Genealogy Chat

Patricia
It's because when the 1921 census was taken people were assured the info wouldnr be released for 100 years .

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1921 Census

The 1921 Census for England, Wales and Scotland is the next census to be released. The government position is that this will be released in its entirety in 2022.

The 1921 Census date was the night of Sunday 19 June 1921. Due to the Black Friday Strike by coal miners the census was delayed for nearly 2 months. The only time a census has been delayed. This census is covered by the terms of the Census Act 1920 which means it cannot be released for one hundred years. There have been a number of petitions to government over the years requesting its early release. Most of these petitions argue that census records should be released after 70 years. The most popular petition requesting the release of the 1921 census numbered 23,600 signatures by its end date on the 8th March 2007. The government rejected the petition saying that the privacy of the original partakers must be respected, and that the assurances given to them (i.e. that the information would not be released for 100 years) must be respected.

There is an interesting mention of the 1921 census in a letter that has been posted on the National Archives website concerning the fire on 19 December 1942 which destroyed the entire 1931 census. In it, the writer, a W A Derrick of the General Register Office, is clearly very concerned at the circumstances of the fire and the fact that the entire 1931 census has been destroyed, despite six paid fire service ‘watchers’ being employed at the building where the fire broke out. It is clear this concern causes him to ask questions about the whereabouts and state of the 1921 census. His concern is not helped by the fact that he knew the schedules from the 1921 census had already been damaged by water in an entirely separate incident at Leonard Street. He says these schedules had been dried out and ‘scattered over various parts of Somerset House’. Here is an excerpt of that letter:

‘Will you also let us know where the enumeration books and plans of division relating to the 1921 census are stored. The schedules, as you are aware, were damaged by water at Leonard Street and have since been dried out and are scattered over various parts of Somerset House; but no plans or enumeration books were brought from Leonard Street and it is assumed that they were stored elsewhere….’

If Canada can release their 1921 Census, [done quite recently] then why can U.K. not come to a compromise similar to the 1911, and do the same ?

The census info is only 'as given' .............and may not necessarily be accurate...........or truthful - especially if someone was trying to cover his or her tracks

To echo Sylvia's comments about the 'age' thing..................

Both of my parents are on the 1901 census

I hope you all find the people you are looking for on the 1921 census. I waited for the 1911 to find my grandmother. She appeared on the 1901 Irish census with her family but her father died a year later and her mother put her into a convent. Her mother came to Scotland and appears on the 1911 Scottish census but no sign of my Grandmother on either the Scottish or Irish 1911. Perhaps she was en-route to Scotland at the time.

I have promised my friend that we will find her Nan's half sister at some point and the 1921 would be the next step.
We only discovered her when the 1911 came out and she hasn't been seen since she attended her Uncle's Inquest aged 18 later in 1911.

Kind regards
Amanda

well this will be my last one!!!!

I will be 90 when the 2051 census comes and probably to old to give a $&£! or computers would have come so far I wont understand how to use them!!! LOL

I guess there is a difference due to age!!

My MOTHER and my FATHER are both on the 1911 census ......................... so I have their parents, and mother's maternal grandfather.

I knew both maternal grandparents, and all but one of their 3 children ........... an uncle died in his teens in 1928. My brother and I were the only grandchildren.

I never knew either of Dad's parents ............... his father died in 1914 and his mother in 1938, both dates before I was born. But I did know all his siblings and their children.



I literally have no really lost important direct ancestors .............. until we get to the 5 x gt grandfather who appeared fully fledged at his marriage in 1740 :-D

Like many of you I,m needing to know where my great grandad is from I hope the 1921 census will tell me!

Rose, She and my elusive Grandfather probably ran off together ! :-D :-D

I also need the 1921 to discover where my Great Grandmother was from as I am unable to find her in 1901 and 1911. To save explaining it all again, see here:

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1130033

Rose

That's quite a sweeping statement Reggie :-) if only it were the case.....
my brickwall is likely to be breeched ONLY with the help of the 1921 census. In fact I am pinning my every hope on it.

My brickwall, my elusive grandfather, has not been found by the usual methods - no birth registration, no death registration, no will or probate record, no rmilitary record, no ships passenger lists, no passport application, no census returns, no school records, no nothing.
EDIT: I have no clue where he was born.

He married my grandma in Oct 1920 (I have the cert) and he appears on Electoral Registers only for the years 1921-1927 when they lived at her parents' address. Then he disappeared.
Consequently I feel sure he will be listed on the 1921 census.
That should give me his birth place, and then I'll discover what town/area/country he was from. And then I will know just where in the world to concentrate my further research.

I have exhausted every other channel; I have been searching for over 20 years and this is why I SO need to see the 1921 census. ;-) :-S

Desperate in the Desert, Karen

:-D :-D :-D

Cyns ..................


:-P :-P :-P

Something as recent as 1921 should not be a brick wall................

That's 'cos you can nearly remember it Sylvs.... :-D :-D :-D

it's an 1821 census that I would love to see :-D

I honestly don't think I have any brick walls, or even thin hedge, still remaining to be broken down by the 1921

I too would love to see the 1921 census because I would love to find out where my two granddads lived. A very large brick wall I have hit.

Only the English and Welsh censuses were destroyed.

The Scottish one for 1931 was stored in Edinburgh, and is therefore intact.
Presumably it will be released in due course.

Apparently the fire at Hayes wasn't due to enemy action,
but a cigarette end discarded by firewatchers.

http://www.1901census.com/1931-census/

F.

There is a petition to try to get the 1921 census released earlier than 2022.

I fully agree with Tracey regarding personal privacy but not sure how a happy compromise could be reached.

The petition is on the e-government website and so far has about 4000 names.

Here's the link:
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/49199