FFHS-NEWS Irish 1911 Census: All Thirty-Two Counties Are Now Online

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Irish 1911 Census: All Thirty-Two  Counties Are Now Online
 
 
All counties have now been added to the National Archives of  Ireland's 
free 1911 census website. The 1901 and 1911 censuses are the only  surviving 
full censuses of Ireland open to the public. Both censuses cover the  entire 
island of Ireland. The 1911 census was taken on 2 April 1911. 
Ireland's census records are unusual in that the original  household 
manuscript returns survive. These are the forms filled out and signed  by the head 
of each household on census night. Most other countries only have  
enumerators' books, where family details were transcribed by the person charged  
with collecting the census information. In Irish records, you can see your  
ancestor's handwriting, assuming that he or she was the head of household at 
the  time.
 
By end-September, the National Archives of Ireland expects  to be 
re-developing the site to include full transcription of all of the data on  the 
household forms for 1911, including religion, occupation, relationship to  head 
of family, literacy status, marital status, county or country of origin,  
Irish language proficiency, specified illnesses, and child survival  
information. 
1901 Census material, with all data transcribed, will be  launched between 
late 2009 and early 2010.  
You will find the National Archives of Ireland's 1911 census  website at: 
_http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie_ 
(http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/) .


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