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A teacher friend has asked me if I can give her some stuff to show her class about the Census. I think they are doing a project on Victorians. I have printed off Census for the village the school is in, but it's not hugely exciting. Wondered if anyone could think of any other pages I could print for them which had some interesting occupations or information. Also, apparently the kids (age 10 in Primary) want to know more about how the enumerators actually did the Census. I've googled, but nothing I've found is very inspiring to kids. I wondered if anyone on here has any ideas, as I would love help her encourage a future generation of genealogists! Many thanks in advance! Natalie

What about a page for Buckingham Palace? Can't get more Victorian than that LOL

Hi Natalie There was a thread on here a while ago about Queen Victoria on the census with all her household in Whippingham at Osbourne Palace. I can't remember what year the census was in but if you can't find it on the search facility on this board if you pm me I saved all the images (sent them to my daughter's school) and I will gladly forward them to you Snowdrops

Give them all a blank census sheet to fill in (you can download blank ones from Ancestry) tell them a lot of census info was given by children (that's true).....do THEY know where their family were born etc? Tell them about some of the horrible jobs people listed on the census - 10 year olds love the Yuck factor!! Still thinking....................... Merry

Yes, I'm really pleased too, Laura, as I think it's a wonderful way to learn. I've offered to go in and do Census look-ups on the computer at school.....perhaps choosing children's names and seeing what someone of same name, age group was doing in Victorian times. Bit terrified, though, of them getting bored if we don't find some 'instant hits' or something exciting enough to catch their interest.

Sorry Laura - it was me that caused the stink. Wouldn't the teacher like to show the children his/her own family on the census? That would give the personal touch and give the children a real link with the past.

Thanks to everyone for lots of excellent ideas. Snowdrops - I've pm'd you, so thanks very much. Merry M&Ms - the blank forms idea is brilliant. They can do their own mini Census of the class! Great stuff! How do I find these on Ancestry UK, though? WOW! At this rate I will end up running the school history club! Thanks everyone!

Hi Natalie. Maybe the village school is on the 1901 Census or the houses where the children live. Malcolm.

Paul. Will suggest this to the teacher, but depends on how many skeletons she has in her closet!

Malcolm. I've found village school, station, pubs, church etc...but this village developed rapidly in 1950's, so most of the kids live in streets that were one big pig farm in 1901. Otherwise that would be a lovely idea.

Laura. Where can I find the man who stank? Definitely sounds like the sort of thing that kids would relish!

Natalie I've nudged it for you - its called eugh Did you get all 5 images? Snowdrops

Maybe if you tell us the name of the school you might get some more info. Malcolm.

It was my thread with the info about famous people (incl. the queen) This is the Queen in 1861. There are about 4 pages with servants on: Name: Victoria R Age: 41 Estimated birth year: abt 1820 Relation: Head Household: View other family members Gender: Female Where born: Kensington, Middlesex, England Civil parish: Whippingham County/Island: Hampshire Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: View image Source information: RG9/653 Registration district: Isle Of Wight Sub-registration district: Cowes ED, institution, or vessel: 12a Folio: 48 Page: 1 (click to see others on page) Household schedule number: 1 GSU Number: 542679

Have nudged it for you. It was called Nobody is taking any notice on general so... Hope it helps. Tom

Just found this site looks like there could be some useful information on it for teacher. Might be old for the little ones but she could adapt the info to suit. Change stars for dots. Germaine x www.staffs*ac*uk/schools/humanities_ and_soc_sciences/census/cebs*htm

To get a blank census sheet, stick any old name into Ancestry.....click search. When the list of results comes up, click View Record on the left hand side of one of the names...... On the next screen, under a mini picture of a census sheet, you will see it says ''View blank form''. Click that and you get a pdf file which you can save! Merry

Tom thanks so much for Eugh and reference so I can look up Queen Vic, as unfortunately I couldn't unzip Snowdrop's files. Teacher friend will be really pleased with all this, as the kids are going to love it. Malcolm, many thanks for your offer, but I've got all the Census data for the village the school is in and was looking for more general stuff to spice it up a bit. Very grateful to you all. Natalie

Phew! Can't keep up with you all! Thanks to Germaine and Merry too. Going to check out the website you recommended, Germaine, and definitely print off the blank forms. I really like the idea of the kids as enumerators. Apparently they asked their teacher all sorts of questions like 'What if someone was born one minute after the Ennumerator left?', 'What if you were at a sleep-over that night; would you be left out of your family record?' etc. Quite sweet really! Nat