The Irish National Archives of Ireland has made the Irish Census of 1901 available online from today. This follows on the 1911 census, which became available in full last year.
Visitors to the website will be able to unearth information on individuals in each county under surname and name searches.
The other search options include literacy status, occupation, religious affiliation, specified illnesses and Irish language proficiency.
The entire 1911 Census has been available online since 2008, but the 1901 site took longer to prepare because there was better microfilm available for the later one.
The latest census data was made available through a research partnership between the National Archives of Ireland and Library and Archives Canada, which allowed the digitization of the 1901 and 1911 Census records to preservation standard.
Since the 1911 Census was put on the Internet three years ago, a staggering seven million visits have been recorded to the Irish website.
The images and databases are improved by material consisting of historical commentary, photographs, digitized documents from the period from Ireland and Canada and links to relevant scholarly and genealogical sites.
In addition to returns for every household in the country, the census records data from police and military barracks, public and private asylums, prisons, hospitals, workhouses, colleges, boarding schools and industrial schools among other institutions.
The returns for both the 1901 and 1911 Censuses also give details of houses, recording the number of windows, type of roof and number of rooms occupied by each family.
Each house is classified according to its overall condition. The number of out-offices and farm buildings attached to each household is also given.
The National Archives hopes to link directly to the printed Census reports from 1901 and 1911, which are being digitized by the UK Data Archive.
According to the National Archives, this would greatly enhance the scholarly value of the site.
They also say that it would probably be feasible to do a follow-through exercise on Irish individuals and families who emigrated to Canada, finding them in the Irish Census and later in the Canadian census.
The Canadian experts have also mounted an online exhibition of documents in their custody relating to the Irish in Canada, accompanied by text from scholars in the field. The Shamrock and the Maple Leaf can be found here.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.Nelliegrace | Jun 21, 2010, 10:09 AM EDT
This is wonderful news. My search continues.
liliying | Jun 11, 2010, 09:32 PM EDT
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OysterPie | Jun 11, 2010, 09:23 PM EDT
Link to the Irish census: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ Hope this helps....... O/P in TX
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madelane | Jun 10, 2010, 03:36 PM EDT
Hi, I checked for my family connection on the 1901 census, and found a load of information. I also found a big question. Across one of my great-uncles names is a line. They didn't completely erase or cross it out, it's just one line straight through the name and information. He was only 12 at the time, could he have recently died? or what? Would you know where I can go to find out why it was done. I would greatly appreciate any information you might have
TexasCorker | Jun 07, 2010, 12:09 PM EDT
Apparently one can't post links on Irish Central. Google Ireland National Archives
LinLinisme | Jun 06, 2010, 12:18 PM EDT
I am looking for a link to this site and can't find one. Who knows, please put it here.
Judy McGuire | Jun 04, 2010, 11:53 PM EDT
Great but where is the link to the census?
carrickcourt | Jun 04, 2010, 02:04 PM EDT
Forget the address for the 1901 Irish Census. The best bet is to do a search for "1911 irish census". Once you get to the Ireland's National Archives web site for the 1911/1901 census one can do search of either the 1901 or 1911 census. If the family name you have an interest in is fairly common it helps to narrow the search by county and registration district if you know where they were from.
CaliforniaShamrock | Jun 04, 2010, 01:12 PM EDT
Congratulations! I already used the site - found answers to some questions I had about possible relatives who remained in Ireland, although all of my direct ancestors were already "over the pond" by 1901. Glad the Irish Govt is finally recognizing the great interest in records by overseas Irish.
donal1951 | Jun 04, 2010, 10:26 AM EDT
I found my paternal grandparents, my father and some of his brothers and sisters _ others had not yet been born _ in the 1911 Census. It's a real contribution by the National Archives to those of us into family history.
torbreezy | Jun 04, 2010, 10:22 AM EDT
Great! What's the link? Thanks.