Genealogy Chat

Nudge I need this information too

maybe a silly question but is there anyway if i can find out if they were in the boer war? Julie

have you tried just putting their first name age and where born. When 1901 first came out I couldn't wait for it to come on line so I went to the PRO and got a copy of the census pages I needed. Just for fun when it did come on line I couldn't find my g grandparents, I knew where they were etc, but they still did not come up. It turned out they were put under ..... as they could not read the surname, they also used their 2nd names which throw me when I look again there they were. The PRO when I informed them put the surname in but couldn't correct the first names as that was what was on the census sheet. So if you know their 1st and 2nd names try both. Irene

wonder which one Vikki looked for her on..!! ~jess~

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Vikki... if your sister was on a census she'd be at least 104yrs old????

i have spent weeks, months even trying to find these people seem to just not be there, driving me mad...even madder than i am....thanks again Julie

thanks for all your help,ill keep trying Julie

Thanks for all your tips been trying various spellings of names, also i know mary's eldest son George(my gg grandfather) married and went to live in hunslet leeds so been trying to see if they went there or if mary remarried no luck yet, will keep trying thanks again julie

Sometimes you have to be very inventive, the flowery writing used on censuses and certs is often very hard to decipher and its extremely difficult when the first initial is in doubt. I have Lenorthey for Smoothy, Thorne for Moore and Curvey for Purvey, to name but 3 examples. I found some by doing a search of first names (luckily they had used 2 and put an initial for the third) date and place of birth 0n the 1901. The Thorne one I only found because she was staying with her Matthews (transcribed as Marthers) relatives and Emma in Yorkshire tracked them down. I had no idea that Miss Moore was staying with her big sister in london and would never have found her by searching her name. I thought she was still in Cambridge! Ditto Louisa Curvey - she was staying with her married sister and I knew married sister was previously Purvey. nell

Hello, I have had same problem. They are on 1871, 1891 and 1901 but no sign on the 1881 which is very frustrating. There should be a wife, husband and children. Have tried different spellings of surname, searching for all children, girls as boys and boys as girls but nothing. Does anyone have any other suggestions? Very frustrating isnt it. Good luck with search. Best wishes Pam.

in 1891 mary is down as a widow, maybe she re-married? and the children took her new name?

Do you know if any of them signed as witnesses at the various marriages? That would give you a time frame to search for possible deaths. I was searching for someone on the 1901 index without success but when I viewed the actual image, Hannah was there all the time, with the family(who were on the index) I even tried searching the index again after I had her information but she still didn't show on it.

Brookes, Mary A 32 Hull, Yorkshire Head Holy Trinity Yorkshire Brookes, John 8 Hull, Yorkshire Son Holy Trinity Yorkshire Brookes, William A 6 Hull, Yorkshire Son Holy Trinity Yorkshire Brookes, Harold 2 Hull, Yorkshire Son Holy Trinity Yorkshire so these + others in 1901? ~jess~

Brookes, Mary A 32 Hull, Yorkshire Head Holy Trinity Yorkshire Brookes, George R 13 Hull, Yorkshire Son Holy Trinity Yorkshire Brookes, Rose A 11 Hull, Yorkshire Daughter Holy Trinity Yorkshire Brookes, Sarah A 10 Hull, Yorkshire Daughter Holy Trinity Yorkshire Brookes, John 8 Hull, Yorkshire Son Holy Trinity Yorkshire Brookes, William A 6 Hull, Yorkshire Son Holy Trinity Yorkshire Brookes, Harold 2 Hull, Yorkshire Son Holy Trinity Yorkshire this is them in 1891 i know george sarah and rose were all married by 1901

there names are Mary Ann Brook/e born 1859 hull, John Brook/e born 1883 Hull, William Brook born 1855 Hull, and Harold Brook/e born 1889 Hull in the 1891 census they all lived in Hull yorkshire

Julie, There's always the Boer War too. Crista

They will 99% be there somewhere, maybe wrongly spelled or not where you expect them. post some names, ages and birthplaces and the will probably be hunted out! Post the latest census returns too if you have it ~Jess~

can anyone tell me is it possible for someone not to appear on a census, even if they are alive? i have 3 people who dont appear on the 1901 census,(they are all on the 1891) cant find a death for any of them either