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Another myth debunked is when people say "the census will give which cottage our ancestors lived in then". Maybe more likely in later census records but not so much in earlier records, and even for later records you still have to do a bit of digging to find where in the village or hamlet the cottage/house/farm was. In cities it was easier as houses were numbered more often and streets named.
Doesn't help me with my ancestors who, in the 1841 census, were listed "in a camp in the lane" in Rickmansworth.
WHICH lane, for Pete's sake?
Very true. "Cottage" is often what is said, down the main street. Often a good idea to see if a local shop or pub is enumerated in the schedule nearby.
Even into the late 1800s, birth certs for city births in particular often gave just the named row of houses (
such as "Southampton Terrace") as the birthplace, and omitted the actual street name, such as in big cities like London, and it took me ages to find out what street or road, or lane, the "Terrace" or "Place" or "Yard" was.
Researching:
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
