From Clio Infrastructure

Longer term plans

Beyond the initial three years we would aim to expand the datasets available in four ways:

1. By adding occupational census datasets for sub-national administrative units with the principal focus on units roughly equivalent to counties (UK) or departements (France). This is a radically larger digitisation undertaking. On the UK project the nineteenth century county level datasets are more than twenty-five times larger than the national level datasets. Our aim would be to encourage the creation of a series of national level projects that could digitise sub-national occupational data. However, because they already exist it will be possible to add such datasets to the hub for the UK (over the period 1851-1911) during the first three year phase of the project. It might prove possible to add such datasets from a number of other countries during the first three year period.
2. By adding population datasets at municipal/parish level for the census period for as many countries as possible. Because such datasets have already been created for the UK project for the period 1801-1881 it will be possible to add these to the hub during the first three year phase of the hub.
3. By adding occupational datasets for the pre-census period at a variety of spatial levels. Such datasets have already been created for England over the period 1750-1820. It is hoped they will soon be extended to coverthe period 1690-1750. The documentary sources in many other European countries (e.g. France and Germany) would probably allow far more the be done than is possible with English sources.
4. By adding population data at muncipal level.

The planned longer-term expansion of the hub beyond the initial three year period outlined in points (1) to (4) above would only be possible with further national and internationally funded projects but a number of research teams across Europe are planning funding applications. A sense of what could be achieved can be gained by looking at the datasets created so far on the UK project.

Visit the website of The occupational structure of Britain.