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1921 censuses England on Ancestry

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Oldnproud Mon 06-Jan-25 13:51:24

I've just seen these for the first time today ☺

Oldnproud Mon 06-Jan-25 14:24:46

But I am finding that I can't open them all.
The message "We're sorry, this page is no longer available" is appearing a lot!

jusnoneed Mon 06-Jan-25 14:29:06

It's not available until the 7th according to their FB offer advert, so maybe all will work tomorrow.

eddiecat78 Mon 06-Jan-25 15:35:42

It's been available on findmypast for a long time. If you haven't subscribed before you could possibly do a freetrial

Oldnproud Mon 06-Jan-25 19:00:43

eddiecat78

It's been available on findmypast for a long time. If you haven't subscribed before you could possibly do a freetrial

Based on something I read a few months ago, that probably means that findmypast is the 'body' (sorry, can't think of the right word there at this moment) that did all the work involved in making the 1921 censuses available online, and as a result was given exclusive use of it for five years.
If I've got that wrong, hopefully someone will give the correct explanation soon.

I have persevered with it on Ancestry this afternoon (had to click many times on some before some would load), and have already found some really useful info via these 1921 censuses.

FlitterMouse Mon 06-Jan-25 19:25:28

Yes, FMP was the National Archives' digitisation partner and had exclusive rights for three years until now to publish the data. It was first published on 6 January 2022.

The 1921 census is particularly important because the 1931 census records were destroyed in the Blitz and no census was taken in 1941 because of the Second World War (although we do have the 1939 Register). It is the last census release until the release of the 1951 census, which is due in 2052.