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1911 Census search tip.

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Irene

Irene Report 14 Feb 2010 18:37

Look through your certificates and if you have birth, marriage and death certificates or baptism details around 1911 put the address in the search section and just the surname or christian name only of the family and most times all the family members come up. I have managed to find quite a few family details this way. Putting the christian name only shows if there are spelling mistakes with the surname which has happened a few times. Good luck Irene

*stinkermurdock*

*stinkermurdock* Report 14 Feb 2010 20:09

thanks Irene. will bookmark this tip. :-0)