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Searchingforahouseinthe1911census
Clickonthe‘census’buttonatthetopofthewebsite.Thenchoosetosearchthe1911censusbyaddress.
Startyoursearchbyenteringbasicinformation.Herewe’vejustenteredastreetname,OrangeStreet.Thenclickthe‘search’button.
Thewebsitehasfound22OrangeStreetsinEnglandorWalesin1911.Youcannarrowtheseresultsdownifyouaddextrainformationtoyoursearch.Clickon‘redefinecurrentsearch’todothis.
Addinanotherbitofinformation.Herewe’veaddedthecountyfortheOrangeStreetwe’relookingfor,Hampshire.Clickthe‘search’button.
Thistime,thewebsitehasfound61results.However,theseareallpropertiesinOrangeStreet,Portsmouth.Lookdownthepageuntilyoufindthenumberorhousenamethatyou’researchingfor.
Thenclickthe‘view’buttonontherighttotakealookattheaddresstranscript.Thisisatypewrittenversionofthecensusimagesoiseasyforyoutoread.
Herewe’vechosentolookat54OrangeStreet,Portsmouth.Thetranscripttellsusthenamesofallthepeoplelivinginthehouse,howoldtheywerein1911,whattheiroccupationswereandwheretheywereborn.Nowtakealookattheoriginalcensusimagebyclickingoneofthe‘view’buttons.
The1911censuswasfilledoutbytheheadofthehousehold,sotheoriginalcensusimagewillactuallyshowyouthehandwritingofthepersonwhousedtoliveinthishouse.You’llbeabletosee
anymistakestheymadeontheformandanycommentsordrawingstheymayhaveadded.Thecensusformwillalsotellyouthenumberofchildrenamarriedwomanhadgivenbirthto,howmanyofthesewerestillalivein1911andhowmanyhadsadlydied.
Theiconsonthetoolbaratthetopofthecensusimagewillletyoudragtheformaroundthescreen
witha‘grabhand’,magnifypartsofit,saveittoyourcomputer,printitoutandzoominandout.
Abovethecensusimage,youcanalsoseealistofEnumerators’bookimages.ClickonthefirstofthesebuttonstoseealistofthepropertiesinOrangeStreet.
Toptip:The‘infirmity’columnonthefarrightoftheimagehasbeenblankedoutastheInformationCommissionerhasruledthatthisinformationissensitive.Thiscolumnwillbecomeavailablein2012.
Thisimagewilltellyouaboutthepropertieseithersideofthehouseyou’reinterestedinandalsothosefurtherdownthestreet.Inthiscase,wecanseethattherewasanAlmsHouseandaSundaySchooltwodoorsdownfrom54OrangeStreet.
Toptip:Ifthehouseyou’relookingforismissingfromthesearchresults,trya‘wildcard’search.Putastarafterthebeginningofthestreetnameandthewebsitewillfindyouanyroadsstartingwith
Orange.HereithasfoundOrangeRow,OrangeRowSouthStreetandOrangeStreetinHampshire.Thisallowsforanymistakesinthewaytheaddresswasrecordedbyits1911occupants.
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