born between 1912 and 1926, they would NOT show their details (presumably until after 2026 when the 100 years rule would apply). I also liked his comment that in 1961 when the 1901 census was opened to the public, being just 50 years after it was taken, "the sky did not fall down" (regarding the disclosures made there about living people). To my mind so much in the "modern" world is very "precious" - and I don't mean that it is worthy of keeping! haha. Thanks again Bob for posting a great article. I will forward it to my other Irish lists -- with full attribution to you for the original posting. Enjoy your Alberta "Family Day": what a nice idea! Regards: Ray in oz ----- Original Message ----- From: "hiflyte" <hiflyte@telus.net> To: "IRL-Donegaleire-L" <DONEGALEIRE@rootsweb.com>; ... Have a read of the following article, it should be of interest to most list members. > > http://tinyurl.com/6b9p287 > or > http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2011/0103/1224286666643.html