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1911 Census

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Ronda

Ronda Report 2 Sep 2010 17:31

Can anyone tell me why I cannot receive the actual household written document (not the printed out version).
The only original document I can receive is the enumerator's copy.
Surely we should be able to receive this with the extra premium we pay'

ChristineinPortugal

ChristineinPortugal Report 2 Sep 2010 18:08

The household images aren't available on GR.

Maybe you should contact them and ask them why they don't have them.

Christine

Oddsocks

Oddsocks Report 2 Sep 2010 18:55

Good point Rhonda when I first logged onto the GR 1911 census my feelings were the same.

It's far better to look at original records which also include the enumerators notes at the begining of each census.

Bill

Joy

Joy Report 2 Sep 2010 19:26

Images can be seen on these sites:

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

http://www.findmypast.co.uk/


For some odd reason, although genes reunited is owned by Bright Solid now (the owner of the find my past site), it does not seem to have the images. Very strange.

Ronda

Ronda Report 2 Sep 2010 19:32

Bill Its also nice to see your'e own relative's handwriting, as in the case of my family. I obtained so much more from the 1911 Census.co.uk.

Maybe I should contact GR, as Christine in Portugal said, to find out why.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 3 Sep 2010 10:35

well if you can only see transcriptions then you may get the message no hits. I have found several mistranscriptions from the actual sheets which i have submitted amendments for. Its only looking at the census pages that you see them.On my maternal side my grandfather used the old way of writing capital S for his step daughters surname this was transcribed as an L so would have been missed if i wasnt able to view the sheet .

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Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957