Hi everyone, this may be of general interest.
I received and email from the transcribers group giving a link to an e-petition for the government to get the 1921 census material released.
The email reads...
There is a petition going forward at present to seek early release of the 1921 Census for the following reasons,
•Amend the 1920 Census Act to make the publication of the census data exempt from the 100 year rule such that the data can be published now.
•It is already 90 years since that 1921 census took place. The 1931 census data for England was destroyed and no census took place in 1941.
•2022 is far too late considering there are no other census available until the 1951 one. Many people that are on the 1921 census are not around now so issues of people’s rights should not be affected!"
The petition closes on 24th April 2014 and I feel transcribers have an interest in supporting this petition. If you agree perhaps you could all take some time to sign up to it.
Signing the petition is very simple just follow the link below and fill in your details it only takes a minute
If you feel that this is worth supporting then the website link is -
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/49199