Genealogy Chat

can anyone find anyone at all from Felsted in Essex in the 1851 census. I'm really interested in George clowton / clouton, late spelt clayden and clayton, and his wife sussana / susannah/ susan (at various times). I know they lived in Felstead, but i cant even find the village in 1851. I tried typing every variation of Felsted into the civil parish box is it just me ?

Known problems with the 1851. Ancestry website: The following parishes and hamlets are missing from these piece numbers. Some of these parishes and hamlets represent the entirety of the piece, while others are just portions of a piece. Piece 1785 County Essex Aythorp-Roothing Bardfield-Saling Barnston Broxted Chickney Easton Lodge Felstead Great Bardfield Great Canfield Great Dunmow Great Easton Hatfield-Broad-Oak or Hatfield Regis High Easter High Roothing Leaden-Roothing Lindsell Little Bardfield Little Canfield Little Easton Little Dunmow Margaret Roothing Morrell-Roothing Stebbing Takeley Thaxted Tilty White Roothing

In doesn`t appear to be in the parish listing for 1851 Essex. Go to Ancestry, select 1851 England census Scroll down the page - select Essex - it then shows the parishes included. So probably missing!

Does anyone know how these census pieces were 'lost'. I have the same problem with my rellies who were in Great Bardfield. Is there any chance, however slim, they may one day turn up?

Thanks peter, and all. At least i know i'm not going mad now and i can stop looking. Felstead, Great and Little Dunmow and High Easter are precisely the places i need and they're not there....oh well thems the breaks ! Thanks again so much, you'v saved me more wasted hours of searching x

if you go to http://www.sweffling.org.uk/genealogy.htm there is a short bit of explanation on that page and then by selecting 1841/51/61 you can find out more about each census. Clive