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Re: 1911 census
« Reply #189 on: Wednesday 14 January 09 21:49 GMT (UK) »
just tried searching for Ada STAIT (born 1906 Ormskirk area)
and various spellings and have drawn a blank!

No father Joshua STAIT (d. 1921) or mother Annie STAIT (d. c1940s)

I'm worried now!

Wish we could search on a first name with a year of birth and location!

 :o :'(

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Re: 1911 census
« Reply #190 on: Wednesday 14 January 09 22:14 GMT (UK) »
How can you search for "others in the household"? I've not found any way to do this other than paying, and even then, it may be the wrong family.
The "search address" function does not seem to be much use either since it is not possible to enter a house number.

To correct myself, you can search for others in the household, as long as they have the same surname. Here's how you do it, with one of my examples:

1. I know I am looking for Albert Garrard, born 1888, and last seen living in North London in 1901. I find two born within 2 years of 1888; one in Lambeth and one in Shoreditch. I'm not sure which one is mine - so let's guess it's the Shoreditch one.

2. Search again, but type in "Shoreditch" in the "Residential Place" and remove the year of birth search criteria. Make sure only one name comes back - in which case he is the only Albert Garrard in Shoreditch.

3. Remove "Albert" from the Personal Details first names, and add "Albert" to First names in "Other members of the household". You will then see everyone else in that household with the surname Garrard.

4. This is the right one! I recognise most of the names from 1901. I discover that two more siblings have been born since then.

It might be the case that Step 2 brings back more than one match. In which case, if you know someone else who would be in the household (a sibling, a parent, etc.) add them to the "Other members in household" until you get only one match with no year criteria, then eventually add both names to the "Other members of the household" forenames to find everyone else who is there.

Using this technique, I've managed to find all the other people in the household with the same surname in every case. When they remove the mandatory restriction on surname later in the year (as they have said they will) then we'll be able to search for other people in the household.


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Re: 1911 census
« Reply #191 on: Wednesday 14 January 09 22:15 GMT (UK) »
I'm having the same trouble. Frances Sarah Sutton is there somewhere, I've tried everything I can think of, but no sign of her. Typical, of all my direct ancestors, she is the one I really wanted & the only one I can't find >:(

Betty

just tried searching for Ada STAIT (born 1906 Ormskirk area)
and various spellings and have drawn a blank!

No father Joshua STAIT (d. 1921) or mother Annie STAIT (d. c1940s)

I'm worried now!

Wish we could search on a first name with a year of birth and location!

 :o :'(
KENT:
Stutely - Wittersham & Stone
Padgham - Wittersham
Wanstall - Northbourne
Taylor - Ringwould & Ash
Skinner - Deal
Bushell - Walmer
Spain - Walmer
Also
Schloss - Poland, Nottingham, Massachusetts & New Zealand.
Cohen - Birmingham

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Re: 1911 census
« Reply #192 on: Wednesday 14 January 09 22:15 GMT (UK) »
It looks like FreeBMD had the busiest day in their history yesterday, as people cross-checked BMD registrations with newly-found relatives on the 1911 census!

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/UsageInfo.html


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Re: 1911 census
« Reply #193 on: Wednesday 14 January 09 22:20 GMT (UK) »
Hi

I can remember when the 1901 census was released and the whole system crashed due to overload.

Ben
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LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET Coombs, Munday
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Budery
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham, Jupp
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk
USA Musgrave, Saix
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain

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Re: 1911 census
« Reply #194 on: Wednesday 14 January 09 22:24 GMT (UK) »
It looks like FreeBMD had the busiest day in their history yesterday, as people cross-checked BMD registrations with newly-found relatives on the 1911 census!

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/UsageInfo.html

Think An*try did as well by the problems some of us have had with it. I was trying to check my Leah cousins and it took ages to find anything on that or Free BMD.

Ironically 1911 was faster than FindMyPast or any of the others  ::) ::) ::)
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Re: 1911 census
« Reply #195 on: Wednesday 14 January 09 22:30 GMT (UK) »




http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/UsageInfo.html


Have to admit I had no idea those statistics existed until just now .. ?  :D

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Re: 1911 census
« Reply #196 on: Wednesday 14 January 09 22:52 GMT (UK) »
just tried searching for Ada STAIT (born 1906 Ormskirk area)
and various spellings and have drawn a blank!

No father Joshua STAIT (d. 1921) or mother Annie STAIT (d. c1940s)

I'm worried now!

Wish we could search on a first name with a year of birth and location!

 :o :'(

i also had a slight problem like yours last night when searching for my wifes relations,
her family is also ormskirk, but i tried lancashire  and it found them ok, (funny enough when i found them they WERE IN ORMSKIRK?)  having said that i just tried the Staits you mention and also couldnt find them, MAYBE they didnt return a form? maybe in another area for the census? or hopefully for you its not been added YET,
as Darren S states follow his instructions for searches that you know a few that should be in the house,
or leave the area out just start with a surname, then add a year of birth, and then add a christian name of anyone you know thats there, as ive mentioned before i have been chuffed with info i have found, but 16 million records i think some errors are to be expected, hopefully it won't hold to may people up

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Re: 1911 census
« Reply #197 on: Wednesday 14 January 09 22:56 GMT (UK) »
apology double post