1911 census

[libitina]

I found one family had used Mr and Mrs on their form and so that is how they were transcribed. When I looked I found lots like that. Try advanced searching with surname and also someone else you would expect to be in th house.

Sue

Thank you. I found my Great Grandmother (see my avatar) by looking for her Father.

[kerryb]

Hi

I am looking for my grandma who would have been 24 and almost certainly "in service".   Nothing under her surname - Mosedale.  Is it possible to use wildcards? I tried MOS* but it found nothing.

Any ideas?

Lynne

Hi Lynne  This page gives some useful search tips http://www.1911census.co.uk/content/default.aspx?r=33&68

I'm not sure wildcards are actually working just yet, but there are other search items you can use such as place of birth etc.

Kerry

modified - wildcards are included, at the bottom of the link above. 

[Necromancer]

From the 'Launch' email ...

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[libitina]

I found one family had used Mr and Mrs on their form and so that is how they were transcribed. When I looked I found lots like that. Try advanced searching with surname and also someone else you would expect to be in th house.

Sue

Thank you. I found my Great Grandmother (see my avatar) by looking for her Father.

Actually, scratch that. She's not on the census at all under her name.
She'd have been 16 so maybe in service???

Would that be under her masters name then?

[Tati]

Would that be under her masters name then?

She shouldn't, anyway! 

[linnet27]

Hi Kerry

Thanks for that.  The site states -

"Wildcard searching

Wildcard searching allows you to replace letters or sequences of letters with an asterisk (*), if you are unsure of how a name was spelt, or can't find it with the usual spelling.

A wildcard can be used at the beginning of a word, where it is especially useful as capital letters in cursive writing are more likely to be transcribed incorrectly are perhaps looking for a Rollind or a Collins."

I tried *os*dal and got the message "A wildcard cannot be the first character" !!

Lynne

[Necromancer]

not yet implemented - see Launch email .... extract above ....

[aynsley]

I bought 280 credits and just did transcripts as I am doing mine and my husbands. Had lots of finds and only half a dozen wrong ones but no luck finding my grandfather could not find him in 1901 either. Will they be letting us search by first name only in the future does anyone know?

[Lydart]

(I haven't read all through this thread ...) ... but having worked out I need/would like to see about 20 pages, which at about £3 a page, is £60 !   Other searches may well occur to me ...

If I took out a subs to FindMyPast, would it cover the 1911, does anyone know ?   I was wondering if it would work out cheaper ...