Michael
06-01-10, 22:25
So... having made a sort of new year's resolution to get stuck back into my research after not having done any for a while, I've taken advantage of the FMP offer, started searching and the first thing I find is my great-grandfather and his family on the 1911 census.
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll54/ChileNoseJam/ThomasHughesfamily1911.jpg
Most of it I can understand, but I'm a bit puzzled by the numbers added in unexpected places - 150 and 390 in the occupation column, 0 and 0 in the employer/employed/self-employed, 460 in the nationality, 3 at the bottom and 2 in the right-hand margin. Do these mean anything or are they just the random scribblings of the enumerator?
Also, the infirmity column is blanked out - is this for privacy reasons, since a number of the people recorded on the census may still be alive? Sorry if these are stupid questions, due to the aforementioned lack of recent research I've never seen a 1911 return before!
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll54/ChileNoseJam/ThomasHughesfamily1911.jpg
Most of it I can understand, but I'm a bit puzzled by the numbers added in unexpected places - 150 and 390 in the occupation column, 0 and 0 in the employer/employed/self-employed, 460 in the nationality, 3 at the bottom and 2 in the right-hand margin. Do these mean anything or are they just the random scribblings of the enumerator?
Also, the infirmity column is blanked out - is this for privacy reasons, since a number of the people recorded on the census may still be alive? Sorry if these are stupid questions, due to the aforementioned lack of recent research I've never seen a 1911 return before!