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Index Coverage for London 1861 Census
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Sandra | Report | 23 Oct 2003 22:59 |
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I thought it might be useful if I list the areas that are indexed. Hampstead Regents Park Tottenham Court Gray's Inn Lane Somers Town Camden Town Kentish Town Highgate Stamford Hill St George Bloomsbury Bethnal Green That's All Folks TTFN Sandra (Lancs) |
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Sylvie | Report | 24 Oct 2003 09:17 |
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It is useful, thankyou, I wish I'd seen your message before I ordered it - my area is not on it - still it may help others Sylvie |
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Researching: |
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Marcelo | Report | 24 Oct 2003 10:43 |
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The index looks poor to me. Many names are on 3 times, so I assume their index population coverage are significantly less than their claims. I am not that impressed with the way the index works. It is not as flexible as I would have liked. Also my relatives in Bethnal Green were not on the index, yet I found them on the census. I am not sure whether this means that their claims to have indexed Bethnal Green are exagerated or whether the quality of the transcribing isn't as good as I would like. I have not managed to find them with other variations. |
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Sandra | Report | 24 Oct 2003 20:35 |
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Sylvie I'm not sure if I have confused you with the "index" coverage that I put on. I only listed the areas that are NAME indexed, there are many other areas of London included on the CDs, but only the areas that I listed can be searched by name. Hope this clarifies it a bit. Sandra |
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Sandra | Report | 24 Oct 2003 20:53 |
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Marcelo I agree entirely about the index. It is great to be able to do a search, but what there is is very slow, and, as you say, not very flexible. However, the census itself provides us with such a wealth of information, that in some cases we would struggle to find elsewhere, I am just glad that we are now able to obtain it, without travelling to London or the local library (that's if you know which library!). Sandra |
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