1911 census

[Paul Caswell]

I agree Nick, transcription, by its nature, is intrinsically prone to misreading due to handwritng. However, names appearing such as GEROGE, XRICHARD and the ubiquitous DO suggest that there is something more going on here than just 'difficult to read' writing.

Paul

[Nick29]

Oh, I'm not making excuses for them........ I daresay that they are more inclined to speed than accuracy 

[Necromancer]

given that there's well over 30 million handwritten names, its probably a bit early to generalise on the basis of a few dozen reported here ... or opinions on handwriting quality in general .....

Prior to 1911, the household schedules were destroyed once the details had been transferred into the enumerators’ summary books. But for the 1911 census both sets of records have been preserved, which means seeing one's ancestors own hand , in addition to the edited version in the enumerators’ summary.

allegedly the enumerators summaries will be available a couple of months after launch, so that will make an interesting comparison on transcription of just one persons hand .

[O1dgobbo]

Hi

At least one of the strange transcriptions could be quite helpful to an interested family historian - look up Florence Cook, born 1907, and you will find on the surnames list

"COOK BY FIRST HUSBAND"

All the best

Gobbo

[peteseaton]

Can I make a big suggestion to share the files with other members of the family.
this will save some members shelling out twice, I have already done this.

also when it comes to the 2011 can people scan/copy their forms when they're all filled in and save that to disc, as it might save the agony waiting to 2111

saying that there may not be a census in 2021

[plimmerian]

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!

 

Try Joshua START with wife Annie, and Bertha, Enock and Ada all at Omskirk.

It is possible to search on a first name only (or even with no first name) if you enter (,) in the surname field.  Put in all three characters - a comma inside brackets.

I found the tip on another message board and it works for me!


Koromo

You are a STAR!

Thank you so much for that - may be able to persuade someone to purchase credits now.

  

[plimmerian]

this one made me laugh:
1911-
BURNETT, GORGEENA F 1910 1 West Derby Lancashire


Guess this is her though:
b. Dec qua 1910 West Derby
Burnett,  Georgina Wise

haven't viewed original so it may have been written like that!

 

[Sloe Gin]

I've just seen a "LIZER". 

Don't think she's the one I was after, but it would be interesting to see the other names on the form! 

[joboy]

Hi JoBoy,

If you track down the full census reference you should be able to get at least a better idea where it is. What file name did it offer you when you downloaded the image? If you don't remember, download it again. You are looking for RDxx SDxx EDxx.

Paul

Thanks Paul ..... it worked OK ... Brilliant .. so I have identified the entry as Christchurch (RD7 SD3 ED21) .... now all I need is to know the institutions in this vicinity ... a workhouse perhaps?
joboy