Margaret Jordan pointed out on Friday in Facebook that the 1911 Census data is now online. Ever since, a bunch of us have been searching and learning. I’ve been looking up O’Neill, ONeill, Neill, Flynn, Meaney, Foley, Doran, Wall and Walls to see which of my ancestors I could identify and send them on to my Mum and Dad.
I was thrilled to find this record of my Granny Mary, her parents and siblings. The first thing that jumped out at me was that my Grandaunt Dora was born Hanora. I wonder when it changed?
The census covers all 32 countries (obviously) and if you have any interest in history at all, you’ll spend hours digging into the data.
August 30, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Wow Conor and Margaret. Thanks for that, has kept me a gog all day! Found granparents in Dublin and Wicklow – what a thrill!
August 30, 2009 at 5:16 pm
It’s fab isn’t it? Reminds of the week they put all the Ellis Island data online and the excitement of finding some of my Dad’s relations.
My mum did a lot of work on the family tree a few years back and this will hopefully fill in some of the blanks.
August 30, 2009 at 8:53 pm
I just discovered two great great grandmothers using this census. Also, if you click on the other documents on each individual census page, you can find out what your ancestor’s general house was like, what kind of farm buildings were on that property, and who owned the land that your ancestor’s house was on.
The 1901 census is supposed to come out in 2010.
I agree with you Conor, it is addictive!
August 30, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Just told my mother-in-law all about it, she’s dying to check it out now!
September 1, 2009 at 9:10 am
Thanks so much for the link. Just found all my family in Kilbrogan Hill in Bandon – we are also O’Neills!