Masterclass on census searching - a Barry Shurlock piece
FAMILY historians everywhere are eagerly awaiting the 1921 census, which FindMyPast will put online in January next year. It will help chart the huge changes that followed the First World War. For the first time information will be available on divorce, names of employers and and detailed aspects of education. It will throw light on the lives of those living in the aftermath – the widows bringing up families alone, the survivors of the conflict continuing with their lives or striking out in new directions, and the estate owners battling death duties. In fact, the 1921 census did not g...