Genealogy Chat

I havent been on the board or ancestry for weeks now because of personal probs which some of you know about. BUT today, I was asked to look someone up in the next village to where I live in the 1861 (I didnt realise that was on). Accidently I didnt put in any name or details, just the county and the village - the whole village's population came up in alphabetical order. I guess most of you know this but I didnt - after over a year of using ancestry! It was brilliant, you can see all the connections of families through using this system.

No I didn't know that i will go and have a look thanks Jeanette

Thanks TC, I didn't know this happened maybe now I can find my rellies the Clays which up till now don't appear anywhere!!!!!!! Magsxx

Yes, I was really pleased with this accidental discovery as I found the in-laws of my GGFx3 - I didnt realise they lived in the same village.

I had no idea this facility existed. Many thanks for the tip. Christine

can you give me web page for this please thanks

Thanks TC Didn't know that Trudy

Thanks for passing that on - I had no idea that the facility existed! Hope things are getting better for you, have been thinking of you xx Love Mandy :)

that sounds wonderful I didnt know that either thanks

You can do this on all the census's in Ancestry plus also LDS 1881 census - nothing new been doing it for years, just don't try the London or larger towns only on the small villages. Lin

Didn't know this. Thanks. Carol

Which web page please, itching to have a go please, where and how ?Thanks Ros

I didn't know this either. I will be checking out my whole family tonight, I can't wait to get home from work

only problem with this is the amount of people in each city/town/village area. my ancestors come from plymouth, which is a far too large city to explore in this way. Interesting though. Steve

Nice to see you back on another thread TC. Useful tip - a bit long-winded for me as mine are in a town - I have been on there doing it for the past 2 hours and I'm only up to surname - 'C'. However, I have found one possible link so I'l go back and do some more when I have the time. Dea xx

The neighbour search for small towns and villages but larger areas just tend to show the same street if you ask the veiw the meighbours. www*ancestry*co*uk

just been through a whole vilage and found a few relatives,it' great. Thanks LIZ.

can someone tell me step by step how I use the search for neighbours bit!! thanks

:-( Didn't work for me either. Can someone explain how please Thanks

Hi Penny and Tracey. Go on to ancestry. cencus whichever year you want, where it says birthplace, put in your county and parish or place, Hope it works for you. LIZ