Anybody interested in seeing how their area compares with Sheffield or the country as a whole can see the results of the 2001 census here:

http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk

Is there a census available online for Sheffield round 1679 or is that too early for formal evaluation??

Moon

The earliest available is 1901 here:

http://www.pro.gov.uk/

I think they'd stop burning witches by then.

yes but they never had any trials in Sheffield - so I would have been safe

Moon Maiden

They might have been included in the sheep dog trials at Bakewell Show in order to keep the press away.

:o :o

Moon Maiden

I was writing you an essay on this when the line dropped and I was booted off.

let me start again.

There are many different kinds of census.

There is the regular 10 yearly one that we all undertake and where in 2001 lots of people decided they were Jedis. That regular census is usually available in headline form quite quickly but the individual details of each person is kept secret for 100 years - to protect our privacy so that no-one knows who was living with whom and where.

This census in any meaningful way began in 1841, skipped 1941 for the obvious reasons. 1901 is online at a cost via the Public Record Office. 1881 is online free from www.familysearch.com - the mormons. Other years are on in parts and in bits where some kind soul has transcribed them for us.

Prior to 1841 the census type info we can see would tend to be burgess rolls, window tax registers, poll tax registers, asset registers like the Domesday Book - and mainly depended on your target being rich or owning property.

What sort of thing did you want to know? It may well be out there somewhere

I have possibly the only reference to witchcraft in Sheffield - a name and a place but that is it.

Just wondering where to go from here because it involves freemasons - which are always good for a laugh.

Moon Maiden

send me a PM with the details and I will have a search around over the weekend and see if I can suggest sources for you

Wonder when 2011 will be out?

Wonder when 2011 will be out?

in exactly a hundred years :)

I have possibly the only reference to witchcraft in Sheffield - a name and a place but that is it.

Just wondering where to go from here because it involves freemasons - which are always good for a laugh.

Moon Maiden

wheres that then C? this threads been resurected after 8 yrs, sorry, hoping your still on the same email
GFx

wheres that then C? this threads been resurected after 8 yrs, sorry, hoping your still on the same email
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I doubt they'll see your post unfortunately.

That users last activity was: Last Activity: 28-09-2009 20:36

I doubt they'll see your post unfortunately.

thankyou, ill facebook her then and tell her to get her ass back on here, MM was a good contributor :)
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Is there a census available online for Sheffield round 1679 or is that too early for formal evaluation??

Moon

The census was held in 1501 and 1521,and then every 20 years till 1660.Then the fire of 1666 destroyed all the questionnaires,maning the next fell in 1690.

is this a new game? "lets see what the oldest thread I can restart is?"

Did anyone else like me never fill in their census form and still had no correspondence, fine or prison sentence?

Did anyone else like me never fill in their census form and still had no correspondence, fine or prison sentence?
I will revert to post 16, as to you, big brother is still watching you.

I will revert to post 16, as to you, big brother is still watching you.

Doh! Just noticed this is 2001 census thread not 2011, so did another search and there is no 2011 census thread, maybe the census guys are infiltrating pointless forums to spy on us, knowing we'll brag?

Doh! Just noticed this is 2001 census thread not 2011, so did another search and there is no 2011 census thread, maybe the census guys are infiltrating pointless forums to spy on us, knowing we'll brag?
If they are watching us, I would not panic too much. Before anything interesting appears, the mods would have deleted it.

If they are watching us, I would not panic too much. Before anything interesting appears, the mods would have deleted it.

I bet that is what happened with the 2011 census thread, it was so interesting and valuable to the authorities they had to pull it and trace everyone who said they wouldn't co-operate.

Many of these posters are now non existent and have all 'disappeared' it's like they never existed :o

If I suddenly stop posting you know why!