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No wonder so many are Missing!
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Deryn | Report | 17 Nov 2006 17:27 |
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By mistake while searching the census info on Ancestry I typed in the name Mary and hit enter instead of tab! Hundreds of Mary's came up with no surname - one even says 'child of Mary'! I looked at some of the original records for these 'one namers' and there is only one name on the Census document. |
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Deryn | Report | 17 Nov 2006 19:03 |
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I am pushing this up to the next page cos i really think a lot of people could find missing ones by trying this. |
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Devon Dweller | Report | 17 Nov 2006 19:21 |
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Another trick is to type the surname in the first name box (leaving the surname box blank) it's amazing how many hits you can get. |
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Sam | Report | 17 Nov 2006 19:58 |
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You should see how many there are recorded as female, male, daughter of, son of, unnamed, unknown etc - the list is endless! I have just typed 'unknown' and for 1851 there are 125 entries, which include: A female name unknown A male name unknown A man unknown A shanger name unknown (?) A spainer name unknown (?) A woman unknown Eight persons enigrants names unknown lodger unknown Name Unknown One Woman Suppole To Be of Unsound Unird and Left This Day Unknown! Sam x |
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Sue in Somerset | Report | 17 Nov 2006 20:06 |
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I bet that shanger should be stranger. I'm sure I've come across that written on a census somewhere Sue |
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Sprack | Report | 17 Nov 2006 20:13 |
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Have you ever put just initials in the first and surname boxes of the 1901 www(.)censusonline(.)com then?, I always just put in initials before doing a person search. Jenny |
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Sam | Report | 17 Nov 2006 20:31 |
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I never thought of that Sue, i was wondering what on earth a shanger was! Sam x |
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Chris in Sussex | Report | 17 Nov 2006 22:18 |
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Janet You could try the local Record Office to where the prison/institution was, they may have admission/discharge records. Also try the National Archives site.....They may now have the prison records. Chris |
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