1851 Census Has It Gone Weird?

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Member Since: January 2007 Posts: 132 Send Message	Barbara	Report	27 Feb 2008 16:54
Member Since: January 2007 Posts: 132 Send Message	Same happened to me about an hour ago twice, one with Spinks the other was all McCormacks!! both for Lancashire but for 1861 census. Barbara
Member Since: November 2006 Posts: 505 Send Message	Merlin38	Report	27 Feb 2008 16:07
	Seems to be nationwide. Wonder if the earthquake has anything to do with it? Name: William Robinson Age: 50 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1801 Gender: Male Where born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Fulham Ecclesiastical parish: North End St Mary County/Island: Middlesex Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Disability: View Image Registration district: Kensington Sub-registration district: Fulham ED, institution, or vessel: 12 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 152 Household Members: Name Age Eliza Albon 7 Eliza Albon 18 Eliza Albon 7 Eliza Albon 36 Eliza Albon 36 Eliza Albon 5
	Researching: Barratt, Brownhill - Nottinghamshire Brittain - Massachusetts and NY State
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 13,276 Send Message	Lindsey*	Report	27 Feb 2008 16:04
	Beware the 1851 it has gone berzerk giving out loads of duff gen !!!!
	Researching: For better results please give all the details ,name, date place as you can {pictures by me }
Member Since: November 2006 Posts: 505 Send Message	Merlin38	Report	27 Feb 2008 16:03
	The whole shooting match seems to have gone haywire. Here's one I downloaded about 4 o'clock Name: William Robinson Age: 50 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1801 Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Mary A Gender: Male Where born: Bury, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Bury Town: Bury County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Disability: View Image Registration district: Bury Sub-registration district: South Bury ED, institution, or vessel: 6k Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 20 Household Members: Name Age Elizabeth Salt 29 Elizabeth Salt 15 Elizabeth Salt 52 Elizabeth Salt 7 Elizabeth Salt 48 Elizabeth Salt 55 The image is Salt free
	Researching: Barratt, Brownhill - Nottinghamshire Brittain - Massachusetts and NY State
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 24,447 Send Message	Dea	Report	27 Feb 2008 16:02
	Me too!!!! - a Lancashire one ! As someone has said, the images are O.K. but something has gone strange today!! Dea x
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 222 Send Message	Petrina	Report	27 Feb 2008 14:14
	I had a few of those today too! Thought it was a lazy transcriber losing the plot!!!!!
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20,615 Send Message	Heather	Report	27 Feb 2008 12:55
	Something very odd going on at ancestry for the last week or so, I only get in sporadically.
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 16,612 Send Message	Julie	Report	27 Feb 2008 12:43
	Claire I have found one just now & that was on the 1851 too
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 68 Send Message	Maggie 'O the Mainland	Report	27 Feb 2008 11:52
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 68 Send Message	Same here. Did a look up for skippers and got a whole lot of one name, not skipper like everyone in the house named George Bates or derivatives of with up to 10 in one house. Very weird.
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 17,743 Send Message	Battenburg	Report	27 Feb 2008 11:52
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 17,743 Send Message	Glad Im not the only one. Wrong names on the page but correct ones on the image
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 2,533 Send Message	Devon Dweller	Report	27 Feb 2008 11:50
	it's on Middlesex/London too....very strange
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 5,276 Send Message	ChristineinPortugal	Report	27 Feb 2008 11:47
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 5,276 Send Message	Yes, I've had loads today like that but the images are the correct ones when you look at them Christine
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 2,533 Send Message	Devon Dweller	Report	27 Feb 2008 11:44
	Yes I noticed that for the Lancashire ones too !
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 16,612 Send Message	Julie	Report	27 Feb 2008 11:34
	Nope...so i ain't saying nothing lol
Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 6,427 Send Message	°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o°	Report	27 Feb 2008 11:30
	I have done 2 lookup today on the 1851 census. Both records have appeared as odd such as this- 1851 England Census about Ann Holms Name: Ann Holms Age: 60 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1791 Relation: Head Gender: Female Where born: Millom, Cumberland, England Civil Parish: Urswick County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Disability: View Image Registration district: Ulverstone Sub-registration district: Dalton ED, institution, or vessel: 1c Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 23a Household Members: Name Age Elizabeth Spink 26 Elizabeth Spink 44 Elizabeth Spink 43 Elizabeth Spink 59 Elizabeth Spink 25 Elizabeth Spink 7 Anyone ever had this happen before?

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