Comments on: Census unplugged: how census looks on the inside

By: Annabel Reeves

Annabel Reeves — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:28:11 +0000

Hi Gillian, Helen was in fact referring to the closure of census information to the public for 100 years, which is required by the 1920 Census Act.

By: bromaelor

bromaelor — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:31:41 +0000

JC, the UK government has a disastrous history of commissioning, implementing and integrating its IT systems. How much has that cost us over the last few decades, and how many more billions will the bureaucrats demand from us to upgrade their computer systems to replace the Census?

By: JC

JC — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:54:40 +0000

2011 Census is a waste of time and money particularly in the digital age. Given the economic times, this is something that should be cut back. How much is this costing us?

By: Gillian Taylor

Gillian Taylor — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:24:00 +0000

“Every 100 years, another set of census records is released to public” – erm, I think you mean 10!

By: Anna Thomas

Anna Thomas — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:57:50 +0000

I agree with you that the census is very useful to us family historians. However when you have family names such as Davies, Thomas, Evans etc all from Wales, you can still have problems in confirming your family:)