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The 1841 Census, conducted by the General Register Office, was the first to record the names of everyone in a household or institution. However, their relationship to the head of the household wasn’t noted, although sometimes this can be inferred from the occupation shown (eg servant). Those under the age of 15 had their proper ages listed, but for those who were older the ages were supposed to be rounded down to the nearest five years, although this rule was not strictly adhered to. Precise birthplaces were not given - at best the birthplace can be narrowed down to the county in which the person was living.
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"Census records are the backbone of family history. They're more than just names and numbers. If you look closely, they tell stories," said Megan Smolenyak, Chief Family Historian for Ancestry.com. "The Iowa state census records, in particular, provide a wide range of snapshots into the lives and lifestyles of Iowan ancestors. With these records now available online, Iowans can dig deeper into their state and family histories."
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In 1911 the Census asked about deaf-mutism. This question was ... asked in the next two Censuses of 1921 and 1933. Deaf-mutism was found to be very high among 10-14 year-olds, with the same pattern existing in the 1921 census among 20-24 year-olds. was the result of the extensive epidemic of infectious diseases which occurred soon after many in those age groups were born." Rubella was not known to be a possible contributor. During World War II, the ophthalmologist Norman McAllister Gregg began to investigate the connection between birth defects and the infection of mothers early in their pregnancy.
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Census returns, being an official headcount of every living individual at a particular time, are generally a useful source for the family historian. However, in Ireland, many returns were pulped during the First World War or destroyed in a fire at the Public Records Office for Ireland in 1922 during the Irish Civil War. As a result so-called census substitutes, consisting of taxation or land returns or local censuses carried out by landlords and the clergy, form an important genealogical resource. The following is a list, in chronological order, of the censuses and census substitutes covering Northern Ireland or parts of Northern Ireland followed by links to lists arranged by county. Most of the records can be found in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI). Some can ... be found in the National Archives of Ireland (NAI), the Genealogical Office (GO), The National Library of Ireland (Nat Lib), and the Representative Church Body Library (RCB Lib).
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Census 1.0b2 is out as of yesterday afternoon. This is anticipated to be the last beta release before 1.0 comes out, and is unlikely to see any new features before then. That said, quite a large number of things have been fixed, including the Excel bug mentioned below, all known run import glitches, including faulty ETA initial estimates, broken condition numbers, CSV export, HTML reports, and many more - for more details, read the release notes. It has been heavily tested, but bugs are never far - please see if you can break it! If there are no show-stoppers, the final version will follow soon. Get it here.
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The Census Bureau began mailing out its forms earlier this month. By late April, clipboard-oting census workers will begin visiting households that haven't returned the forms in the mail. The house-to-house count will continue into November.
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