Dear David, On the PRO Website there is a list of libraries that have bought
the microfiche version of the 1901 census. The first listed is Barnoldswick
(Peter Franklin will know it): I have an aunt lives near there! Michael
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Alan Gatley [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 28 March 2002 09:59
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> Subject: For Librarians and CROs
>
> Dear Librarians and Archivists,
>
> I'm curious to know how heavy the demand has been to use the
> 1901 CEBs on microfiche.
>
> I have a theory that - at its present rate of progress - by the
> time the PRO put the 1901 Census back on line, most people who
> would have wanted to use will already have done so in libraries
> and CROs.
>
> I guess that like me, most people researching their family
> historians will have a very good idea as to where their
> ancestors (in most cases parents and grandparents) were living
> on census night and would have been able to find them very
> quickly. It took me less than 45 minutes to complete the
> process.
>
> Everyone I know with an interest in family history has already
> found their ancestors in 1901 and say it's doubtful if they will
> bother to access the materials once they come back on line.
>
> David
>
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