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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: millerina on Thursday 20 April 06 16:41 BST (UK)
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Just in case anybody has missed this - The 1841 census has finally arrived on ancestry, including images...enjoy!!
England 1841 (http://www.rootschat.com/links/0e2/)
Wales 1841 (http://www.rootschat.com/links/0e1/)
Channel Islands 1841 (http://www.rootschat.com/links/0dy/)
Isle of Man 1841 (http://www.rootschat.com/links/0e0/)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
millerina :)
Moderator Note: Thanks Millerina, we've now added links to them now :)
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Its here at last TODAY 41 census and its looking good.
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I don't see it on there ???
Andrew
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Wow at last!
Mind you they kept that quiet, I ticked a box sometime ago to have an email sent to me when they go online!!
Kerry
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Try clicking on "recently added databases" ;) ;D
millerina
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Andrew
I did a search on someone I knew is on the 1841 and in the results page it came up at the bottom of the census records.
Kerry
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Ok, why havent I got the 1841 census on my ancestry??? ???
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I found it. They haven't put it up on the UK census collection section yet but if you do a search on all the censuses at once, there's an option to select only the 1841 census. I almost always search by clicking on whichever census I'm looking for like 1871, then search on the 1861 etc. I don't tend to use the other search facility which is why I didn't find it initially.
Thanks millerina (my mum will go crazy when she gets back today to find out it's been released!)
Andrew
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Sneakily found the direct links ;D
England 1841: http://www.rootschat.com/links/0e2/
Wales 1841: http://www.rootschat.com/links/0e1/
Channel Islands 1841: http://www.rootschat.com/links/0dy/
Isle of Man 1841: http://www.rootschat.com/links/0e0/
Andrew
Moderator Comment: Links now modified to originate from RootsChat ;)
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Thanks for letting us know
Anna x
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Thanks for letting us know. ;D
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I hope it doesnt crash with all of us doing a mad 1841 hunt
Anna x
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THANKS MILLERINA 8) 8)
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Thanks, Millerina! That's my night spoken for!!!! :)
Off to search ...
Paul
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Woop! Woop! Woop!
thanks for letting us know - I've been watching for it for days and it had slipped right past me!
Well, that's a carry out for tea tonight because I'm going to be looking at the 1841!
Netty
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Wooooooohoooooooooo.... and there I was planning an early night...
was about to go and sort out dinner...
yes take out sounds good...
See you all with matchsticks under my eyes...
Thanks Millerina for the heads up... I too had ticked the box to be let know...
and thanks Andrew for the URLs
Best wishes
Mo
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Yes, indeedy!!! Thanks very much - have rushed out to get munchies to see me through the long night ahead
Many ,many thanks....
RuthieB
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Well that's me settled for a long night when I had planned to go to bed early!!
Thanks for letting us know. I had asked to be e-mailed when it was up but haven't received anything so far.
Ellen
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woooohoooo.,yippie.
im happy kids back to school next week.
me and the pc and 1841 ahhhhhhh bliss.
;D ;D ;D ;D :-* ;D ;D ;D ;D
dwalin
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If only there were other things that could get us as excited as the launch of the 1841. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Kerry
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Many thanks for the tipoff Millerina!
I've already found some of mine...
Romilly.
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Thank for the tip. have found 3 missing siblings not on the 1851 census. Off now to check BMD records as i have run out of ink already!!!!
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Great........but where are my ancestors hiding? Have only found one so far >:(
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I have found a few including someone who I had been told wasnt on the 1841 only to find that they were!
Anna x
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Thanks Millerina
Went straight to Ancestry and in minutes found an elusive ancestor I have been looking for, for around ten years. :'( (these are tears of joy!)
Thats my weekend spoken for..
Daisy ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Thanks Millerina
Went straight to Ancestry and in minutes found an elusive ancestor I have been looking for, for around ten years. :'( (these are tears of joy!)
Thats my weekend spoken for..
Daisy ;D ;D ;D ;D
So pleased for you Daisy!!!
(I think we're all going to be busy for the next few days:-)
Romilly.
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Great news, I hope that I can now trace some elusive family and knock down some brickwalls. A busy night as I only just read the posting. Thanks for the info.
Regards
Geoff
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I think I just woke the house up...I just shouted out in delight when I read that. :P ;D
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And here i am at work without my credit card ... or the list of people i want to find. Hurry up knock off .... got things to do ... lol
Jaki
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Yipeeee!!!!!!!!! ;D
I've been waiting for this for ages for some of my lines in carmarthenshire ( it's the only year I haven't got on discs for the area), funny I don't think my emails from ancestry have mentioned it at all - they slipped that one in quietly haven't they.
I'm not going to get any work done today now lol... I'm back off to ancestry, I've already found one of my lot - now to find the rest of the others
Thanks for letting us know! yippee again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol.
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Found My Gt Gt Gt Gt Grandfqather on maternal line still alive Blimey
Also already a potential solution to brickwall, a gt gt grandfather has an apparent brother with him AND a brther I knew about has someone of older generation staying
THis is what I have been waiting for
Bob
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Thanks - I had missed that one. Right, I'm off to get the paints out and put a video on for my 4 year old so that I can have a search.
You have to get your priorities right, don't you? ;)
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i couldent wait till monday lol ::)
i have just paid sixteen yr old to take out five yr old to m/c for lunch .
with strict instructions to walk slow . :o
dwalin
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Just shows what a mob of obsessives we are - all rejoicing (including me!) But I don't actually have Ancestry, so will have to possess my soul in patience till I can get the info checked that I need!!! 8) 8)
In the meantime - enjoy, all you lucky people who are right into it as I type!!! ;D
MarieC
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I've just been searching on ancestry and have found tht the 1841 census is now included.
Already I've been able to check out a couple of family queries, and sorted out a couple of parents - ;D ;D
oh no -looks like I'll be stuck to the PC even more now following everyone up for 1841. :D :D
Does anyone know if it has full coverage?
Mark
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Mark
After reading your post I went straight to the Ancestry site and, first of all to check it out, I tried some names I already have from the 1841 census without any success. Tried absolutely anything but no joy.
Anybody else having probs?
Marie.
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I only just found this thread ...... and haven't got my e-mail from ancestry either >:(
Oh well, off to have a quick look!
Marie,
Try clicking on 'Recently added databases' and it should be on there.
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Thanks Chui
It is apparently there with the other years in the UK Census Collection on the Ancestry site - the year comes up but whoever I search for just isn't found even those I've already seen on 1841 elsewhere. Looks like I'll just have to be patient which isn't in my nature!
Regards
Marie.
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Hi Marie,
Don't want to teach grandmotehr to suck eggs (or something liek that) but have you tried changing the spelling? In 1851 onwards one of my ancestors has same spelling, but in 1841 it changes, yet it's defo him as rest of family are same throughout,
Mark
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Hi Mark
It's always worth checking even obvious things but yes I did try different spellings and several different surnames (including smith and jones even though I don't have them in my family tree) without success.
In the past I've found Hatchell as Matchell, Connolly as Elly and Hunley, Conley, Conoly, Connelley etc etc.
I'll go off and have another go on Ancestry now.
Cheers
Marie.
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I wonder if they have kept quiet this time to stop the problems of the 1901!!!!
Kerry :)
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Frustrating but didn't find the first 3 families I looked for, I did later find the first gt gt gt g'father at home but gt gt gfather away, have to find him yet , just maybe he might be with more rellies (only 9 yrs)
Anyone else find the search ares difficult
I want (for example) to search for someone in Marple
I have to enter Stockport, then when you look at each page, you can see where it is.
Tonight will try to find more of family in Yorkshire - mostly Lee family so hard to find.
Don't you find it even harder in an area where you are not very familiar with local geography
Bob
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Does anyone know if it has full coverage?
There are bits missing. For example in Middlesex:
Piece 668 Middlesex
Township: West Finsbury
Township: Golden-Lane
Township: Old Street
Township: Whitecross-Street
Piece 680 Middlesex
Parish: Paddington
Parish: Kensington (part)
Piece 690 Middlesex
Parish: Blatherwycke
Parish: Bulwick
Parish: Bulwick Short Leys
Parish: Deene
Township: Brompton
Township: Kensall Green (part)
It's only to be expected that some pages got lost or destroyed. Shame about Paddington. :-\
K.
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It makes absolutely no difference what I type in - any name, any county - exact or ranked - nothing at all for 1841. I'll give up until I get an email from Ancestry.
Marie.
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Phew!!!!!! It's just come up on my Ancestry Home Page, 1841 England and Wales. It was'nt there half an hour ago :-\
I've been struggling to find it...have had a quick try and it seems to be working OK.
Suey
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I have seen many mistakes, usually the same ones over and over again. In some cases, where there is a single slash indicating another family group/servants in the same house, they count it as a new house. Also, in some cases they are under a different parish to usual. I was searching for someone in Greetland. It usually comes under Greetland, Elland or Elland cum Greetland in the civil parish field. However in the 1841 it came under Halifax, which threw me for a bit.
I've been able to find many of my ancestors on the 1841 already, I just need to dig deeper. For all I know, their parents could be on there too.
For the record, my GGGGGG Grandparents are on the 1851 census :)
Andrew
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I'm finding some of it very hard to read. I have found my Tiplady family in Luton, but apart from a couple of names, it is so faded I can't read it. Shame as there are two extra people on it than 1851 - either children that may have died or something more exciting! Can read parents and two children, but even the transcribers gave up on the rest! ???
If anyone has better eyes it's HO107/4/24 f10 p14!
Tracy
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Hi Tracy
I still can't get anything up for my main area of interest but I was able to see your Tiplady's in Luton and I agree the images are very poor - I was able to read only a couple of names too.
It'd be interesting to know how these compare with copies of the 1841 which some Rootschatters already have on disc. I have some images for some Lancashire ones which I've saved from a pay-per-view site but I'm unable to compare them at present because they're just not coming up on Ancestry yet.
Marie.
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Do you think this is the reproduction or the originals that are so faded? I suppose the transcribers work from reproductions so have the same problems as us?
By the way, thanks to this thread for highlighting the 1841 was available - I didn't know until I read it this morning. Even then, when I went on the Ancestry there was no obvious sign of it, although now it has appeared on the home page.
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p.s. Thanks for looking for me Marie!
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Hello everyone
Now I'm gone to search for EVERYONE!!!!
YeeHaaaa!!! ;D ;D ;D
Oh what happy bunnies there are on here tonight
Carol
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wow...........where is my e.mail then ???
still been waiting for this.....will now go and renew membership ;D ;D
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Had some great successes already, and some major surprises that I hadn't expected in a million years. It's amazing how some things can just knock you for six. :(
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Found a few already with parents names which I didn't have before so that's a good start though I still can't find my Great x 3 Grandad, John Price from Liverpool.
Tried every one that came up and still can't find him. Even his wife, who I am sure he had married by then, doesn't show up
Biggest surprise was finding West derby, Liverpool listed under Salford!
Oh well back to the searching in a few mins. Just need to rest my eyes from all that difficult to read writing
Good Luck to everyone else who is looking as well
Carol
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Found my Booth family was entered by eumerator as Both
I had to search manually through Marple to find Hawk Green to find them
Bob
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Have found some of my families - Harris, Stables even Stackhouse ;D but so far unable to find the McGurn's apart from one family who may or may not be mine. :-\ So it's looking like they came over to England between 1841 and 1851. Oh well just another brick in the wall. :'(
Having looked at loads of images I must say that the Transcribers have had a very hard job and I would say all praise to them. :)
Jean
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Do you think this is the reproduction or the originals that are so faded? I suppose the transcribers work from reproductions so have the same problems as us?
I understand that the 1841 census was completed in pencil. If that is the case then the images are very good. 8)
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Incredible they are legible at all then! The areas of London I have been looking at this morning have all been really clear images - although the writing itself is still quite difficult!
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I was so excited when I read the 1841 census was online. I dashed over to Ancestry, and began typing in all the names I could think of.
Not found any of them yet. :'(
I was hoping to smash down a couple of brick walls. Ah well.
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I've been looking for a definitive list of parishes that are found in each Hundred. Some of the counties on the GenUKI pages have listed them, but it would be good if the name of the Hundred appeared on their Registration Districts' pages.
It's quite useful, particularly when the families would marry others in close-by villages. Putting in the Hundred name defines the search criteria better, so that you usually end up searching all villages/parishes in a smaller area (the Hundred) rather than the whole of the county ... if you see what I mean!
:)
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In defence of the quality of scans on the 1841 on Ancestry, I have to say that obviously I have been really lucky because the ones I've viewed have been very clear.
In some cases, they're not even scans of photocopies, but scans of the original enumerator's books (complete with yellowed pages), for example the Suffolk parishes of Carlton Colville, Charsfield and Eyke.
Back off to search some more ...
Anne x
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I have to say I'm having a pretty good morning. Whoops day, tea break and come and gone!!
So far I have found 90% of those I am looking for. If I can't find the head of the household I look for a child and I have managed to find them all.
The scans are pretty good I think.
Kerry ;D ;D ;D ;D
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What I like about this is that you have to use parish records too. You can find children and their parents but usually you can't find grandparents. Don't forget about the grandparents - they could still be alive.
I'd also like to say, take note of how the people in the family are arranged and be open minded. I had one family where the ages were (they thankfully forgot to round them) 41 John, 48 Sarah, 18 Joseph, 21 Martha, 16 William, 12 Elizabeth, 13 John, 6 Sarah, 3 Emma, 8 months Jane. The ages looked fine so I assumed they were all children. I wanted to know the mother's maiden name as the marriage wasn't on the IGI. I ordered the birth cerificate and I got it. It said the parents were Joseph and Martha. Once I saw that, I realised why they had not been put in order of their age. As they don't show the relation to the head of the household in the 1841, you need to take much more notice of how the family is laid out on the image.
Andrew
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Just discovered the 1841 Census is now on ancestry ~ happy hunting folks
Laurina
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I've just broken through a brickwall. I now know the parents of my great x 3 grandfather. Wippee. This is great!!!
Kerry
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Congratulations Kerry! I know the feeling - I've managed to get back another generation on a few lines too.
Andrew
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Ancestry have done a remarkable job on this one compared to other's. I've had very few problems. Therefore I commiserate with those who have, mind you I have had to use lateral thinking a few times and look at soundex!
Kerry
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Glad to see so many are having success
Mine is a load of pants up to yet >:( >:( >:(
IJL
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Beware there are some missing pages
I already have one family member for the Genealogist in Denton, Lancs, so I have the HO107 etc number
This is missing from Ancestry at present
Bob
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Glad to see so many are having success
Mine is a load of pants up to yet >:( >:( >:(
IJL
Me too!
I'm glad I'm not the only one. Was hoping to find a few children untraceable on other censuses, but no luck so far :(
It doesn't help that they didn't say what county they were born in >:( nevermind, I'll keep searching for them.
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I'm very disappointed also - a lot of mine seem to be missing. Combination of hard to read images and missing pages, I guess! So far, the 1841 is a damp squib for me! Congrats to those who have broken through brick walls, and commiserations to those who are like me!!! :( :'(
MarieC
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It's taking me a while to properly understand how to fine tune the search on the 1841. For example, I was looking for a family living in Armley, Leeds, Yorks.
If I put Armley in the Civil Parish box, I get no results.
If I put Bramley Ward in the Civil Parish box, I get all the Armley people.
Putting Armley in the Keyword box also gave me all the Armley people.
If I put Leeds in any box, there are too many to sort through.
GenUKI and the Gazetteer of UK Names are getting a bit of a hammering from me at the moment! :D
K.
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I tried that way when looking for a family who originated in Acton Burnell Shropshire. Found there where 2 lots of census pages however they were only 3 pages on each district so trawled through them all. No mention of any families of the name I was looking for.
I actually found another family I am researching by using one name and clicking on the name and then clicking onto 'see others in family' and was able to confirm I had right one by the other family names.
So perhaps that could be one way of trying - just in case on census night they were outside their normal district.
Jean
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This is really irritating. Ancestry must be aware of 'chatter' about the confusion and dispappointment this is causing subscribers - I'm annoyed they haven't sent an email to everybody to explain what's happening about this census. They've ben sending them for some time now to ramp up the interest in 1841 so they should tell us what the problems are and what they're doing to resolve them. I know it's not been 'officially launched' but the reality is that it's there and it's not working properly.
Eventually, I found one of my families by searching on just country and surname but there are over seventeen thousand names, even on 'exact'. I trawled through the screens until I found one member of the family and then was able to see the other members.
All the details are transcribed correctly, Parish etc, but if I enter anything other than country and surname I get nothing.
The good news is that the quality, on this particular image, was excellent and far superior to one I'd seen previously of the same page.
I keep telling myself to leave it until things settle but then my usual impatience takes over and I have another go.
Marie.
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I agree with all the disappointed. I was excited when it arrived but so far have found none of the families I have been searching for. I am not sure if the pages are not there or the search engine is so vague that I need to go through hundreds of entries. Will keep on trying and hoping.
Geoff
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Hmmm, I can't find any of my Wheeldons. There were about 5 families all living on the same street in 1851 but not a trace in 1841. Perhpas I will have to try and find the street. :'(
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Geoff
The only thing to work with my family was the surname plus England and I noticed you have what I thought was a fairly uncommon name in Moxham so put just that in plus England and up popped more than two huindred.
There's a Ann Moxham at Monkton Farleigh and if you then check 'view record' you can see other members of the family.
Cheers
Marie.
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Hi Marie
May I suggest that you don't try to put anything in the Birthplace boxes, because the 1841 didn't record the actual birthplace.
For your Moxhams, try putting just the surname, and choose the county Wiltshire for the Residence. You'll get 87 Moxhams coming up.
To refine it further, you could put find out what Hundred your family were living in, and/or what parish (which might be different from the names of towns).
:)
K.
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I've had a go at just entering Wheeldon and a county but I still haven't got them.
I'm now attempting to find an address through the enumeration districts.
Hmmmm - this could take some time :-\
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I've just found a Mary Grant transcribed as Henry. You'd think they'd realise their mistake when her age was in the female column ::)
Andrew
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Is it the full 1841 census or will they be adding bits on?
I have looked through my records and found that some time ago a kind person did a look up for me and found the family that I am looking for living at Pooles Hole, Burbage - H0107/197/20 Folio 12A.
I seem to have tried every search combination that I can think of but can't seem to track my Wheeldons down. I would like to look at the original and keep it for my records.
Heeelp - anyone got any ideas please?
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What are the names/ages of the people you are looking for?
(removed search results due to copyright)
Andrew
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Hi Koromo
They're not my Moxhams - I was just trying to help GeoffB.
I know that the place of birth wasn't given in 1841 as I've transcribed several villages from a pay-per-view site last year but it is worth mentioning. It seems with this, at present at any rate, the least information one puts in the better.
Hope we don't have to learn to live with it like it is - it's difficult enough to find things which have been mistranscribed without having to play guessing games about other things as well.
Regards
Marie.
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Anyone looking for Christopher SHAY will find him transcribed as Christopher MARY ??? ???
Jean
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Andrew, how did you manage that? I must be doing something seriously wrong. ??? I been fiddling about with it for hours :-[
I'm looking for -
David Wheeldon b aprox 1787 - apparantly he is shown as being aged 50 in 1841 - wife Anne Wheeldon b aprox 1797 - son Thomas Wheeldon b 1826.
Jacob Wheeldon b 1791
Job Wheeldon b 1801
All should be born Burbage - Hartington Upper Quarter.
Many thanks for your time and help ;D
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It wouldn't accept the 12a so I just typed in the 197 and 20 in the piece and book boxes. Then I just clicked next until I found any Wheeldons.
Here you go:
(http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/198/wheeldon0ol.png)
Andrew
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It's indexed as Wheelden. I'm finding I have to use the Soundex option a lot more.
:)
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aaaaah, thank you so much Andrew and Koromo. I wished I'd asked for help last night or at 6 this morning :-\
thanks again, much appreciated.
Fiona
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No problem Fiona, it makes me feel less guilty about finding so many of mine :)
Andrew
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I found one of my families children appear on the page after their parents ~ they've all been given the surname 'Ann' as the top child was called Mary Ann "
Laurina
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Someone please tell me how this: (http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/9302/150pp.gif) can be misread as 65 ???
Andrew
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So far , I have been pretty lucky at finding people on 1841 - but there are 2 still missing.
I have thought laterally/used soundex/ tried writing the name and looking at possible mistranscriptions - but still cant find James Sutton - aged 2 born in Southwark - so it is back to the drawing board. If the moved north of the Thames, maybe it is just my luck that they are in one of the missing areas!! :(
Re-reading previous posts have just had a thought - James's middle name was Thomas, so was his fathers - so will try James Thomas!!
Back to Ancestry......
Jan
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Wow at last!
Mind you they kept that quiet, I ticked a box sometime ago to have an email sent to me when they go online!! Kerry
Me too!
Pity they've missed a whole chunk of the Cambs/Norfolk border off their 1841 transcription :( - as they've also done with the 1851.
I know my lot are there as I have the Cambs. FHS transcriptions.
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b27/anniemcc/smilies/Cheers.gif) Ann
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As expected, I can't find any of mine. :'( The 1841 would have been the answer to all my problems - well, for that year anyway ;D
Kim
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Kimi, keep on looking and don't give up. Have a look at previous posts on this topic and you will probably get some ideas and don't forget to ask for help, which I should have done two days ago ;)
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Thanks Wheeldon,
I'm still looking now. I must admit, they were very elusive, but I'll keep trying.
Kim
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Have now nailed the missing 10 yr old George Jackson, visiting what I believe are aunt's parents, the Oliver's in Brand Side Derbyshire.
It's weird, I still haven't mailed his uncles marriage to the Olver's, I know who I think his Uncle is, I just can't prove it.
Bob
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I've struck another stroke of luck! I found my Thomas Smith in Leeds on the 1841 (although his son doesn't seem to be on there) but his wife had died and he had remarried. There were several possible marriages of a Thomas Smith to a Hannah. I just went onto FamilySearch.org and found his wife's death in April 1837. There are 2 possible marriages, both in March 1838 and there's only 22 pages between those. Now I'll have to either rule one of them out somehow (hopefully I find the other couple living with the mother in law or something) or order one and hope for the best.
Andrew
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Well I found my Sarah Ann Goodrick with both her parents - I knew her mother was Eliza but her father had died before 1851.
and what was the father's christian name I hear you ask:
C R ::)
Fortunately Eliza had her name in full, 'cos Sarah Ann was S A.
Helen
p.s. fairly sure it was Charles Reuben ;)
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You lucky......lucky people :D at the moment, I'd be happy to find someone that lived in the same street as any of mine ;D.
kim
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Below is a link to the BBC website who has run an article today announcing the arrival of the 1841 Census online.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4930496.stm
Thought i'd share the news :)
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I've seen a report on the 1841 release on the BBC1 lunchtime news and I've jst received an email from Ancestry informing me of the release. Bit late, I spent the weekend on it!!!
Kerry
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Ancestry still haven't emailed me yet.
I have found most of the key people now, the task is to resolve some problem issues, probably minor errors I have made. The most difficult part is the Lee family in Yorkshire there are lots of Goerge and John Lee's, and if Goerge by any chance remarried, itwould be a tad difficult to find him
Seems to me that without birthplace, you recognise people with common names by having known relatives with them
Bob
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Yes They are a Bit Slow Ive been Thrashing it since Last Wednesday as most on Here.
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just in case you did not know already :)
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I finally got an email from Ancestry about this today, - rather amusing as I've been looking at it since last week! (And have already found some mistakes:-).
N.B.
Just spoke to the main office at Ancestry on the phone, apparently they are having serious system problems thanks to the announcements in the press over the 1841 Census, they have been bombarded with hits as a result so don't be surprised if you have trouble getting on for the next day or so.
Apparantly Parish Registers are next on their list, - although the indexing of the early registers should make for interesting reading, as the majority of their transcribers are Chinese:-)
Romilly.
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Parish Registers!!!!
I'll never need to leave my computer again!!!
Kerry :-\ :-\
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It'll get really interesting if they start transribing latin documents!
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Parish registers??!! So much for my hopes of having a life ever again... :P
I'd never leave the net. ::)
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sgolding
You are so right! Although looking at the transcription mistakes in the censuses, we will have to leave our computers to check the original fiches to find out what the real names are!!!! ::) ::)
MarieC
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Apparantly Parish Registers are next on their list, - although the indexing of the early registers should make for interesting reading, as the majority of their transcribers are Chinese:-)
I was wondering what they would do next!
Will probably have to wait ages for the ones I'm interested in to appear ::)
Once they arrive, there'll be no getting me off my computer ;D
Brilliant idea though!
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although the indexing of the early registers should make for interesting reading, as the majority of their transcribers are Chinese:-)
Romilly.
I'd stand a better chance of interpreting Chinese script than some of the handwriting I've seen in Parish Registers!
Paul
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I read some recently from the 1500s and the terms in brackets were priceless:
Burials:
Robert Pilbeame (Old Robert)
Thomas Pilbeam (a poor man)
I am sure they didn't really mean what I took them to mean!!!
Kerry ;D
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My Varnden family in the 1841 Census were transcribed as Barricks !
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Parish Register - If it's in Chinese I stand a better chance than Latin,
son did a year in China teaching and has a Chinese partner
who speaks 5 different dialects including Mandarin Cantonese and Taiwanese.
Newbie
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Parish Register - If it's in Chinese I stand a better chance than Latin,
son did a year in China teaching and has a Chinese partner
who speaks 5 different dialects including Mandarin Cantonese and Taiwanese.
Newbie
We'll all be seeking your assistance then Newbie!!
Romilly. ;)
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Although looking at the transcription mistakes in the censuses, we will have to leave our computers to check the original fiches to find out what the real names are!!!! ::) ::)
With any luck though they'd have copies of the original pages scanned, like they have with the census. That would be so wonderful. :D
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We'll all be seeking your assistance then Newbie!!
Romilly, Happy to help ;D ;D
as long as its not latin, actually he also speaks Russian...hrrmm now do we have any need of any Russian...
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My Varnden family in the 1841 Census were transcribed as Barricks !
No wonder I can't find some of my Hartleys and Martins. They are probably transcribed as something totally bizarre! How on earth did you find them?? You couldn't have thought of looking for them under that name!!
MarieC
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No wonder I can't find some of my Hartleys and Martins. They are probably transcribed as something totally bizarre! How on earth did you find them?? You couldn't have thought of looking for them under that name!!
MarieC
No I knew the probable address
Bob