Exclusive ‘essential companion to the 1911 Census’ wall chart
Britain’s best-selling genealogy magazine, Your Family Tree is celebrating the launch of the 1911 Census with an exclusive wall chart and features dedicated to showing readers how they can use the most important family history release for years to find their ancestors.
The records of more than 27 million people in England are now online at www.1911census.co.uk , three years earlier than planned. Your Family Tree is on hand to help bring to light the lives of your family all those years ago. For many of us, grandparents and great-grandparents are among the people listed, with their names, ages and occupations written in their own hand.
The Census was taken seven years before women over 30 got the vote, and while women were already on the streets demanding their electoral rights, some were more subversively protesting their cause by refusing to fill in their 1911 census returns. It was also three years before the start of World War I, and sadly records many young men who went on to die in the conflict.
On sale on the 2nd February, issue 74 of Your Family Tree will feature the first complete guide to the 1911 Census online, talking people through how to use it, its new features, and the future developments at the website.
Also free with that issue is a giant wall chart dedicated to the 1911 Census. This points out the key information readers should be looking for, and provides space for them to record their 1911 research in a stylish and easy way. It truly is the essential companion to the 1911 Census.
Russell James, Editor of Your Family Tree said:
“The launch of the 1911 Census is the most important event in family history for years. Your Family Tree is marking the occasion with the first and most comprehensive coverage of the new website, plus an exclusive chart that will allow our readers to make the best possible use of the exciting information about their ancestors.”
The magazine will also feature 100 tips to help readers save money in family history, vouchers to get money off their favourite websites and products, a focus on records of illegitimate children, a look at what your ancestors’ clothes can tell you about their lives, and loads more. The reverse of the 1911 wall chart is a giant military map, so readers can find out where their ancestors fought. Plus, there’s a CD with software worth over £25.
Issue 74 of Your Family Tree is on sale on the 2nd February 2009 priced at £4.99.
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For more information
Jen Campbell, Communications Executive, Future UK (01225) 732269 or (07775) 641509
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