Where the Illegible entries go

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Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 781 Send Message	Brit	Report	1 Feb 2007 22:21
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 781 Send Message	I am trawling through the 1881 census and so many of the names are illegible or on the record have just a first name written. Is there anywhere to go to see a list of the entries that could not be deciphered, or transcribed? Perhaps that's where my chaps are hiding!
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	1 Feb 2007 22:33
	Not that I know of. Who are you looking for? The 1881 census is full of mistranscriptions. Kath. x
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 781 Send Message	Brit	Report	2 Feb 2007 00:18
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 781 Send Message	Hi Kathleen Yes, I have to agree, 1881 seems to have more than usual . I have been looking for my great great uncle as I talked about in my other thread yesterday. I am seeing lists of just first names, lists of just birthdates etc. so am thinking perhaps he is amongst that lot. Just wondered if they put those in a special place. ( I have already looked at all the Josephs for the area and he isn't amongst those so he may have been hiding.) Oh well, back to the search!