Genealogy Chat

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

  • The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
  • You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
  • And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
  • The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Boards

Quick Search

Single word search

Tools

Findmypast DNA Banner

Icons

  • New posts
  • No new posts
  • Thread closed
  • Stickied, new posts
  • Stickied, no new posts

Ancestry 1901 Census Problem

Login to Add Reply Watch This
ProfilePosted byOptionsPost Date

Hilary645633

Hilary645633 Report 1 Nov 2009 16:19

Thank you for the above, but the problem is that these parishes are in the middle of Staffs, and one is the Workhouse in Stafford itself, so unfortunately they do not come under the boundary changes that have occured.

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 1 Nov 2009 16:00

From Ancestry

Census Records - Parishes
After separating census records into groups by county, the British Government subdivided these records into civil parish groups. Many times, but not always, the civil parish name is the same as the local ecclesiastical parish. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was recorded on the census, so it remains important to search the parishes surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.


Roy

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 1 Nov 2009 15:53

County boarders have changed over the years, If you check the images and maps of the time, you may find that at the time the census was taken the info is/was correct.

Roy

Hilary645633

Hilary645633 Report 1 Nov 2009 15:47

Whilst searching this census, I found that several Staffordshire parishes are listed under Shropshire. Is there a way of notifying them of this, and if there is, would it be acted on?