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Help please with 1871 census records - search not

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John

John Report 22 Oct 2008 22:50

Very many thanks to everyone who has replied so quickly - this is my first experience of the Community section and I'm impressed at how helpful you all are!

I'll try different spelling of surname, thanks for that suggestion Lindsey. And thanks for both the information and the suggestion, June.

June

June Report 22 Oct 2008 22:45

Try Matthew 1870 Bishop Wearmouth , Durham see what you get


June x

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 22 Oct 2008 22:43

I'm not sure if they're incomplete or not but I have heard that it's a very expensive way of researching. You might be better off considering a sub to Ancestry or Findmypast - although they might seem expensive you have unlimited lookups on all sorts of records and if you break it down by month or week it works out really good value.

Jill

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London: Faber, Haysey, Spicer ...

June

June Report 22 Oct 2008 22:42

1871

Name: Matthew S Coulson
Age: 1
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Thomas
Mother's Name: Sarah
Gender: Male
Civil Parish: Bishop Wearmouth
Ecclesiastical parish: St Andrew
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image
Registration district: Sunderland
Sub registration district: North Bishop Wearmouth
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 195
Household Members: Name Age
Edward J Coulson 7
Matthew S Coulson 1
Sarah Coulson 38
Sarah J Coulson 14
Thomas Coulson 41
Thomas A Coulson 9
William John Coulson 16



June x

Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 22 Oct 2008 22:42

Have you tried altering the spelling a bit? The trouble being if the surname is wrong then the rest of the family will be too.

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For better results please give all the details ,name, date place as you can {pictures by me }

John

John Report 22 Oct 2008 22:36

Please can anyone help - I've only recently upgraded to full membership of GR and am trying to find census records for Coulson family of Sunderland/Gateshead area - I have these details (father Thomas b1831, mother Sarah b1832, children Ann b1853, William b1855, Sarah b1856, Thomas b1862, Edward b1863, Matthew b1869, Oliver b1872) but I can't find any of them in the 1871 records. T

he free search on the Ancestry site shows Edward J Coulson with parents Thomas & Sarah but, no matter what I search for on GR within 1871 census, I can't find this family. What am I doing wrong?

Many of the family have middle names - is there a way to use wild cards to search so that, for example, "Edward*" will find Edward J, Edward D, Edward Douglas ....?

I'm really confused - I have found this family on 1881 census on Ancestry, but I can't find any trace on 1871 records on GR.
Could it be that the records on GR are incomplete?

Any help and advice gratefully received.