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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 11 Send Message	Isabel	Report	24 Jan 2005 21:58
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 11 Send Message	Many thanks - I'm glad to know I wasn't going mad!! Isabel
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20,615 Send Message	Heather	Report	24 Jan 2005 20:06
	There was a recent thread on this on the records board. I added my pennysworth in that my great aunt, then aged 12 appeared on the census in the family home and also 10 doors away at her aunties!
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 1,461 Send Message	Judith	Report	24 Jan 2005 19:44
	Yes quite possible - if someone was away from home on census night he should have been entered where he was staying but his family may have put him down as well because they thought they had to put everyone who lived at their address.
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 11 Send Message	Isabel	Report	24 Jan 2005 19:31
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 11 Send Message	Has anyone ever found the same person twice in a census? I have found the same person, same name, almost same age, same occupation, same place of birth in two places. Is this possible? Isabel