Heir Hunters Series 5

[tazzie]

  Even hubby has been watching. In a repeat last week a Stanton estate was mentioned so he wonders if there is any connection...... looks like I,ll be doing some digging around for clues.

  Tazzie

[LizzieW]

In a repeat last week a Stanton estate was mentioned so he wonders if there is any connection

I must see if that is still available on internet.  I am descended from Stantons in Lincolnshire too, having traced them back to the 1500s.

Lizzie

[nestagj]

Just a quick question to Neal - the repeats we are watching at the moment are before the 1911 census came out - has the release of the 1911 census helped your research ?
Nesta

[Nutty1966]

I also love to watch this programme, but as I work three days I watch them all at a later dater, one after another if I can


To work there would be my dream job...........


Keep them coming 

Jane

[kathb]

Hi, I love these programmes as well.  I just wish I had access to all of the resources that they use.  There again you have to earn the commission to buy them
Keep them coming please
Regards
Kathb

[LizzieW]

Just a quick question to Neal - the repeats we are watching at the moment are before the 1911 census came out - has the release of the 1911 census helped your research ?

I might have been seeing things but on yesterday's programme (which is obviously a repeat, one of the items was doing research to find the heirs to a £250,000 estate and finding out that there literally were no heirs), I thought I saw a file on a shelf marked 1921 census.  Was I seeing things Neil, or do you have access to the 1921 census already?

Another query regarding the man with no heirs.  Why did you stop at his g.grandparents?  Is it not cost effective to check out generations further back.  Surely the whole of that family cannot have consisted of one child families, that would have been unusual in the extreme in the 1800s/1900s.

Lizzie

[Nick29]

I might have been seeing things but on yesterday's programme (which is obviously a repeat, one of the items was doing research to find the heirs to a £250,000 estate and finding out that there literally were no heirs), I thought I saw a file on a shelf marked 1921 census.  Was I seeing things Neil, or do you have access to the 1921 census already?

Two suggestions....

1.  The book contained statistics from the 1921 census.  Only the personal details within this census are subject to the 100 year rule.

2.  The book referred to the US 1921 census ?

[LizzieW]

I saw it again when I watched a recording of today's programme.  The book was next to one that was 1871 census (I think) but all that was visible on the next book was 921.  The first number was missing but it has to be a 1.  Whether it was a book of stats, or a US census we won't know until Neil comes back on here.

Lizzie

[websi7]

Great program a great source of knowledge and inspiration, leading a lot of people to "Wannabee a Heir Hunter" it's not as easy as it appears - but certainly each case can be challenging.