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1881 versus Ancestry gives funny result?
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An Olde Crone | Report | 9 Mar 2005 18:16 |
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See below in a minute |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 9 Mar 2005 18:19 |
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There are 37 men on the 1881 census called Joseph Holden - soundex on, born between 1853-1857, anywhere in the world. One of them is 'my' Joseph Holden. In an effort to find his birth registration I did a search on Ancestry, using exactly the same parameters - but I only get 21 results and some of the spelling is so tortured that even I dont think they could be the right man. Does this mean then that 18 Joseph Holdens never got registered, or does it mean that Ancestry isnt complete? I would appreciate your opinions. Marjorie |
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Phoenix | Report | 9 Mar 2005 18:22 |
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Free BMD has very poor coverage for that period, and I think Ancestry is based on Freebmd. |
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Unknown | Report | 9 Mar 2005 18:32 |
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LOL - I only got 8 in FreeBMD - shows you what soundex achieves .. The Ancestry BMD index is a copy of FreeBMD's - lagging by one release I think. Births Mar 1853 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Holden Joseph Horncastle 7a 488 Holden Joseph Poplar 1c 600 Holden Joseph Henry Barnsley 9c 106 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Jun 1853 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Holden Joseph Leek 6b 204 Holden Joseph Bradford Y 9b 22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Sep 1853 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOLDEN Joseph Spalding 7a 295 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Jun 1856 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Holden Joseph William Sunderland 10a 393 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Jun 1857 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Holden Joseph Liverpool 8b 134 |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 9 Mar 2005 19:19 |
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Thanks for your input - Laird, I got the same 8 as you when searching Lancsbmd. You notice none of them are born c 1855 and I have come to the conclusion that his registration was one of the 'missing millions' from the Manchester Records of 1850-1860! Every member of this family is missing from the GRO etc records but I find them, one by excruciating one, sleeping away at the Local Records Office. I think that all I can do now is pay Man RO to do a search for me, I cant think how else to whittle this down. I need his mother's name so I can get his parents marriage cert!!!! Marjorie |
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