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    ON HER MAJESTY’S CENSUS SERVICE

    Dec 21, 2021 5 minutes
    by RICK CRUME

    The highly anticipated 1921 census of England and Wales is expected to be released on 6 January 2022. With names, ages, places of birth and relationships covering virtually the whole population in that year, these records will be a major resource for genealogists.

    The 1921 enumeration is made all the more important because of what transpired in the decades that followed: the 1931 census was lost in a fire, and the 1941 census wasn’t taken because of World War II. As a result, the 1921 census will be the last decennial census available until 2052, when (if current privacy laws are maintained) the 1951 census will be released.

    The UK National Archives’ commercial partner, Findmypast <>, will digitize, transcribe and index the entire 1921 census of England and Wales before placing it online. The original census records consist of more than 28,000 bound

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