1911 census..... what's it done for you ?

[Nick29]

I've never been very impressed with FindMyPast's 1911 transcriptions, or their search utiility.    Quite often I've searched for a name using Christian, Middle and Surname on the Advanced Search, and found nothing.  Then I've turned to the normal search, and searched for just Christian name and surname, and have been deluged with matches, including the one with the middle name that the Advanced Search was unable to find !   Similarly, if I search for my own street name in "Search by Address", it doesn't come up, but when I type in the name of the town, it lists the streets, including the one that it couldn't find before 

[JenB]

The address indexing of the 1911 census on FindMyPast is very poor (and I say that as someone who finds most of their other transcriptions to be far better than those available on Ancestry).

[PaulineJ]

Apart from problems with Road vs Rd, Court vs Ct and the like, I've always been pleased with 1911 street searches. Did seem to defer to registration district rather than town though.

[Redroger]

I've never been very impressed with FindMyPast's 1911 transcriptions, or their search utiility.    Quite often I've searched for a name using Christian, Middle and Surname on the Advanced Search, and found nothing.  Then I've turned to the normal search, and searched for just Christian name and surname, and have been deluged with matches, including the one with the middle name that the Advanced Search was unable to find !   Similarly, if I search for my own street name in "Search by Address", it doesn't come up, but when I type in the name of the town, it lists the streets, including the one that it couldn't find before 

Nick, Try looking for a few surnames beginning with L. You'll probably do better searching them under S

[aghadowey]

Switzerland... yes, Switzerland. Not until the 1911 census became available did I discover why a boy raised in England didn't seem to have a birth registration in England (nor could I find his mother's death). 1911 census revealed he was living with maternal grandmother in the north of England and was born in Switzerland. Also found father living with brother in Surrey listed as a widower. Fortunately the names were quite unusual.