Hi Jo-Ann All census were written by the household (apart from some filled in by a friend or relation or enumerator on occasion) up to 1901 they were then transcribed and the originals destroyed The 1911 was the first not to be transcribed by the enumerator So the schedule you see is in the handwriting of the householder or whoever he got to fill it in Check the writing against the signature bottom right, its usually the same hand Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) >I read awhile back some census were written by the household. Can someone > tell me if the 1911 census was? It seems to have more details about area > where they were born and a lot more. > > Thank you > Jo-Ann Vickers