I know we often laugh that Ancestry has a lot of people born in Somalia rather than Somerset and Mars rather than Manchester, etc............
I've just been looking people named Saunders living in Bristol and saw this one in the 1851 census:
Issie Saunders b abt 1834 in Bristol Pernambrica
Wondering how they made Pernambrica out of Gloucestershire I had a look at the image. It turns out Pernambrica is almost right; it should read Pernambuco, but the word transcribed as Bristol is actually Brazil! lol
Better luck next time, Ancestry!
I've just been looking people named Saunders living in Bristol and saw this one in the 1851 census:
Issie Saunders b abt 1834 in Bristol Pernambrica
Wondering how they made Pernambrica out of Gloucestershire I had a look at the image. It turns out Pernambrica is almost right; it should read Pernambuco, but the word transcribed as Bristol is actually Brazil! lol
Better luck next time, Ancestry!
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