The Irish Times has announced the National Archives of Ireland's digitization of the 1911 census for Dublin, and is working to add all counties of Ireland for both the 1911 and 1901 censuses.
This is great news for Irish genealogists! Particularly interesting is the fact that, unlike census returns of the U.S. and other English-speaking countries, the records are actually the forms filled out and signed by the head of household, not the census enumerator.Had your ancestors all emigrated before 1901? You may still find the project relevant to your search for family history. As mentioned by Megan of Roots Television, siblings and other family members often remained behind. Personally, I'm looking forward to searching for Patrick Tierney's family in Tipperary. Unfortunately, it is one of the last counties on the planned digitization schedule, but I'll wait happily. Thanks to the National Archives of Ireland for making research easier on us long-distance cousins!
Thanks to Chris Denham at The Genealogue for announcing this exciting Irish genealogy news in such a timely manner.
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