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Tea Time wrote:I know very little about my maternal grandfather.
What I do know is roughly when and where he was born, and also a period that he moved to another area (Yorkshire). Therefore, a number of questions:
1) Am I correct in assuming that the only way his name could be traced through census records? Or is there a simpler way?---Names can be traced through a variety of records including census, birth, marriage and death certificates , trade documents to name just a few.
2) Are census records available online?---Census records are available on line - but apart from 1881 they will cost money to access.
3) How many census were carried out between 1890 and 1930 (giving me a good spread).There were census in 1891, 1901,1911, 1921, 1931 but we can only access the first three as 1921 is closed until 2021 and I think the 1931 might have been destroyed if not it is not available until 2031.
Tea Time wrote:As regards access to the census list. Is the fee a one time thing, or is it a "pay-by-view" thing? I'd like to point out that I live outside of the UK, making payments a little more difficult.
Tea Time wrote:Progress on this is being as expected. Slow but fascinating. At present, I'm attempting to do some groundwork to help me create a list of names. The name I am looking for will certainly be on the 1911 census, so at a future date, I'll probably be taking out a subscription for either the Ancestry site or a similar one.
One problem that I have come across is boundary changes during that time period in the area, and I'm not sure how this is going to affect things as yet. Though my mother and grandmother were born in the same house, it had a different number, street, and even local council areas! At least I am learning a lot!
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