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From: "Robert Treharne Jones" <>
Subject: [MON] 1911 Census Petition
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 17:12:00 -0000


Dear All

As you all know personal information is not made available in the UK until
100 years after a census has been taken. The likelihood of anyone being
alive when that information is published about them is then minimal.

This is all very well but it does make life challenging for genealogists,
and contrasts with a similar period of just 70 years on the North American
continent, for instance.

Well, someone who feels strongly about this has set up an e-petition to try
and release information from each census after just 70 years. If actioned
this would mean that we get access to the 1911, 1921 and 1931 censuses as
soon as it can be arranged!

The link is at http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/CensusInfoFreed/. I've no idea
whether it will make any difference, since His Tonyness has got one or two
other more pressing matters to consider right now, but I suppose it's worth
a try!

Robert




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