We are happy to tell you that we have now applied changes to the data on 1911 Census to allow you to search for variants for both first names and last names.

The variants search is essentially a large thesaurus that identifies common variants, mis-spellings and alternative spellings for many of the names within the census. This should be of great help in tracking down elusive ancestors that you have so far not been able to identify. 

Click on the “Show advanced fields” button to make use of this search feature.

Coming next: allow a wildcard as the first character, increase range of years available (currently set at a maximum of +/- 2 years).

Enjoy!