An editorial from the London Evening Standard:
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there. Or so LP Hartley told us in the opening sentence of his novel The Go-Between, published in 1953. But we\’re now keener than mustard to catch hold of all our yesterdays.
Two days ago, the Kewbased Public Record Office was stunned by the overwhelmingly avid response to its decision to put the 1901 census on line (the most recent census released under the 100-year rule that protects individuals\’ privacy). I\’m surprised at its surprise. The Public Record Office should have known that, these days, everyone wants to be a DIY historian . . .
More. The 1901 census data can be examined here, although as Ananova recently reported, heavy demand is making it difficult to use the site.
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