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Title: 1911 canadian census online
Post by: Wendl on Sunday 24 July 05 18:24 BST (UK)
hello everyone....

Glad tidings from Canada....the 1911 Canadian census is now available online.....was released Friday July 22, 2005. 


http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/006003-100.01-e.html

just a note of interest apparently the servers are down for the weekend of July 23/24, 2005 and should be back online on Monday July 25, 2005.   
Good luck with your search

All the Best
Wendl
Title: Re: 1911 canadian census online
Post by: Sahara on Wednesday 27 July 05 21:38 BST (UK)
Hi Wendl,

Do you, by any chance, know if there are plans to index the census at some point? I know my ancestor should be there somewhere, but Canada is a big place to search when you don't know which town they may be in!

Thanks,
Sahara
Title: Re: 1911 canadian census online
Post by: carol8353 on Wednesday 27 July 05 23:35 BST (UK)

Living in England I have no idea of the geography of Montreal.
Could someone point me in the right direction and suggest an area where my rellies might have lived in 1911,so I know where to start searching the census.

I have one who married in Apr 1911 at St John the Evangelist and one in Aug 1911 at St Marks Presbyterian church.

My relatives were from Scotland and had literally only just arrived in Canada.The only street name I have is Nazareth,but that wasn't till 1914-when the youngest one joined up to the army(2 years later he was dead-as were 2 of his brothers)

Many thanks for your help,

Carol
Title: Re: 1911 canadian census online
Post by: softcoats on Wednesday 27 July 05 23:52 BST (UK)

Any chance of a look up??

Ernest Miller married my grandmother In Quebec in Decmber 1912 Her name was Mary Johnson They may have been in Quebec prior to their marriage Her Approx date of birth would be around 1889 And Ernest around  1888

This is a long shot am desperately trying to find my grandmother birth details

regards

 Jean
Title: Re: 1911 canadian census online
Post by: Wendl on Thursday 28 July 05 02:45 BST (UK)
Hi Wendl,

Do you, by any chance, know if there are plans to index the census at some point? I know my ancestor should be there somewhere, but Canada is a big place to search when you don't know which town they may be in!

Thanks,
Sahara

HI SAHARA,

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY WILL INDEX THE 1911 CENSUS AT SOMEPOINT...BELIEVE THEY ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF PROOF READING THE 1901 CENSUS ...MIGHT TRY THE FOLLOWING SITE TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON WHAT IT IS HAPPENING....

http://automatedgenealogy.com/index.html

ALL THE BEST
WENDY
Title: Re: 1911 canadian census online
Post by: tommytoronto on Thursday 28 July 05 03:17 BST (UK)
They have started doing some test transcriptions, and have had discussions on what to transcribe.  It's in some of the discussion groups on the site.  I would give them 6 months to a year and the transcription will be done...... (but that's just my guess....)

Tom
Title: Re: 1911 canadian census online
Post by: landvaettir on Monday 01 August 05 03:49 BST (UK)
Thanks for reminding me  :o



 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: 1911 canadian census online
Post by: elorac on Monday 01 August 05 04:24 BST (UK)
Thanks for letting us know the 1911 is online.  I have waited for this day to find my grandparents and the date of their arrival in Canada..  Found them so I am ecstatic.
Carole
Title: Re: 1911 canadian census online
Post by: grubheam on Wednesday 03 August 05 14:00 BST (UK)
I am looking for surname index for British Columbia Canada for 1911 census. How can I find it? The surname is Gallop.
Title: Re: 1911 canadian census online
Post by: stonechat on Wednesday 03 August 05 14:14 BST (UK)
You'll have to wait, the Automated Genealogy team are going to start soon, otherwise you can only check the images

Bob
Title: Re: 1911 canadian census online
Post by: carol8353 on Wednesday 03 August 05 14:14 BST (UK)
Hi Grubhearn

Welcome to Rootschat.

If you read the rest of this thread you will see that as yet there is no surnname index.However I understand that volunteers are already working on indexing it in much the same way as the 1901 was done in Canada.

So either you trawl through page by page(which I what I am a small way through doing  ::)) or you wait a while till an index is produced.

All the best

Carol
Title: Re: 1911 canadian census online
Post by: samthompson on Wednesday 03 August 05 14:52 BST (UK)
Hi Grubheam

the 1911 census will be indexed by volunteers but that may take a while. Do you have any idea where your Gallop family may be? There are other resources that may help.

from this site there are 35 Gallop listings for births, marriages, deaths in the province of BC

http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-1BD1D48/gbsearch/Births,Marriages,Deaths

27 land grant listings for Gallop in BC
http://srmapps.gov.bc.ca/apps/rd/crowngrantsearchrequest.do

8 Gallop burials in BC
http://www.islandnet.com/cgi-bin/ms2/rsd/search

here  are  WW1 papers for some Gallops from BC

William Albert Gallop
http://data2.archives.ca/cef/gpc004/338735a.gif

Edgerton A Gallop
http://data2.archives.ca/cef/gpc004/338724a.gif

Edgar Joshua Gallop
http://data2.archives.ca/cef/gpc004/338723a.gif

there are 17 in WW1 in total (not all from BC)
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02010602_e.html

here is a WW2 death for a Gallop from BC

Name: GALLOP, JARVIS ERWIN
Initials: J E
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II (W.Op./Air Gnr.)
Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 98 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Age: 23
Date of Death: 10/02/1945
Service No: R/174932
Additional information: Son of Whitefield L. and Ethel Gallop, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 2. D. 14.
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

two obits for Gallop in BC before 1930
http://web.city.victoria.bc.ca/archives/obitsearch.asp

Good luck

Thelma




Title: Re: 1911 canadian census online
Post by: J.A.M. on Thursday 04 August 05 19:21 BST (UK)
If you intend to search through the 1911 Canadian Census before the indexing make sure you have the correct spelling of the place you want then search all spellings of the town.
I looked for my families in Thamesville, Kent Co., Ontario & guess what, it didn't exist. So I went further & found it spelled Thomasville, got 'em.
Good hunting to all.
Roger