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Advice about modern census returns please

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sparklysam

sparklysam Report 28 Jul 2009 12:11

Hi
I think i read that it is possible to go to Kew and do a paid search of a modern census return if you have the specific address.
Is this correct? And does anyone know how much it would cost??
I have been on their website but cant find any details about this!?

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 28 Jul 2009 12:30

No the latest census available to the public is the 1911 census for England and Wales.
The 1911 census is available at Kew and you just pay for a print out of any census page .
I think you may be thinking of electoral rolls which will available in the local areas
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Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Sliwowski

Sliwowski Report 28 Jul 2009 12:40

Yes you could do this years ago, I don't know if you still can. It did cost about 30 pounds and if anyone on the return was still alive you had to have their permission to view it.

Researching:
Claydon, Weaver, Hurrell, Peck, Offord, Kellick, Barnes, Simons, Butcher, Prigmore, Summers, Thorby, Polley, Tyrrell of Essex, Spurr of Bucks/Herts, Ditch, Veness of Sussex/Surrey, Jordan of Bermondsey/Colne, Dive of UK and Oz, Sliwowski, Gepner of Warsaw, Gray of Madison Indiana, Carpenter of Indiana/Delaware, Stinnett of Indiana/Kentucky

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 28 Jul 2009 12:49

That was the 1911 census, before it was on general release.

A loophole was found under the Freedom of Information Act, if I remember correctly, but you had to pay "full recovery costs" per order of HM Treasury, to get copies, hence the £30 charge.

sparklysam

sparklysam Report 29 Jul 2009 14:08

Thanks for your replies everyone!