1931 Canadian Census

[kiterunner]

Browse only at the moment but is being indexed:

https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/index1931

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62640/

[Janet]

Cool. Thanks!

[JBee]

Unfortunately I don't know where f-i-l was in 1931 - I tried the US census but he didn't show up so hopefully he'll be in the Canada one. He went to Canada as a 15 year old in 1924 and back from Canada in 1936 but had been working at a school in the US too but don't know where or how long.

So I'm hoping they'll index it asap and manage to find him.

[Anstey Nomad]

Thank you. My great aunt and her husband located. Thankfully, they lived in a very small town in SK!

Fascinating stuff. They were the only family on the block with a radio!

[kiterunner]

10.5 million searchable records now:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62640/

I think that is their initial go at indexing, using software which "reads" handwriting, and it will be improved over the course of the next few months by humans.

[kiterunner]

Here is the entry for the author L M Montgomery ("Anne of Green Gables", etc) which I found easily under her married name Macdonald:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/62640/images/1931_112-e011643691?backlabel=ReturnSearchResults&queryId=0ca9dc00f957d6af8525841e8bb65e64&pId=610917

Judging by the few entries I have looked at so far, the software seems to have done a decent job.

[JBee]

Thanks for the link Kite

Just clicked on it and I think I've found f-i-l - year of birth matches and Ontario where I thought he would be as I couldn't find him in the US 1930 census.

As I don't have worldwide ancestry I have to decide whether to pay £9.99 for a 2 week sub £19.99 for 4 weeks and wait until I need to do more worldwide research.