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The 1921 England & Wales Census is now available! But it's not available on Ancestry UK.

According to Birmingham Live:

=The 1921 England and Wales census records aren’t currently available on Ancestry because the National Archives has signed an exclusive deal with Findmypast.

Researchers from Findmypast have spent three years delving into and digitising the findings of the 1921 census, which consists of 28,000 physical volumes.

Viewing the 1921 census on Findmypast costs £3.50 for every original record image and £2.50 for every record transcript.

Findmypast subscribers get a 10% discount on any purchases from the 1921 census.=

There's also an article on the BBC about some of the secrets revealed by the census. It includes a bit about DL Sayers.
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I've been doing quite a bit of genealogy this week because it's absorbing and stops me thinking about how stressful everything is. I doubt I'll ever figure out just what was going on with this but it's curious.
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I posted 3 years ago about a distant cousin called Daniel Jackson.*

Today, I found I have an even more distant cousin called...O'Neill!** Not Jack, unfortunately, but Richard.

Who knows? I might get a Carter, a Fraiser, and a Hammond. I'm really not likely to get a Teal'c.***


*Daniel Jackson is a fictional character from Stargate.
**Jack O'Neill is also a fictional character from Stargate.
***All fictional characters from Stargate.****
****You really should have guessed that.

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Apr. 28th, 2021 11:56 am
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I spent my weekend doing genealogy and I absolutely wore myself out. My side was aching from too much mouse-work: copying, pasting, and typing.

But I advanced one line of my tree by two generations!
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I've just wandered down the rabbit hole warren of James and Alice Bolland (my g-g-g-grandparents) and the baptisms they had for their 11 (!) kids.

On the one hand, it makes them easier to find. On the other, you come across the records for the birth, baptism, death at 11 months, and Christmas Day burial of their daughter Elizabeth (January - December 1879).

It's just rather sad and weird to think of. At least they're all together again now (barring any reincarnation).

Did you know on the Find-a-Grave site you can leaves virtual flowers on the graves? Well, now you know. :o)
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I'm pretty sure of the actual facts in this, I'm just curious if there's a reason I'm missing.

The 1901 and 1911 censuses give me the ages of William and Emma as 5/15 and 2/12. Therefore their birth years are ~1896 and ~1899. A search on the GRO gives me birth years of 1896 and 1898. That all works out.

Then I find their baptism records. They were baptised on the same day (13 Feb 1906). Their names/parents' names/address/father's occupation all match.

Their listed birthdates are 24 Aug 1895 for William and 4 Oct 1894 for Emma.

Do I assume J.M. K--- (who baptised them) was really bad at maths or am I missing something?
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The mystery's solved! [personal profile] swordznsorcery worked it out with additional info by [personal profile] thisbluespirit ! *applauds*

The address, believe it or not, is "Court behind Dryden Street". *looks at confused faces* I know!

Thank you to everyone who tried to help me. *hugs* You guys are the best!
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Anyone care to give me a hand with this address? The 1861 census taker had interesting writing.

If it helps, the area is St. Martins, Liverpool, UK. It was in Lancashire at the time.

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Day 8: Tracing my family tree.

It's puzzling, confusing, frustratng, and addictive. The sense of achievement when you finally find a relative's birthdate or figure out another maiden name is immense.

I find myself getting very fond of my relatives and talking to them through the computer. It also extra nice that I've managed to copy a number of relatives' pictures. When my mum's parents moved back from Germany* the container which had all their photos in was dropped into the sea, so we don't have many pictures from before the early 60s.

*My Grandad worked as a civilian in the RAF after the war and he was posted to Germany. His wife and kids went with him. My mum said it was amazing. They had an indoor toilet at home.

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