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Mistranscriptions - reminder
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Heather | Report | 20 Jun 2006 08:55 |
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Yesterday I was looking for a chap with the surname Elinor. It was amazing the weird and wonderful names that came up - things like Green Elinor - then I realised that the enumerator had been putting surname first! Just a reminder that when a surname could also be a first name - e.g. Martin, George etc. for us to check if it has been entered back to front. |
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Heather | Report | 20 Jun 2006 09:49 |
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Im sure you do Marion!! Its just sometimes I wonder if we get really tied up looking for totally diff names when they are there but just back to front. I wonder if the poor rellies of Green Ellinor ever found the girl? |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 20 Jun 2006 13:01 |
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Heather Did you REALLY find a Green Elinor? This is the name of my Gt Grandmother... OC |
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Heather | Report | 20 Jun 2006 13:43 |
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OC, I take it the OC tongue is firmly wedged in the OC cheek there. Youll be claiming the Dick and Cock marriage next. I dont know, there was I thinking it may help someone - its something so simple that you may not even think about reversing a name. Ill go and sit in the Forrest Gump corner again then. |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 20 Jun 2006 13:59 |
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No Heather No! I am deadly serious here - my Gt Grandmother was called Elinor/Ellinor/Ellen/Helena/ Green! Do I have to open my tree to prove it?!?! OC |
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Heather | Report | 20 Jun 2006 15:25 |
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Oh, OC I thought you were referring to one of the witches burnt at the stake with that name. Oh yes, I really did find a Green Elinor - I seem to remember she was a servant. (Thats nice, shes got a Brown Elizabeth for company) Ill have a peek. 1851 England Census Record Head is a Clerk in a Brewery Census Name: Green Elinor Birth: abt 1832 - Denton, Norfolk, England Residence: 1851 - Hackney, Middlesex, England Addarde Charles abt 1846 Bungay, Suffolk, England Daughter Hackney Middlesex Cook Charles abt 1816 Huntingfield, Suffolk, England Head Hackney Middlesex Emily Charles abt 1815 Bungay, Suffolk, England Wife Hackney Middlesex Emily Charles abt 1849 Shoreditch, Middlesex, England Daughter Hackney Middlesex Fanny Charles abt 1843 Bungay, Suffolk, England Daughter Hackney Middlesex Flora Charles abt 1850 Shoreditch, Middlesex, England Daughter Hackney Middlesex Rosa Charles abt 1850 Shoreditch, Middlesex, England Daughter Hackney Middlesex Sarah Cook abt 1812 Baddingham, Suffolk, England Tipster Hackney Middlesex >>>>Green Elinor abt 1832 Denton, Norfolk, England Hackney Middlesex Brown Elizabeth abt 1832 Born at Sea B S Hackney Middlesex |
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Heather | Report | 20 Jun 2006 15:34 |
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OC??? |
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