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How do I search households 1911

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CherryBlossom

CherryBlossom Report 27 Aug 2009 10:49

HOUSEHOLD WILKINS BENY M 1872 39 Newport Monmouthshire
HOUSEHOLD WILKINS ELIZZIE F 1867 44 Newport Monmouthshire
HOUSEHOLD WILLIAMS ALBION M 1845 66 Newport Monmouthshire
HOUSEHOLD BESSALO MAY F 1898 13 Newport Monmouthshire

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 27 Aug 2009 09:33

Lynne, the thread is very good, but if you aren't familiar with 1911 at all it does look a bit daunting.

Try this:

search for your ancestor's name (put in as little as possible, this seems to work best)
narrow down by birth year if there is more than one candidate
note where they are living - county and district
click "search again"
clear form
fill in surname wilkins, and same county/district
go to "others in household" and fill in the original name

Good luck!

Jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

Lynne

Lynne Report 27 Aug 2009 09:21

Thanks Hawkwind it looks complicated but my ancestor had a very uncommon name of Bessalo and theres only one her, mother remarried so they would be under Wilkins.

Thank you again Lynne

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 27 Aug 2009 09:09

The loophole which allowed you to do this was plugged. However, provided the name is not too common it is just possible to search. There was a thread on this recently - I'll try and find it an bump it up for you.

Lynne

Lynne Report 27 Aug 2009 09:00

I have seen posts on here where you can search the names of people living at the same household with out buying credits, am I right or am I barking up the wrong tree.

Regards Lynne