Genealogy Chat

WHat a superb tip - should change your tag to 'totally brilliant'

If it was'nt for all of you ,giving tips , advice ,and help i would'nt have found them. A big thank you to you all. Helen

Thats great, Im really pleased for you. It is such a good feeling when you finally find someone you have been searching everywhere for. Now, where is my *********** Edward Horstead and Elizabeth Selby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi tc, I did what you said, and came up with names, 1or 2 did'nt show, but one did that looks possible and may be what i'm looking for. Helen

Thats good, I hope you find something useful.

Thank you TC, that worked OK. I had been trying using all three boxes so the info didn't conform to the census data. It kept asking for a name to be supplied. 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.

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

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

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

Hi Hilary, which village are you looking at please?

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

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

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.

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

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

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?

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

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

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