Fiona a is h £t Jo Tomlinson

Listening for IELTS

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CD2: Tracks 05-08
Jackie: 
Ah! Now th a t's som ething we 
do
 
agree on! We w ant to use the rep orts you gave us in o ur last lecture 
and som e sta tis tic s from the governm ent Environm ent and Energy D e p a rtm e n t. In te rm s of analysis, 
w e're going to use a cross-re fe re ncin g m ethod w here we com pare each of the governm ent reports 
w ith the Robertson rep ort and h ig h lig h t any d ifferen ce s. Then w e 'll analyse these to see why the 
differences exist and w here m ore research needs to be done.
T rack 07
Lecturer: 
OK, so to fin ish I w ant to look at the resources available fo r researching UK census inform a tion fo r 
the essay y o u 'll be w ritin g at the end of th is m odule. There are many resources fo r the study of the 
civilian population and fa m ily h istory out there ranging from public to academ ic to com m ercial. Some 
are available fo r the public to access free of charge, w h ils t others are only available by paym ent of 
fees, o r restricte d to academ ics and subject to reg istra tion . Some are m ore a ppropriate to fa m ily or 
genealogical investigation, o the rs to h is to ric a l population research.
So if we s ta rt at the beginning of the lis t on your handout, y o u 'll see firs tly there is the Fam ily 
Records Centre based in c e n tra l London. The centre and th e ir w ebsite are available to anyone in the 
country who has an interest in researching dem ographic data. T he ir w o rk m ig ht be u sefu l to give you 
an overview of the g eneral so rts of data and services available. U nfortunately, you do have to pay a 
reg istra tio n charge of £20 fo r a ye a r’s access to th e ir m ate ria l.
The next resource on the lis t is Genes Reunited, w hich is m ainly fo r people who w ant to find out 
m ore about th e ir ancestors. There are some good interactive tools on th is w ebsite, especially the 
one w hich shows you how to m anipulate the N ational Census Association's s ta tis tic a l data. Although 
Genes Reunited is very useful, it is used by a range of businesses and therefore accessing the site w ill 
cost you.
Now, the th ird item on the handout is The N ational Census Association, w hich contains the 
m ost u p-to-d ate data as it's com piled fro m o ffic ia l governm ent census data every ten years. Both 
com panies and individuals are able to access a ll th e ir resources w ith o u t paym ent, so th is may be a 
good place to s ta rt your research.
Finally, I'd ju s t like to draw yo ur a ttention to two jo u rn a ls at the bottom of the handout. The firs t 
one, 
Journal o f Historical M igration,
is not a ctua lly a jo u rn a l but a collection of a rtic le s on a w ebsite. 
Anyway, you m ig ht like to take a look at it because it has several a rtic le s on the im portance of 
recording census data fro m a h is to ric a l research perspective. This site is available to the general 
public so you d on't have to pay o r reg ister. The o th e r one, the 
Journal o f Social Demography,
is only 
available using vour university online jo u rn a ls login details as it can only be accessed by those 
studying o r researching in hig he r e ducation. Right. W ell, th at should be enough reading fo r you.