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valerie

valerie Report 15 Oct 2013 17:15

I am really enjoying doing the family tree but does anyone else find it frustrating that there is no 1921 Census?? Does one exist? Will we ever get it on GR? :-S

Jonesey

Jonesey Report 15 Oct 2013 17:21

It will be released into the public domain in 2021. Whether GR will get it or even still be in existence then is not yet known.

Researching:
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Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 15 Oct 2013 17:43

Not frustrating at all, Getting back to 1900 is not difficult if you buy the correct BMD cert and it's only realy in the last ten years that most census's and other info has been made available online and although its made it easier it has taken alot of the exitement and fun out of finding info that you probably had to plan and fund a trip to local archives to find

Roy

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 15 Oct 2013 19:26

For direct lines, no it's not frustrating as many people are recalled in 'living memory'.

Even if the elderly relative wasn't born before 1921, they used to talk about those who were. Perhaps our family are lucky in that respect.

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ErikaH

ErikaH Report 16 Oct 2013 09:45

There is a 1921 census............it just isn't in the public domain, and won't be so until at least 2022

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 17 Oct 2013 09:05

Is not the release day
100 years + 1 day.

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Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 17 Oct 2013 09:15

DazedConfused you are correct but you need to take into acount that once it is released it will then need to be digitised before it will be in the public domain via the internet which takes time

Roy

valerie

valerie Report 17 Oct 2013 14:09

Thanks folks. To those in the know it was obvious...100yrs+1....but not to a beginner like me. :-)

David

David Report 17 Oct 2013 21:12

I think more frustrating for future genealogists will be the lack of a 1931 census which was mostly destroyed by fire in storage and a 1941 census which wasn't taken because of the war. It's a big gap from 1921 to 1951...

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ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 17 Oct 2013 22:14

Re 1931 census - the Scottish one will be intact, as it was stored separately in Edinburgh.

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Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.