Genealogy Chat

Is it possible to find people in the years in between each census? Julie

Only bmd info, really...........electoral rolls only include those entitled to vote.........and that was a very select few. Reg

You could try on Historical Directories at www.historicaldirectories.org Or even in those phone books on ancestry if they were very 'early adopters' of the telephone and lived in the London area! Kate.

It depends entirely on what and who you want to fnid info on. For example, I have a rellie who went from being a farmer to being a registrar - I have a rough idea of when he made this transition because of his children's bptismal entries. Also, people have sent me certs where he has been the registrar. You can also look at newspapers and obituary notices. depending on the year, some vicars kept 'parish diaries' with infomation about the residents of the village / hamlet. tom,

If they came from an urban area there may well be annual street directories such as Kelly's which list occupiers of houses street by street. The County records office covering the town where some of my family lived has a run of these right through from the 1880s to 1970s and I have been able to find when the family moved within a year or two. The historical directories website has a fair number of directories but nowhere near enough to be able to track people year by year. Even if they were from a rural area they may appear in directories if they were land owners or followed a particular trade - ie farmers, shop keepers and blacksmiths were listed but not ag labs.

hi all, the reason i asked was because my grandfather x 2 was illigitimate all i have is his mothers name. i cant find either of them on the census apart from him and his wife in 1901. I knw where he ws born as i have his birth cert but because his birth was 1867 i have assumed that his mother could have died in child birth although i can find no record to prove this and the bigger problem is i don't know where she was born or her dob. does any one have any ideas?

Who registered his birth? Reg

Have you tried to find his baptism? If you know where he was born and when, try familysearch, or better still try the records office for the area he was in for his baptism, sometimes father is named on there if you are lucky. Good hunting Keith

Julie It is possible that his mum married after the birth and before the 1871 and therefore they are listed in the 'new' surname. That surname could be his real father :))) Chris

Hi Reg, The person who registered his birth was a Sarah Gutteridge and She is on his birth cert as occupier of barker st wolverhampton. I had a little theory ( which is probally way off ) that she could possibly be a relative to his mother. Long shot i know. lol

Hi Julie As Chris says, his mother could have married inbetween his birth and the census and they could be listed under the 'new' name. I have an illegitimate relative who was born Richard Bradshaw. I couldn't find him 1871 or 1881 but had his marriage cert from 1884 and both censuses after this date. It turned out his mother had married shortly after his birth and in 1871 and 1881, he was listed under the name of his mothers new husband, which was Frost. When he married and in 1891 and 1901, he went back to his 'birth' name of Bradshaw. Sam x

hi chris, some one on here did fid a record for a marriage between an elizabeth preston and a john Carrington in 1868. There was an Abraham carrington listed on the 1871 census as son. however the thing that puzzles me is why if these are the same people did Abrahams marriage record him as Sparrow preston? would that be normal? Julie

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Thanks Sam i think you have just answered my question regarding the marriage. However it still leaves me without the paternal father whicch is really bugging me... lol. but makes you wonder how his mothers pregnancy came about if you know what i mean. Julie

Julie I guess it depends on what was asked at the time. Vicar asks.....'Your birth name?' or 'Your name?' I know I could give different answers for the same question :) Chris