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.