Today, I offer two new items related to the 1921 Canadian Census. One is an editorial by Canadian genealogist (www.cangenealogy.com) Dave Obee, and the other is a new online petition by blogger Bill Robinson.
First, there
has been further clarification on the release of the census, as well
as other news from the Library and Archives Canada, compliments of Dave Obee in his
editorial in the Times Colonist
newspaper in Victoria, British Columbia entitled, "Don’t let politics interfere with
data access" at
I
noticed that he said, “Back to the 1921 census. Volunteers are lined up, ready to
start indexing the 8.8 million names as soon as the images are placed online.
Last year, after the 1940 United States census was put on the Internet,
volunteers compiled an index of its 132 million names in just four months”.
Have
you been approached to be a volunteer?
In
the meantime, we await the release of the census so that the LAC can put it online.
According
to my sources, there might be something happening in about two weeks’ time.
It seems that the
pressure has been felt.
From the comments on my blog and emails, and from other blogs, websites, and listservs I follow, your continued individual and collective efforts put forth in the "trenches" in letting the Heritage
Minister and others know how genealogists everywhere feel about the current stance on the non-release of the 1921
Canadian Census ARE being noticed!
In
the meantime, fellow blogger, Bill Robinson, http://robinsonb.blogspot.com, has
started an online petition, and you are encouraged to read it and add your name to it at https://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/the-honourable-james-moore-release-the-1921-census-now
Thank
you, Bill, for this initiative.
Where
this will lead is anyone’s guess, but I suspect that we will find out sooner
rather than later.
As
for the Heritage Minister, the Honourable James Moore, he can be contacted through his constituency office at
www.jamesmoore.ca/EN/contact_us
To
look at my past posts on the 1921 Canadian Census, just type in “1921 Census”
in the search box on the right-hand side of the main page. Here are screenshots
of the search and results boxes, below.
And please take a moment to check out the comments – they are interesting, supportive, and
informative. Thanks to all who have written.
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