April Project- Who Did You Know One Hundred Years Ago?

Sunday April 10th is Census Night, so our project this month relates to the Census National Archives.

The 1911 Census is available on-line and are very interesting to view. You will definitely need a parent and probably a grandparent to help you with this project.

For your project you need to:

1. Get the surname, area and  townland of a member of your family who was alive in 1911 (probably a great-grandparent, or great-great grandparent)
2. Go to http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/
3. Click on SEARCH THE CENSUS RECORDS FOR IRELAND 1901 AND 1911
4. Click on BROWSE BY PLACE (do not use the form for searching by  name etc- it is not very useful)
5. Choose 1911
6. Select county
7. Select DED (general area)
8. Select townland
9. Select family name

Record your findings on the record sheet I have provided.
You have 8 great-grandparents, so you might want to look up more than one.
If you are interested in your family history, and have someone to help you, you could do the exact same for the 1901 census.
Good luck!

The Titanic under construction in Belfast, May 1911

March Project Results

Great job on the cooking project for March.

Dara cooked Macaroni and Cheese with delicious bacony bits. mmm



Conor made tasty Spaghetti Bolognese for his family.