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Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 3,355 Send Message	Glen In Tinsel Knickers	Report	15 Jul 2006 15:55
	Did so many of my lot pop their clogs between 1841 and 1851.Don't they realise how hard it makes this,not even knowing anything more than born in county or not!!Glen
Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 3,355 Send Message	Glen In Tinsel Knickers	Report	15 Jul 2006 15:57
	Norfolk doesn't even narrow it down,what with Downham/Downham Market,Dunham (Great and Little). Aaaaaaargh!!!!!!!!
Member Since: September 2004 Posts: 9,872 Send Message	Merry	Report	15 Jul 2006 16:13
	Hubby's ancestor was in his coffin, awaiting burial, for the 1851 census. He was probably in the house when the enumerator called......it woudn't have hurt to include him, would it? Merry
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,077 Send Message	Paul Barton, Special Agent	Report	15 Jul 2006 16:16
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2,077 Send Message	The enumerator was thinking outside the box. (Sorry - I'm an advertising copywriter, so I can't help it sometimes!)
Member Since: September 2004 Posts: 9,872 Send Message	Merry	Report	15 Jul 2006 16:29
	lol - that explains a great deal!! Merry
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 417 Send Message	Uncle John	Report	15 Jul 2006 22:01
	Perhaps the ancestor was just too late to be included.