Genealogy Chat

Why is it that if Findmypast say's that they have a complete 1911 Census that i cannot find a lot of mine, Am i dooing something wrong , Seems i must be or all of my Ancestors had died by 1911 anyone else with this problem

Who are you looking for? Would you like me to have a look and see if I can find them?

I always use the official site first for my search as the search engine is better and then use Findmypast to view as I have a subscription.

Chris

Have nudged up Jonesey's thread on searching the official 1911 census - some brilliant tips there,

I have had trouble finding one of my families, seems he had the bright Idea of double barrelling his family name......only found it by searching(luckily) for a grandchild (different name)that happened to be staying with them at census time!

Bob

nudge for later as off to work now but jonesey tip looks very helpful

n

nudging for future reference.

These tips worked a treat.
I've made a copy for future reference.
Particularly useful for visitors or ancestors whose names have been misrecorded. (Gt gran Rosanna has been recorded Rose Anna, Rose Hannah or transcribed as Rosa) I could find Gladys on 1911 census and it had been recorded as Glady.
Wonderful instructions ,thanks

Thank you to everyone who has answered i will try all the tips and look again to Ninjalady I am looking for Sarah Gregory Born in 1841 Sarah died in 1912 at 4 back 4 Rosbury st Birmingham but i have been unable to find her on the 1911 maybe a fresh pair of eyes can help thank you once again thank you to all who has taken the time to reply

Thank you Jonesey
No this is not her either, And i cannot see a Mrs M Gregory . But again thank you i will just have to keep looking .

Hi Jonesey
Found Mrs Gregory on the 1911 and this is her as she is a Pen worker on her Death Certificate , And as soon as i saw Camden St i knew it was her as My Father was born and bred in Camden St Many thanks once again

Further to Jonesey's useful tips - using the Find My Past site you can do the advanced search for others living in the household without doing a wildcard search- just leave the first fields blank. The only fields you need to complete are registration district and other person in household. This works for other census' too not just the 1911.

But do beware, as Jonesey said, it's best to search on an unusualish name or you could end up with multiple households appearing together.

Julie

Thanks Julie
Will try that as well. I'm sure i can find more now on the 1911 thank you everyone

nuddge for later

Poor transcription accounts for a lot of failures, I think. Had searched for one of mine, christian name, Samson but it had been transcribed as Sameon and the variable spelling option had not picked him up. Was found for me by a kind person on here!

Hi Christine , Yes i have found that as well on other Census's. On one census i have a Family called Styles and it was Transcribed as Hydes , The only way i found them was to search on forenames only .