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Title: Census: "oddball" question ................
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 27 March 2011, 22:36:49
As today is census day, it got me thinking.

I know if you are looking for a person for family history etc. you can search for a person, or name etc.

Is it possible to look at actual census data for a particular property from years ago? I'm just thinking it would be interesting to see who previous occupants of the house were, what they did etc.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Title: Re: Census: "oddball" question ................
Post by: Nickbat on 27 March 2011, 22:56:51
The most recent is 1911 I think. There are others from earlier. Follow this link and then click on "Search for a place" on the right, under the form. :y

http://www.1911census.co.uk/


You need to buy credits for info, though. :(
Title: Re: Census: "oddball" question ................
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 27 March 2011, 23:01:11
Thanks - thats exactly what I was after  :y
Title: Re: Census: "oddball" question ................
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 27 March 2011, 23:05:31
Go to your central area library. They will have all you need to find out.
It is alot of searching believe me but you fel like Poirot ;D
Title: Re: Census: "oddball" question ................
Post by: Banjax on 27 March 2011, 23:23:48
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Go to your central area library. They will have all you need to find out.
It is alot of searching believe me but you fel like Poirot ;D

just be quick about before it closes  :o
Title: Re: Census: "oddball" question ................
Post by: albitz on 27 March 2011, 23:36:07
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Go to your central area library. They will have all you need to find out.
It is alot of searching believe me but you fel like Poirot ;D

Why the break would they have a library in Stoke ? :P ;D ;D
Title: Re: Census: "oddball" question ................
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 27 March 2011, 23:38:02
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Go to your central area library. They will have all you need to find out.
It is alot of searching believe me but you fel like Poirot ;D

Why the break would they have a library in Stoke ? :P ;D ;D

Because when it becomes cold here we have plenty to keep us warm why else?
Title: Re: Census: "oddball" question ................
Post by: albitz on 27 March 2011, 23:41:06
You mean you get the books out, and then burn them to keep warm ? ;D...........thats proper pikey. :D ;D
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Post by: Vamps on 28 March 2011, 00:30:35
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You mean you get the books out, and then burn them to keep warm ? ;D...........thats proper pikey. :D ;D

No, he means he goes in to study the reason to justify that Vx is better than Ford.... :D :D :D
Title: Re: Census: "oddball" question ................
Post by: chalcroft on 28 March 2011, 08:35:49
Can be very interesting to find out about the history of your property and the people that have lived in it in the past.

We lived in a flat in SE London that was once a grand victorian victorian villa.Before it was divided up in to four flats. Traced it back to the 1870's.
Title: Re: Census: "oddball" question ................
Post by: TheBoy on 28 March 2011, 08:41:27
I wish we could trace back my Dad's side of the family, but we've hit a brick wall after 1 generation  :-[

Dad never really spoke of his family and previous life (was 40 when he married Mum), and Mum never asked his relatives anything at the time (all long since passed away).

Mum's side we can get back to around the Norman conquest due to somebody very famous in middle ages/early modern times...
Title: Re: Census: "oddball" question ................
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 28 March 2011, 08:50:20
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I wish we could trace back my Dad's side of the family, but we've hit a brick wall after 1 generation  :-[

Dad never really spoke of his family and previous life (was 40 when he married Mum), and Mum never asked his relatives anything at the time (all long since passed away).

Mum's side we can get back to around the Norman conquest due to somebody very famous in middle ages/early modern times...

Tell us more  :o
Title: Re: Census: "oddball" question ................
Post by: HolyCount on 28 March 2011, 09:25:59
What's this particular brick wall TB ?  I have spent 30 years researching my family and have a really annoying brick wall at around 1740. Genealogically it's proven, but not the 110% proof we need for our particular purposes.

Basically, we have a chap born in one town and never died there, and a chap with the same name and parents names married in a town a few miles away with no record of being born there.  We say he's the same person, but there isn't enough info in the records of the time to prove it!

Very frustrating !!!
Title: Re: Census: "oddball" question ................
Post by: Banjax on 28 March 2011, 09:29:26
I'm a direct descendant of Charlemagne, King of the Franks  :o
Title: Re: Census: "oddball" question ................
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 28 March 2011, 09:33:19
I'm the product of the Big Bang. 8-) :y
Title: Re: Census: "oddball" question ................
Post by: Banjax on 28 March 2011, 09:55:20
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I'm the product of the Big Bang. 8-) :y
;D ;D touche  :y
Title: Re: Census: "oddball" question ................
Post by: albitz on 28 March 2011, 13:40:31
I dont "get" the fascination with family history which prevalent these days. Im not remotelt interested in a bunch of people who died long before I was born. :-/