for all those who are doing their family tree..

kez1234

already a member hethmar )

kez1234

earthmother thats it now you will get nothing done lol
good luck in your search:))

earthmother

You're right - it's all I've done since my last post - £16.95 later , and I now know the names of my Gt Gt Gt Grandparents, the fact they had at least 7 children, that there is at least one Gt Gt aunt/uncle who didn't make it - and hit upon a very confusing matter - my Gt Gt grandma is on the 1911, but can't be found anywhere else - no births, marriages, deaths, or on the 1901

Have a feeling, based on the fact that Gt Gran and Gt Gt Grans births are both recorded at the same county registry, when they lived in the city, that she went home to mum to have first baby (born March 1901, hence no entry on that census) - only problem being, they were, we believe, bargee/traveller - and I have no idea where to start with that one :rolleyes: , and it doesn't answer why she doesn't exist later on

Definitely addictive - I think I have my summer project

kez1234

have sent you a pm ) i have been doing research on canal boatmen and women for a while so if anyone needs help with this side let me know i have a website too if anyone wants the addy pm me:))

bbstport

i have downloaded abt 12 copy transcripts and there are errors in at least 3 of them

earthmother

Thanks - just replied, with I think probably way too much detail, lol, so feel free to ignore

minimadtrix

Halloway wrote: »

Why should you get this information for nothing? The information was transcribed and catalogued by people who presumably had to be paid for their time.

The information is in the public domain and free of charge so long as you are willing to visit the relevant archives. If you are not then it seems to me that £3.50 isn't a high price to pay for the undoubted convenience of being able to access this information online.

I couldn't agree more. I enjoy forking out so much money to find I've got the wrong family!!! Between 1861 and 1901 one generation of the same family have changed their name from Davis to Davies and back again and then of course there are all the Smiths that are in the family.

Sometimes I wish I descended from the Unique-Surname family!!!

myrnahaz

I think that the older censuses were completed by the census collators, which meant that it was hit or miss as to whether the names were spelled correctly (hence the apparent name spellings between censuses), also, if your ancestor couldn't read or write then they'd be unable to tell the collator how their own name was spelled.
I found my FIL's family listed on the transcriptions as the 'Barry' family, whereas their name was 'Parry' (and was spelled correctly on the scanned census page). I only found them because I used Findmypast website which allowed you to look for variations of spellings. 'Findmypast', 'Genes reunited' etc all charge a fortune for you to look at individual copies but also offer a 6-month 'view as much as you like' package which works out cheaper.
On Findmypast, all of the 1881 transcripts are accessible free of charge.
If you have problems finding someone, try looking 'sideways' (was the person you're looking for staying with someone else on the night of the census?). I couldn't find my Great Granddad on the 1891 census - I'd found his details on the 1881 and 1901 censuses, but he'd vanished in 1891. In despair, I gave up and started looking for his future wife, and there was great grand daddy, lodging with his future in-laws.
I've also found him in a previous decade, living with his eldest brother.

hethmar

I prefer ancestry to find my past and definitely to GR! If you cant find someone its often due to mistranscriptions - try entering the most unusual first name in the family (leave the surname blank) and the rest of their info and see what it brings up. I found a Charlotte Steers as Charlotte Meins that way! AND always look at the census images - the times Ive found other family members living a couple of doors away ...

earthmother

myrnahaz wrote: »

On Findmypast, all of the 1881 transcripts are accessible free of charge.

That's for this little bit - I was going to ask why the 1901 site had them all but 1881, and I suppose this is why.

I was hoping this would solve my missing relative, as it's the year she was born, but no luck there, although I did find out the names of Gt Gt grandpa's neighbours - he wasn't at home when I searched his parents, so did a search on him directly, and he'd popped next door. I suppose this tells me what I need to do to find Gt Gt Gran.