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No wonder so many are Missing!

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Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 17 Nov 2006 22:18

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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Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/

Sam

Sam Report 17 Nov 2006 20:31

I never thought of that Sue, i was wondering what on earth a shanger was! Sam x

Sprack

Sprack Report 17 Nov 2006 20:13

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

Sue in Somerset

Sue in Somerset Report 17 Nov 2006 20:06

I bet that shanger should be stranger. I'm sure I've come across that written on a census somewhere Sue

Sam

Sam Report 17 Nov 2006 19:58

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

Devon Dweller

Devon Dweller Report 17 Nov 2006 19:21

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.

Deryn

Deryn Report 17 Nov 2006 19:03

I am pushing this up to the next page cos i really think a lot of people could find missing ones by trying this.

Deryn

Deryn Report 17 Nov 2006 17:27

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.