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Early release of SOME data from the 1911 census
Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:08:59 -0000 soc.genealogy.britain
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Roy Stockdill...
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I've just received the following message from Garrick Webster, Editor of
Your Family Tree..... "Hello - I wouldn't normally email you like this but persistence from one of our readers, and pestering from Your Family Tree, has resulted in a change of government policy. The reader is Guy Etchells, and our writer who worked in it is Andrew Chapman. The National Archives has been sticking to a 100-year closure ruling on old census records meaning that the 1911 Census will only see the light of day in 2012. But, ourGuy took his case to a commission and won! Effective next month you'll be able to request information from 1911 Census records for a fee, and they're going to start putting the 1911 Census online three years early in 2009 (though not in its entirety). The story is here: us_early The magazine itself isn't claiming credit for this - there have been petitions, polls, letters to MPs from the public etc for awhile - but we have been on the case on this story for a long time. So it's good to see some results. Great work from Guy and Andrew." An official confirmation and press release confirming the decision can also be found at The National Archives' website. I must say, I get the feeling they have accepted the Information Commissioner's decision with some reluctance! However, I want to send my personal congrats to Guy Etchells, who is well known to this list. Well done, Guy !!! Jeff...
Hugh Watkins...
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