THE EAST FAMILY HISTORY
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POINTS EAST- AUTUMN 2009, page 31
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The 1911 Census - Anne East
Many of you will already have been using the 1911 census. Now it is complete for England and Wales, the Channel Isles, and military establishments and this article might give you some hints and tips for getting the best from it. There are 6499 EASTs on the 1911 census!
How can I get it?
If you can get to TNA you can use the facilities free apart from the cost of printing your results.
If you are using the internet you will find it at 1911census.co.uk where you will pay a fee each time you download a transcription or an image of the census page.
If you cannot do either of these then we are willing to find and print images of census pages (relating to your EAST family!) for you at a cost of £3 each page to cover subscription, printing and postage.
What information is given?
If you choose a transcription of the image you get a ‘bare bones’ list of who was at the address, relationships, married/single, age, occupation, and birthplace. This is the cheaper option but if you then decide you want the image you have to pay the full price for that.
If you choose the image of the page you get a single page for the household, in the householder’s own writing. There are all the details above plus the very informative section about the number of children a married woman has had and how many have died. This is the place you will probably find surprises!
Once you have paid for an image you can then see, for no extra cost, the enumerator’s list for the heads of the surrounding households.
How does the index work?
You can search the index free. Now the 1911 website is fully working there is an ‘advanced search’ facility. With a bit of ingenuity you can use this to make your own list of who is in a particular household.
firstly, use the index to find a person in the family you are searching for. To make this work well you need to choose a less common name; for example if John EAST has a son Ezra it would be better to find the son.
Make a note of the exact name, county and district
Go to the Advanced Search form. At the top in Personal details, enter the letter A and tick the box ‘names starting with’; leave all the other boxes in that section blank. In the Location section fill in the county and district. In the ‘other members of the household’ section fill in the exact name you previously found and tick the ‘exact name’ boxes.
Now click search. Do this for each letter of the alphabet in the top box and you will have a list of the people living with your chosen person. Unfortunately, if there are two people with the same name in the same district all their families will appear – hence the reason for choosing a rarer name.
I already know all the family from previous censuses!Are you sure? We have certainly had some surprises, including finding a completely unknown aunt who lived to adulthood! Also, it is a really nice addition to your family treasures to have a document in their own writing.
If you can get to TNA you can use the facilities free apart from the cost of printing your results.
If you are using the internet you will find it at 1911census.co.uk where you will pay a fee each time you download a transcription or an image of the census page.
If you cannot do either of these then we are willing to find and print images of census pages (relating to your EAST family!) for you at a cost of £3 each page to cover subscription, printing and postage.
What information is given?
If you choose a transcription of the image you get a ‘bare bones’ list of who was at the address, relationships, married/single, age, occupation, and birthplace. This is the cheaper option but if you then decide you want the image you have to pay the full price for that.
If you choose the image of the page you get a single page for the household, in the householder’s own writing. There are all the details above plus the very informative section about the number of children a married woman has had and how many have died. This is the place you will probably find surprises!
Once you have paid for an image you can then see, for no extra cost, the enumerator’s list for the heads of the surrounding households.
How does the index work?
You can search the index free. Now the 1911 website is fully working there is an ‘advanced search’ facility. With a bit of ingenuity you can use this to make your own list of who is in a particular household.
firstly, use the index to find a person in the family you are searching for. To make this work well you need to choose a less common name; for example if John EAST has a son Ezra it would be better to find the son.
Make a note of the exact name, county and district
Go to the Advanced Search form. At the top in Personal details, enter the letter A and tick the box ‘names starting with’; leave all the other boxes in that section blank. In the Location section fill in the county and district. In the ‘other members of the household’ section fill in the exact name you previously found and tick the ‘exact name’ boxes.
Now click search. Do this for each letter of the alphabet in the top box and you will have a list of the people living with your chosen person. Unfortunately, if there are two people with the same name in the same district all their families will appear – hence the reason for choosing a rarer name.
I already know all the family from previous censuses!Are you sure? We have certainly had some surprises, including finding a completely unknown aunt who lived to adulthood! Also, it is a really nice addition to your family treasures to have a document in their own writing.