Tips to find people on Census .

[Lydart]

Try putting all the info you have about them on here .... someone bored on a rainy afternoon will find them !

[gaffy]

Try forename in surname and surname in forename.

[lyn22]

Thanks for everyone's tips I have written them down and I will start searching again. I do love finding them myself but I will post for help if I need it Take Care Lynette 

[panda40]

I found one of mine last night her first name was Leah and she was miss transcribed on the 1911 census as Leak poor child. As if some mother would call her daughter that!
Regards panda

[lyn22]

Hello Panda yes I found one of mine before and instead of Louise Dyke she was Low Dyke poor girl, Take Care Lynette

[KGarrad]

Which census?

1841, of course, doesn't mention place of birth.
1871 (usually) is indexed only on county, rather than town.

Places of birth can vary - a hamlet that is known to local people, will often be changed to the nearest town if the people moved away from home.
For example, when I am not in the UK, I tell people I am from Bristol, even though I am really from Portishead, Somerset!

I often search on forename and place of birth and year of birth, when I can't find someone.
Only last night I did that searching for a family Raven, and found them as Rover!

[lyn22]

I have had trouble finding them on the 1861 Census my GGG Grandparents may have died On the 1841 census I have Thomas Dyke 40 my GGG Grandfather Occupation Cordwainer Maria my GGG Grandmother  40 Thomas 20 Charles 15 William 13 Joseph 12 Samuel 7 John 5 Mary 15 Maria 10 Sophia 8 and Elizabeth 6 months all born at Warwickshire Address Spon End. Then in 1851 Thomas seems to be on his own still married and Maria still married is with Joseph Maria Samuel JohnT and Elizabeth Address Spon End. In 1861 I have most of the children with there spouses. I would like to find my GGG Grandparents in 1861 or a death for them. Take Care Lynette

[JenB]

This could be Maria:

Death (from freeBMD): Maria Dyke 4th q. 1853, Coventry 6d 243.
Burial: London Road Cemetery, Coventry, 25 December 1853, Maria Dyke aged 56.

[Carrie Ann]

My great-gransmother was called winifred.On one Census she ,a widow and all her children as down as having the surname Winifed!
Carrie