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The Census has been controversial since Mary and Joseph were required to register, in person, at his Home Place in Bethlehem so that they could be enumerated by the Roman Imperium. Q. Why bother to do such head-counts?A. Because numbers are essential for effective planning, and fair taxation.Further controversy: on 30 June 1922 the early census records for Ireland went up in flames when the Four Courts, and the Public Records Office, were blown up during the Civil War [smoking ruin R]. But The Man had, for reasons of economy and archival ignorance, already dumped the original records for 1861-1891. So the earliest enumeration sheets for Ireland are for 1901 and 1911. These records are searchable on-line, if you desire to find out who lived in your house or your home-place all those years ago. You can also get as nosy as you want about any other place which existed and was inhabited at that time. There was no census in 1921 b/c War of Independence. The Blob had a look at who was living…