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Subject: [BENJAFIELD] 1901 British Census
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 13:30:28 EDT

FINDMYPAST.COM Launches New Version of the 1901 Census Online

The following announcement was written by findmypast.com:


> Leading UK family history website findmypast.com today unveils its brand
> new version of the 1901 census. Records from the first two counties,
> Somersetshire and Gloucestershire, are now online and available to search at
> findmypast.com, and the remaining counties will be added gradually over the coming
> months.
>
> Applying its trademark meticulous approach to quality control, findmypast
> has completely retranscribed the 1901 census from scratch, with the aim of
> providing an industry leading product. In addition, a variety of fields have been
> transcribed, making it possible to search for an individual using, for
> example, their calculated year of birth, their age or occupation.
>
>


>
> To narrow down results, try searching for a second person living at the same
> address. It is also possible to search for an address on the census, as well
> as for a person. You can also choose in what order you want to view search
> results - by birth year, oldest first; by birth year, youngest first;
> alphabeticaly by name A to Z or alphabetically by name Z to A. In addition, the free
> search results include the name of the county of residence - a boon to anyone
> not familiar with every registration district.
> These new features have also been added to all the other censuses at
> findmypast.
> And finally, search criteria are now also retained, making it easier to
> carry out the same search across all the censuses on findmypast.
> This addition of the 1901 census to the website sees findmypast take a step
> closer to its mission to offer a full set of England and Wales censuses
> online by the end of 2008.
> About the 1901 census
> The 1901 census was taken on 31 March and gave the total population as
> 32,527,843.
> 1901 is perhaps best remembered as the year that Queen Victoria died, after
> a 63 year reign. She was succeeded by her son, Prince Albert Edward, who
> became Edward VII. Other key events in 1901 included the formation of the
> Commonwealth of Australia, the creation of a fingerprint archive by Scotland Yard
> and Marconi receiving the first trans-Atlantic radio signal.



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