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Ireland Census forms 1901 & 1911

  • 04-06-2010 11:07am
    #1
    Morlar
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    The Ireland Census forms for 1901 have just gone online (along with the 1911 Census forms which were released online some time ago).

    These could be very useful in researching WW1 or Irish Independence related medals groups.

    I have just realised something even more useful if you go to the home page

    http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

    and enter just the word 'barracks' as the 'Townland/street' field you get the barracks returns forms.


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  • #2
    oncevotedff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 232 ✭✭oncevotedff


    Morlar wrote: »
    and enter just the word 'barracks' as the 'Townland/street' field you get the barracks returns forms.

    Several hundred sets of initials isn't much use.


  • #3
    Snickers Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭Snickers Man


    The Census forms can be a frustration when trying to match known casualties to census records.

    I thought at first that a casualty from the Great War whose next of kin's address is given would have a good chance of being at that same address in the 1911 Census. But in fact it is rarely the case.

    One reason is that even in the cases where a next of kin's address is given, often that address is the one at which the soldier's family resided at the time the records were taken which could have been many years after his death.

    Also, given the preponderance of common Irish names (first and surnames) it is very hard to match a soldier to a census record. You get some idea of how many John and Mary Ryans (to give but a common example) had sons called Michael and/or Patrick killed in the Great War when you start researching at any length.

    Can still be useful but there has to be quicker ways.


  • #4
    arnhem44
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    I came across one casualty lately on the 1901 and 1911 census who was in India at the outbreak of war,the family moved sometime around the start of 1915 and his death was reported in the paper shortly afterwards and there new address was given.After Independence the name of the street changed and the CWGC have this street address for the next of kin details.I can only presume the CWGC details were updated at a later stage or else they used the address his medals were posted to instead of using the address he first enlisted from.Without the census one would take a while to track down such information so its great it's online and also free,makes a change from all these sites which require payment.


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