Genealogy Chat

Hi peeps, didnt expect so much response to this! Ive always used the first name and age only or whatever facility to try to find people but I only stumbled on this this morning because I was feeling dozey. Friend asked if I could find someone in a particular village and as that was on my mind I put in under residence the county and then the village clicked and there they all were. Ive used the ancestry parish census facility before but to be honest, trawling through those is pretty hard work, this alphabetical list is so much easier. If it doesnt work guys, try again as when I tried a second village I got the 'enter more details' stuff and then when I went back and tried again it worked. Ive got the uk site by the way so it must work with all the versions.

Thanks for this tip, want to keep thread to try out when I join Ancestry!!

Hi Mine works now. My village was too small to be recognised so used the next village along!! Penny

Added By Martin Briscoe on 11/05/2005 19:29:04 | Update Message | Delete Message Done it quite often when trying to find someone and not getting any matches. Just put the name of the place and confirm that you get matches. It can also confirm whether the name is used for parish or town or both. MB Added by Marnie In Spain on 11/05/2005 19:32:16 sorry martin, but you have me totally confused now Sometimes I will be trying to find a Fred Bloggs born in Anytown. As usual the name has probably been mistranscribed and not finding any Bloggs at all in that location. It is only a small village or area of a town so I am not sure whether it gets records as a location on the census so I just search by the place name in 'parish' field and then in 'town' field. This now confirms that it is a location recorded by Ancestry so I can keep on trying. If it is not recognised then try a few variations or wildcards - this particularly the case in Wales where many place names have been badly mangled by both Ancestry and the original recording in the Census. Sometimes with a small village I will spot the family with their name mistranscribed. MB

Don't know why I haven't thought of it before, what a good idea. My lot live in a small village and I think i've now found several of my ggg grandfathers brothers :D Maria yippeeee

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Thank you! thank you ! T.C for this tip - I have just found my missing Jane Knowles using your advice - YYYYAAAHHHOOOO! I have been trying to find her for nearly 5 months - thanks again judy

Have just tried it and found what I have been trying to find for ages. Thanks a lot. Liz

gave it go and very intersting, could be very useful thanks for the tip

Am I missing something here? I tried last night to fine the 1861 census on Ancestry (.com) and I could'nt find this census. What am I doing wrong?

BRILLIANT!!!! Didn't know about this....thanks for the info, it's great.

Hi TC Thanks for this, absolutely brilliant,. I had no idea you could do this. Thank you so much. I have been following your other thread and really feel for you. I hope you can take some consolation in how much help you have give everyone, even though you are having problems elsewhere. Cheryl

Thats really kind of you Cheryl. Yes, its been a very hard month all round. I am trying to put it further back in my mind and yes, it does give me a lot of pleasure helping others. I guess there are two kinds of people in this world, the givers and the takers. Im very happy that for some reason everyone on this site seem to be in the first category!! Its a great shame we cant set up our own little commune - and sod the rest of them, eh? By the way Daisy, its not just on the 1861 - you can do it with any of the censuses.

Thanks TC, This will really help with my 'going sideways'. When I get stuck I try to find siblings to add to the tree and have sometimes found more information this way. Yours Jackie

I've tried it and only seem to get a sample of the vilaage's population. Where am I going wrong please? Hilary

Hi Hilary, which village are you looking at please?

A HUGE round of applause for this great tip. I have been on ancestry for a year and this is the best tip I have ever received. Many many thanks Veronica in Canada

I've been using Ancestry for quite a while and I didn't know either! Will be useful for mis-transcribed names! I'll be able to check anything that looks like a possible. Mind you - with Ancestry's record for mis-transcription, maybe not!! Carole

Sorry for the delay in replying. I was trying to find Milford (Staffs), part of Baswich, looking for people I knew to be there. Which boxes do you need to complete - Redsidence or birthplace? Hilary

Hi, it may be that the village is too small, so try the Baswich name instead. Go to the census you want to look at in Residence section put Staffordshire in the county box and then Baswich in the next box and see if it comes up.