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Who lived where in 1911

In just two years time the centenary of 1911 will be noted with new books and programmes.

The authorities in both Ireland and the UK have opened online access to the 1911 census returns.

For the first time, householders - rather than official census takers - filled in their own census returns.

The returns may be searched by address, to discover who lived in a particular house at that time, or by name.

Not all counties are digitised and available online In Ireland, for the moment, , but work continues apace on uploading all 32 counties on the island. Ireland was a single administrative unit within the UK until 1922 when 26 counties became the Irish Free State and the six counties of Fermanagh, Antrim, Tyrone, Down, Armagh, and Derry remained in the UK.

The British version allows limited free access, after which you will be charged to access further information.

Most of the English counties are already available, with the rest of the census (including Wales) due out soon.

UK website:

Ireland website:

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