Genealogy Chat

you can save direct to a word document, eg your file


Open your saved file on 1911, highlight and save by clicking CTRL + C (at the same time)

Go to your Word document, place the cursor where you want the entry to be, click CTRL and V together.

Hey presto, the information is there, in the form of a table, in colour!




sylvia

I hope the costs will drop or be available on Ancestry at some later date. No use at all for me at the moment as every county I want has not been put on yet, also wondering about the Scotland 1911 census. Does anyone know, please.
Saving me some cash, but frustrating LOL

Shirley and Sylvia

I can see where you were both coming from. I feel the same as Shirley, having paid 30 credits I expected to get "the lot", but the handwriting on one original was so bad I had to spend another 10. Like Sylvia, I have been generally getting the transcript and only the original if I need more info - I am waiting for a cheaper subscription package before I access all the originals.

Pity we can't download the transcriptions too/instead.

Good on Sylvia for the swift apology.

Margaret

Thanks for the link Rose.

Sylvia - I got hooked on researching my family history more than 20 years ago. In that time I have spent an absolute fortune. When I first started you could only look up the available census if you had an address. That meant that you had to order certificates of relatives that were either born, married or died around the time of the census and just hoped your family stayed put. Needless to say they often didn't!!!!!

I have so many relatives that I could look up in the 1911 census that I may need to take out a mortgage!

sorry Shirley


me being a bit snarky at that moment.

It did seem as though you are now unwilling to spend any more money, and yet you were asking for the address.

It also seems to me that the only sure fire way of confirming the address is to actually look at it again, and to look at the transcript ...... which will cost you 10 credits, or just over £1.

Then you might get hooked like the rest of us on finding those rellies in 1911 ....... and end up spending piles of money!

I'm joking here!


I actually do look at BOTH the transcript and the image for most of my "important" rellies, and at the transcript alone for others.


sylvia

had a quick look on here but couldn't find the street... but the addy may be of use anyway, and to others

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hitch/gendocs/lon-str.html

it is a Victorian London A to Z street index

Rose xx

Sylvia - I have no idea why you should think I want someone else to pay to look something up for me!!!!!!!!!!!. What I was hoping for and received were positive suggestions on how to investigate addresses on the system.

Thanks to Sue and Richard for your helpful suggestions. I had no idea you could enter the address into the search facility in this way.

Using the address search option, I found that there is a "6 Somerfield Rd, Finsbury Pk" - could that be it? (i.e. is the "8" actually the initial "S" of the street name, i.e. Somerfield?). I cant find any road in Finsbury pk with "field" in the name and with a house number of 68.

(hint: using the place search section of the 1911 site, just enter the house number (68) for the street and the district (Finsbury Pk) in the residential place box. This returns all the streets in the area which had that number!)

There's a Somerfield Road in Finsbury Park - could that be it?

Why not try googling old maps of Finsbury Park and trawl around to see if any streets seem likely candidates.

If you don't want to spend any money this may be worth a try.

Sue

....... so you are upset to find that you cannot read your ancestor's writing?


£6.95 to buy 60 credits on www.1911census.org.uk and your problem is solved!!




or do you want one of us to spend 10 credits to look it up for you?




sylvia

Thanks Michelle. Having paid for the original census entry I feel less inclined to pay again for the transcript.

If you go to this site

http://www.1911census.co.uk/

If you are not registered you will need too.Then search the record you want.Look at the transcript,this will cost 10 units-you will need to pay to view.

here is an example of the box i spoke about in last thread

WOOLGAR MAUD (RG14PN959 RG78PN32 RD10 SD6 ED57 SN235)
Address 49 COLBROOKE ROW N County London
District Islington Subdistrict Islington South East
Enumeration District 57 Parish Islington

As you can see for 10 units i obtained names of people in the house-which i haven't posted and this typed box with the address of the lady in question,and the Reg area and Parish.

Michelle

Hi Michelle

Thanks for your reply. I ordered the original, not the transcript and cannot find any typed address on there. The only address is the handwritten one which I am trouble deciphering.

On the transcript part the address is typed.If you have the census image then on there it is handwritten.

The transcript that you pay 10 units for has the address in a box.This box has the reg area also.

Have paid to get my husbands grandparents original entry in the 1911 census. The address is handwritten and I am difficulty understanding the road. The address appears to be 68 Deckhfield Road, Finsbury Park. The field part of the address is quite clear it is just what comes before it that I'm having difficulty with. Any ideas?