Census2011 - Searching for a house in the 1911...
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Searching for a house in the 1911 census Click on the ‘census’ button at the top of the website. Then choose to search the 1911 census by address. Start your search by entering basic information. Here we’ve just entered a street name, Orange Street. Then click the ‘search’ button.
Transcript of Census2011 - Searching for a house in the 1911...
Searchingforahouseinthe1911census
Clickonthe‘census’buttonatthetopofthewebsite.Thenchoosetosearchthe1911censusbyaddress.
Startyoursearchbyenteringbasicinformation.Herewe’vejustenteredastreetname,OrangeStreet.Thenclickthe‘search’button.
Thewebsitehasfound22OrangeStreetsinEnglandorWalesin1911.Youcannarrowtheseresultsdownifyouaddextrainformationtoyoursearch.Clickon‘redefinecurrentsearch’todothis.
Addinanotherbitofinformation.Herewe’veaddedthecountyfortheOrangeStreetwe’relookingfor,Hampshire.Clickthe‘search’button.
Thistime,thewebsitehasfound61results.However,theseareallpropertiesinOrangeStreet,Portsmouth.Lookdownthepageuntilyoufindthenumberorhousenamethatyou’researchingfor.
Thenclickthe‘view’buttonontherighttotakealookattheaddresstranscript.Thisisatypewrittenversionofthecensusimagesoiseasyforyoutoread.
Herewe’vechosentolookat54OrangeStreet,Portsmouth.Thetranscripttellsusthenamesofallthepeoplelivinginthehouse,howoldtheywerein1911,whattheiroccupationswereandwheretheywereborn.Nowtakealookattheoriginalcensusimagebyclickingoneofthe‘view’buttons.
The1911censuswasfilledoutbytheheadofthehousehold,sotheoriginalcensusimagewillactuallyshowyouthehandwritingofthepersonwhousedtoliveinthishouse.You’llbeabletosee
anymistakestheymadeontheformandanycommentsordrawingstheymayhaveadded.Thecensusformwillalsotellyouthenumberofchildrenamarriedwomanhadgivenbirthto,howmanyofthesewerestillalivein1911andhowmanyhadsadlydied.
Theiconsonthetoolbaratthetopofthecensusimagewillletyoudragtheformaroundthescreen
witha‘grabhand’,magnifypartsofit,saveittoyourcomputer,printitoutandzoominandout.
Abovethecensusimage,youcanalsoseealistofEnumerators’bookimages.ClickonthefirstofthesebuttonstoseealistofthepropertiesinOrangeStreet.
Toptip:The‘infirmity’columnonthefarrightoftheimagehasbeenblankedoutastheInformationCommissionerhasruledthatthisinformationissensitive.Thiscolumnwillbecomeavailablein2012.
Thisimagewilltellyouaboutthepropertieseithersideofthehouseyou’reinterestedinandalsothosefurtherdownthestreet.Inthiscase,wecanseethattherewasanAlmsHouseandaSundaySchooltwodoorsdownfrom54OrangeStreet.
Toptip:Ifthehouseyou’relookingforismissingfromthesearchresults,trya‘wildcard’search.Putastarafterthebeginningofthestreetnameandthewebsitewillfindyouanyroadsstartingwith
Orange.HereithasfoundOrangeRow,OrangeRowSouthStreetandOrangeStreetinHampshire.Thisallowsforanymistakesinthewaytheaddresswasrecordedbyits1911occupants.
