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100 year rule
From: Pamela Mon 25 Feb 2008 21:27
 
I have always believed that census returns should be available after 80 years instead of 100 years. This would make a huge difference to most researchers, and more importantly would enable people who know little about their early background to have at least a sporting chance of finding out about themselves! My father would have loved to know where he was in 1921, but alas it's too late now. That is very unfair. The excuse of 'privacy' is a poor one, especially as there is access to sensitive information widely available on living individuals, which is often sold on. Where is the privacy there? We don't have any privacy now, so why are we worrying about the privacy of the people who lived 80 years ago? And honestly, do you think anyone over the age of 80 is going to worry about it? I don't think so, as most people of that age are keen to find out a few answers before they depart this mortal coil.

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100 year rule
From: Alan Sun 1 Jun 2008 14:03
 
I completely disagree that the censuses should be made available to the public 'early'.

When the censuses were conducted, it was on the understanding that the information was given in confidence (I believe that no explicit time limit was defined in the case of the 1911 census, hence the legal challenge). I think we should honour that understanding. The 100 year rule is a compromise which assumes that the information has passed into history (the alternative being to destroy the information so that it always remains confidential). 80 years is too short a time, if there is secret in your life you have not discovered by then, you should not be able to discover it by breaking confidences made within your lifetime.

Family history is a hobby which utilises historical documents which may have survived. I do not think we should compromise understandings made with our relatives purely for the sake of this hobby.

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100 year rule
From: 100 YEAR RULE Wed 4 Jun 2008 2:58
 
DEAR ALAN, YOU OBVIOUSLY KNOW ALL YOUR FAMILY FACTS AND HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO NEED TO VIEW ANY HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS.
I DO NOT THINK THAT A PERSON BEING 65 YEARS AND OLDER WHO HAS ABSOLUTELY NO FAMILY
WITH PARENTS ALREADY PASSED WANTING TO FIND WHERE THEIR FAMILY CAME FROM BEFORE THEY DIE IS UNREASONABLE. THE PARENTS HAVE DIED, THE GRANDPARENTS OBVIOUSLY HAVE ALSO DIED.

KNOWING WHO YOUR PARENTS WERE AND AUNTS AND UNCLES IS NOT A HOBBY, ONLY THOSE SNOBS THAT ARE IN NO NEED FOR SUCH INFORMATION WOULD THINK SO.

SEEING AS UK SENT AWAY THEIR CHILDREN WITH NO FAMILY RECORDS LEAVING THEM MOSTLY TO THEIR OWN MEANS IN STRANGE COUNTRIES WOULD SEEM A GOOD ENOUGH REASON FOR THE UK TO GIVE BACK THE INFORMATION TO THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS NOW LEFT BEHIND, WITHOUT ANY PARENTAGE.

LOOKING AT THE 1911 CENSUS IS NOT GOING TO INFRINGE ON THE PRIVACY OF THE LIVING, IT WILL BENEFIT THEM AND ANSWER MANY QUESTIONS AS TO WHERE THEIR PARENTAGE LIES AND GIVE AT LEAST A CLUE AS TO OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO SEARCH FURTHER IN OTHER AVAILABLE PUBLIC RECORDS FOR THE MORE RECENT YEARS FOR THE LIVING MEMBERS OF THAT FAMILY TO HELP FILL IN THE GAPS AND GIVE A SENSE OF CLOSURE TO THOSE WHO DESPERATELY NEED IT.

IF YOU CAN FIND OUT WHO WAS BORN AND IN WHICH COUNTY, DISTRICT FOR 1950 WHY SHOULD WE NOT FIND THE SAME INFORMATION FOR 1911? IF WE CAN FIND ALL THE CHILDREN BORN TO THOSE IN 1950 THEN WHY CAN WE NOT FIND THE SAME INFORMATION FOR THOSE OF 1911??

IF PEOPLE CAN STEAL YOUR IDENTITY WITH A PASSPORT, DRIVERS PERMIT, CREDIT CARD WITHOUT YOU GIVING IT TO THEM, THEN WHY DO WE NEED TO HIDE THOSE THAT LIVED 80 YEARS AGO, OR MAY STILL BE LIVING ALTHOUGH VERY OLD? IF SOMEONE IS GOING TO ABUSE INFORMATION THEY WILL DO SO WHETHER YOU MAKE IT READILY AVAILABLE TO THEM OR NOT.

NOT ALL CIRCUMSTANCES ARE EQUAL AND YOU CAN NOT JUSTIFY HIDING INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE WHO NEED IT WHEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO RIGHT TO IT CAN TAKE IT FROM YOU IN A FLASH.

G G-DAUGHTER TO A SOUL BORN IN 1870 AND LIVING IN 1911 IN UK,LOCATION/FAMILY - UNKNOWN.
GRANDAUGHTER TO A SOUL BORN IN 1908 DIED IN 1997 SENT TO CANADA AS A BHC - UNCLAIMED.
DAUGHTER TO A MOTHER WITH A DECEASED FATHER AND NO KNOWN LIVING RELATIVES.

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100 year rule
From: Jan Sat 2 Aug 2008 3:42
 
I absolutely agree with the last posting.

Privacy went out of the window when it became so easy for fraudsters to steal anyone's identity willy-nilly. This has been going on for many, many years and it is getting easier for these people all the time, despite the Data Protection Act, Personal Preference Service, shredding anything containing your personal details - there is nothing that will prevent the determined fraudster.

We are watched everywhere we go on CCTV

Government Departments are losing personal details, Local Councils are selling information.

More worrying is the fact that the Government appoints Commissioners for various reasons and when these Commissioners return their findings, if the results don't suit the Government, the findings are ignored!!!

The fact that the Information Commission ordered release of the 1911 now (in 2006) should be enough but the withholding of the information is no surprise as it is all about making money not about the privacy of people who are no longer here to worry about it. In my experience, those that are still with us would love to find out while they are still here and before it is too late for them as well.

My parents would love to have known more about their lost relatives and the 1911 may have given them the information - but it is too late for them now.

I wonder what the correspondent Alan is worried about, are his details on the 1911, or is it just that he would prefer not to know what is there. In that case, don't look!

Certainly I am not and never would be ashamed about anything I have found out about my ancestors.

What is, just is, you can't change the past and why would you want to, it's your history.

Jan

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100 year rule
From: noel j Thu 7 Aug 2008 0:09
 
Alan

you are bang out of order as we all are intitled to know who our ancestors where? but again we are made to pay loads of money to various companies for this info and whats more if you had ancestor who may not left a will all their monies go to the greedy government watch heirhunters on BBC sometime?

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100 year rule
From: Allen Williams (--@--.--) Sat 9 Aug 2008 15:30
 
I can understand concerns about releasing truly personal data relating to living persons, but the 100 year rule on census information is surely overdoing it.My own parents are both long dead and only one of them would be young enough to be in the 1921 census - and then only by a matter of weeks! My grandparents only just creep into the 1901census and they died twenty to forty years ago. And what information actually in the censuses is truly personal? That you're blind? This will surely be apparrent to anyone who meets you. That you were in prison? Again, surely clear to anyone at the time.No, sorry, can't see why we are denied access to census records other than the most recent. Even state secrets are released under the thirty year rule, and I don't see why the same rule doesn't apply to censuses.

What we need is a sympathetic group of MPs to get the 1920 Census Act repealed!.

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100 year rule
From: Martin C Thu 21 Aug 2008 13:30
 
The 1911 census for Northern Ireland has been available for several years. I wrote to the Government and asked how many complaints they had had from people still alive about the release of 'personal' information. The answer was 'none'. I would have no reason to believe that it would be any differnet if the 1921 census, never mind the 1911, was realeased now.

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100 year rule
From: R.E.Shersby Fri 22 Aug 2008 11:54
 
Being of U.K origin and living in Australia since 1962 had I known about the petition to reduce the census release date from 100yr to 70yrs I would have gladly signed.

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100 year rule
From: Julie Wed 27 Aug 2008 0:22
 
Do something about this stupid rule. Everything has been said before, as usual it is a money grabbing institution, but it would good to be able to complete what is a difficult task, especially when so many ancestors have passed away. Not knowing is the painful thing. Please help. Why not petition Number 10?

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100 year rule
From: Steve Kirby (--@--.--) Sun 14 Dec 2008 19:53
 
OK, let's have a vote on it.
All those who wish to see the 1911 and 1921 census released now - raise their hands.

Good, that's nearly everyone.

Now, all those on the 1911 & 1921 census that are still alive and don't want them released now - raise their hands.

That's that settled then. Let's get transcribing!

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100 year rule
From: tony purchase Mon 15 Dec 2008 14:12
 
I have been researching my "family history" for nearly 30 years now, mainly because I wish to identify and leave a record of my "family" for future generations. I have "dedicated" a fairly large slice of my life to achieve that. These were real people but for whom I would not be here writing this and they DESERVE to be suitably identifed! I wonder what they would think of the obstacles created by this silly 100 year rule?

The BBC`s programme "Who Do You Think You Are" has done much to broaden the public`s interest in genealogy. Perhaps they could highlight this problem and so attract more support to get this rule thrown out. Just a thought!

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100 year rule
From: Eric Evans Sat 27 Dec 2008 10:14
 
Why is it that my correspondent in California already has access on the Internet to UK 1911 Census??????????

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100 year rule
From: Kate Sat 27 Dec 2008 21:40
 
Likewise a friend in Australia who tells me that she has had great enjoyment searching the 1911 UK census records via the internet.

Is there something we don't know about?

Are we in the UK being deprived access to the UK 1911 census?

If so, why?

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100 year rule
From: Graham Sun 28 Dec 2008 13:33
 
Whilst I completely understand the original point of the 100 year rule, and the fact that changing it now would mean breaking a promise to those people who completed a census less than 100 years ago, it does seem rather inconsistent in today's world where so much sensitive information on people is readily available to anyone who knows where to look for it!
In the USA they have access to more recent census returns than we do and it doesn't seem to be a great problem for them, what makes the UK so different?
I have been able to trace a great uncle who emigrated to the USA in 1927, the 1930 US census holds far more information on him than a UK census would. From this I have been able to find where he spend the remainder of his life, who he married, his profession, his neighbours, and I have now corresponded with many people who actually knew him.
He was my mother's uncle, but she never knew him as he left England 3 years before she was born, she has been absolutely fascinated to learn about a relative who she only knew by name.
If we'd had to wait 100 years for this information my mother would almost certainly be long dead, she's nearly 80 now and not in the best of health, I think she has a right to know about members of her own family. As it stands she cannot even view her own census information from when she was a child, and until the 1911 census becomes available she can't even find out about her own parents!
I can find, and have found, far more sensitive information about people from the BMD Index and from copies of certificates than would appear on census returns, and much of it more recent than 100 years.

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100 year rule
From: Gaz Tue 6 Jan 2009 19:43
 
IMO the argument that those giving information in a census were told it would be kept private for 100 years so the government can not release the data early is a completely bogus one. It was not the case that an agreement was made and only then would folk offer the data. The fact of the matter is that the public are forced to give the data by law whether they like it or not. So any anticipation of keeping it private for 100 years can only be an intention at the time, and intentions can change after reconsideration of the situation. Promise indeed ! When did a government consider promises had intrinsic value aside from attracting more votes ?

Personally I think most of you are far too unambitious in your aim of shortening that period so slightly. As has been mentioned, information on living individuals is not that difficult to obtain so why the fuss over census long past ? Seems to me there is something wrong when my grandmother, who lived to a good age, is someone I can not even see on a census yet. That's taking caution to extremes. IMO 30 years should be more than enough. Then I could even find references to myself.

However I do not think that posters here should yell at Alan. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

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100 year rule
From: Ray Sutcliffe Wed 7 Jan 2009 13:25
 
2 comments to consider on this 100 year discussion.
Firsty the argument about the provision of information being kept private. The information would normally be legally provided ONLY by the head of the household, who themselves in the majority of cases one would expect to be over 21 years of age. Therefore we are speaking about people who today would be at least 118 years of age.

Secondly how many people are still actually alive today whose names should appear on the 1911 census ?. Again the majority of those will be 98 years or older.
If the numbers of the public who are clamouring for access to this information seriously outnumbers those still alive then the government could attempt to contact those age 98 or over to see if they want their details masked until their death, and release the rest.

Finally I still hope that the majority of the information will see its way into local libraries for free public access. The internet access is tainted by the necessity to supply email addresses and pay ridiculous amounts of money to businesses who are only in it for the profit and not actually provide a public service. I have spent many hours in libraries and cemetaries tracing and linking records. These are public records and should ALL be free to obtain.

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100 year rule
From: elsie ross Wed 7 Jan 2009 21:00
 
I agree with everyone of you it is about time this stupid 100 year rule was abolished. Any company/person can obtain information about anyone especially when Government departments have a habit of losing confidential information. The only information most people wish to have anyway is name address parents and childrens names and occupations everything else could remain confidential. Any skeletons in the cupboards are out by now in the 1900's all was swept under the carpet my father was given away by his real father to his sister and was told he had no family he had five more brothers and a sister - hard work a lot of money and patience I have found his family they knew nothing of him but have welcomed my family with open arms, it is lovely to be part of a wider circle of relatives - bring on those census so we can find some more.

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100 year rule
From: Neal Ball Tue 13 Jan 2009 21:56
 
I enjoyed looking at the preview of the 1911 census over Christmas 2008 and will have great fun tracing the family back now that it is fully available. It is a valuable tool and provides a fascinating insight into the lives of our forebears.
As has already been said this information is available on the American census and in fact any Google search would provide information on living people.

If I go to the local library I can have full unfetered access to the electoral role for every year.

In which case, we should start a campaign for teh 1921 census to become available within the next couple of years. (1941 would be good, but that's pushing my luck!) Neal, studying the Ball family in Ealing Middlesex.

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100 year rule
From: Fred Beach Fri 19 Jun 2009 16:17
 
I actually think this 100 years rule is a farce, I would be quite happy for anyone to see my census filled in in 2001, there is nothing there of interest to anyone. It doesn't give my bank account details, criminal record (Concrete Fred hardened criminal)so what highly sensitive information is there?

My address - which can be found in the phone book or on line.
my name and age 51 - occupation factory worker, marital status - seperated, and a teenage son and daughter, God forbid if anyone ever got hold of that information.

Identitiy fraud is a problem, but crooks aren't going to pay to see a census when they can get all the information they need from the junk mail you throw out. So information given by me, or about me and my family is regarded as top secret, we can read about government secrets from the War and cold War, but if I want to know where my dads uncle Albert is living in 1921. "Sorry, I can get you a false passport, maybe a gun, but it's more than my life is worth to tell you where Uncle Albert was living" (that's me trying to be funny)

We already know that we can buy the Birth, Marriage, and Death certificates of any UK citizen from quite recently back to 1837, and we all know that a certificate gives you far more information than any census. Dates, addresses, occupations, ages, witnesses, who registered the event, no father registered meaning an illigitimate child, cause of death, great information for all to see for a small fee. A census page, if filled in correctly and honestly (did anyone check?) is just a snapshot of one day in 10 years, anyone who is born after a census and dies before the next one is never recorded, a census is just a head count that's not very accurate, like the details in them.

I see no reason why I can't see the first census I appeared in, 1951, but as things stand I never will, my son will be 70 in 2051, I'll be dead, but hopefully he will be alive to see a bit of paper with my dads handwriting on it saying Fred age 36, railwayman. Wife - May age 32 housewife, son - Harry age 3, son - Me age 1.

There are people in the 1911 census, my family, and I have no idea where they go, no obvious marriages or deaths, you would have to buy hundreds of certificates to find out the right one. The only way to find out where they went and if I have relatives is the next census. I want to move forward and find people, but can't. I have seen posts on message boards where people can't find information about people who lived just 50 years ago, the void needs to be filled.

I say more recent census should be available to search now, there is no logic in keeping to this 100 year restriction. cheers Fred

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100 year rule
From: John McCathie Richardson Sat 18 Jul 2009 9:45
 
Come on Scotland. Why is it that Scotland is the inovator of so many of the changes in the social aspects of life in the UK and yet is so blinkered concerning the 100 year rule.In this modern age nobody gives a fig about what were considered family dark secrets in 1911.
Iam the oldest surviving member of my family line and the younger members who live in Australia are fascinated by the family tree I have created going back to the 1700's ,mainly through church records and the available Welsh and Scottish census.However there are twigs of the tree that can only be confirmed by the Scottish 1911 census.
I just hope Iam around when it is finally released

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100 year rule
From: vanessa weetman (--@--.--) Sat 25 Jul 2009 21:56
 
Having just started the process of formulating a famiy tree for my parents for their 5oth wedding anniversary I find it extremely frustrating that I can't go further forward than 1911. I have found my fathers grand parents and parents only because they were born before 1911. My mothers parents were born after and although I have found the family there are some aunts and uncles she remembers but I can't find reference too. In this age of digital excellance and the fact that it is so easy for someone to steal an identity from a grave stone or a piece of discareded junk mail the 100 year rule seems a little outdated now.

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100 year rule
From: David (--@--.--) Sat 25 Jul 2009 23:47
 
Have you tried searching for births and marriages -www.freebmd.org.uk is a good starting point? Its easier with a less-common surname, gets very difficult with Smith or Jones

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100 year rule
From: solly atwell Mon 27 Jul 2009 23:51
 
Lets be honest here. What a farce all this geneology lark is. Website after website wanting ridiculous amounts of money to give out information which really belongs to the people of this country. Who gave these sites the right to own my family records?

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100 year rule
From: David (--@--.--) Tue 28 Jul 2009 11:02
 
You can see a lot of them for free but you have to go the the National Archives in Kew, not too bad if you live in or near London, not so good if you don't. What you're paying for is all the work of indexing the records and maintaining the web sites. Before the 1861 census went on line I spent hours at the FRC going through reel after reel of census returns for Clapham trying to find an ancestor - I would have gladly spent a few pounds to save all that work and eye strain.
It all comes back to one question - should the government fund genealogy out of taxpayers' money. Currently the answer is partly - the National Archives in Kew and most county records offices are free.

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100 year rule
From: marie haughian Fri 18 Sep 2009 23:41
 
im trying to trace relatives of margaret mc garry or megarry born in n ireland about 1910 or just before or after that year maybe from co do or from any part of n ireland.

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100 year rule
From: hopps Sat 10 Oct 2009 6:30
 
I am trying to give my dad his birth family to say thank you for such a wonderful even though he was abandoned as a small child, how the heck am I going to do that when I only need to go back 83 years the ancestry.co.uk sight I have paid for at alot of money nz is useless as some have commented o.k. if it does not affect your lifeand you have all your family members.

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100 year rule
From: Mary O'Neill Sat 14 Nov 2009 11:34
 
I would like to make 2 points:
1. The 1911 Census is brilliant but why can I not find families that I know were in a certain district at that time. One or two might not be present on the night but surely not a whole family.
2. Making the 1931 Census available would help so many families make an absolute connection and there is not really any more information than where they lived at the time.
I would like to add my name to all the people who would like to see the Census available before all hope of making family connections is gone

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100 year rule
From: Carol Tue 26 Jan 2010 0:28
 
I agree that there is very little available information within a census other than names, addresses and occupations. The 100 year rule is stupid and outdated. I would welcome the release of not only the 1921 census but also the 1931, this would give people like myself, who are genuinely interested in family history, a chance of finding family members who could possibly still be alive today. It certainly wouldnt bother me that someone researching history 70 years from now could discover my name and address from the early 21st century, in fact, I'd be happy to help. This idiotic rule should be changed. I agree with everything Mary O'Neill has said.

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100 year rule
From: Ramsay Tue 26 Jan 2010 22:21
 
My Aunt left Scotland in 1911 to sail to the U.S.A. Thanks to that I got a full description,date and place of birth and new address from the ship's passenger list,thanks to the Statue of Liberty Foundation.Had she stayed in Scotland,I would still be wondering.
It is ridiculous that Scotland should have to wait longer than England and Wales for these details. Surely any reservations apply equally in both countries.

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100 year rule
From: Judy Sun 7 Feb 2010 14:26
 
I think the 100-year rule is outdated in these days where you can find out anything about a living person.
The 1921 census should be released as soon as possible especially in view of the fact that the 1931 census was destroyed by fire and there wasn't a census in 1941. It's going to be a long wait after 2021 for the next one to be released ie 2051.
Perhaps as someone suggested earlier, we should try to get the 1920 Census Act repealed.

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100 year rule
From: Lallmark Tue 9 Feb 2010 14:15
 
Why is it that the Scots always feel the need to show they are independant of England in its decisin making process. What a display of sheer arrogance! At the end of the day you are all a part of the United Kingdom. I have many Scottish ancestors and I truly wish I could research them properly. I may never get to with the 100 year rule.

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100 year rule
From: Sussexboy Fri 12 Feb 2010 15:35
 
The whole 100 year rule discussion seems to be overloaded with emotion (as you would expect with the subject matter)
As far as the census is concerned you can either allow access to everyones information or nobodys. I can't see how there can be any other variation.
You may say "I dont care about it", but my grandmother DID mind, so you are immediatley at an impasse.
People can live to over 100 (as my grandmother did) and while she was alive I was researching the other side of the family (not her family). She was quite clear that she didnt like the idea of people poking around in her history without her permission.
The Census Act is law and determines that there will be no access for 100 years. The Act will need to be overturned or amended to allow access.
If some sort of access is granted then it is quite possible to see an appeal against the ruling by, or on behalf of, someone over 100 years old (or whatever the limit becomes) based on the fact that when the Census was completed they were told that the information was not to be published for 100 years.
I dont know the full details of the Data Protection Act 1998 but I would regard it as highly possible that an appeal could be made based on the Act, which does not allow disclosure without specific consent, or indeed publication outside the EU for example.
You are then left with a situation of trying to prevent disclosure for those who are still alive, or whose relations do not wish it. Almost impossible or very costly.
The law could be changed or repealed to allow that, but can you really see that happening during the course of the next parliament?
There are people who do not know who their parents or siblings are, and provision should in place to help in cases like these.

I dont understand why people say "Bah,driving licences are copied and other ID is stolen all the time etc etc, and therefore it doesn't matter about the census info" Well, two wrongs dont make a right, and you could argue that its precisely because this sort of info is handled all the time that it has "escaped" into the criminal world.

Just because you want something isn't a sound reason for allowing it. It's all "me, me, me". What is outrageous is govts selling info to private companies to make money and having what appear to be no safeguards in place to protect it.

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100 year rule
From: teresa Sun 2 May 2010 11:01
 
It is almost like a joke,unable to view a census fo 100 years.i spend a lot of time shredding anything with my name and address on because we are told of people stealing our identity,also hiding your hand when keying in our pin numbers in the cash machine and numerous other things.I have been searching for my grandparents in Ireland for 13 years now.I knew my grandfather was killed in ww1.I have spent lots of money on different sites trying to trace him.Finally I have all his details and it turns out he was a hero,he was awarded the MM and the DCM,saving an officers life.I would love to find out where my grandmother was after his death and where my fatjher lived in 1921,It seems I will never know and will not be able to tell my cheldren and grandchildren.I am thrilled to have found my grandfather but very sad that I cannot trace my grandmother and my father because of this silly ruling,I am not at All interested in looking at other familys census only my own(which I feel are most peoples centiments)As I am 73 years old I will never find that other piece of information out.I have been on all the other census doing my family search and cannot for the life of me see what there was to hide.

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100 year rule
From: oldasiahand Wed 16 Jun 2010 12:55
 
The 100 year rule is simply over the top and most respondents agree. However, the Scottish ruling makes things worse and demonstrates the pettiness that bedevils the bureaucracy there. I can track my mother's side through the English census but not my father's because some bureaucrat wishes to demonstrate Scotland's independence of mind regardless of the wishes of the majority of the population who ultimately pay his salary.

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100 year rule
From: Guy Etchells (--@--.--) Tue 6 Jul 2010 21:45
 
Please allow me to correct the myth that our ancestors were promised that the census would be closed for 100 years.

Nowhere on the Census Act 1920 does it mention that census taken under the Act would be withheld for 100 years.

Nowhere on the Census schedules does it state the census would be withheld for 100 years.

The evidence shows it is far more likely that the general population assumed the census would be released in their lifetime.
Why do I write that because most of the previous census 1801 to 1911 had been released within 80 to 90 years of being taken.

The 1841 and the 1851 census were released in 1912.
That means they were released after approximately 71 years and 61 years respectively.

The 100 year rule did not come into being until 1966 forty-five years after the 1921 census was taken.

However those who still feel aggrieved may take comfort in the fact that unless there is a change in the law no further census can ever be released.
Not in 10 years, not in 100 years not in 1000 years, never.

The Census (confidentiality) Act 1991 amended the Census Act 1920 and that makes it an offence to ever release the data.
Now is the time to write to MPs and request a change in the law, if they get enough requests they will act.
For those who feel unable to write I have placed a posting on the Your Freedom site at
http://tinyurl.com/2vju6b9

If you want access to the 1921 census please visit and add your vote there
Your vote is important please use it
Cheers
Guy

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100 year rule
From: mark jones (--@--.--) Sun 29 Aug 2010 13:49
 
if you read the subject of the 1921 census it states the 100yr ruling was not statutory just an add on clause but not passed by parliament, something that is kept undisclosed. but we do need the census brought in to line with parliament and disclosed after 30yrs, with regard to an 80yr ruling that is for military records and something else that needs repealing and brought in to line with parliament. and what happens if they abolish the census, will they all be made public then or will the civil service adhere to a piece of victorian moral fancy

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