If you’ve been searching the newly released 1926 Census and wondering why you can’t yet filter by your ancestor’s job or their specific birthplace, there is a very good reason. The National Archives is using a phased release strategy to get the records into our… The 1926 Census: Why it’s Arriving in Phases and What’s Coming Next
If you grew up hearing stories of your great-grandparents chatting in Irish, opening the 1926 Census can feel like a shock. You scroll to the “Language” column, expecting to see “Irish & English” but instead, you find… nothing. A blank box. It feels like a… Why Your Irish-Speaking Ancestors May Have Left the Column Blank
Missing the Outhouses? Why the 1926 Census Shifted Focus from 1911
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