Searching the 1911

[modem]

Am I imagining it or has a new search requirement been added? Have not used the site for a couple of weeks and today when I tried a full person search I was asked for Census Ref details as part of the required fields. I'm sure that I have not been asked for this before.

Is it me !!!?

[Elaine ..Spain]

It is only compulsory to fill in one box that has a red asterisk, either first name, last name or census ref - not all three.

[modem]

Thanks for the explanation.

[Christine in Herts]

Does that mean you can put in a census ref (if you happen to know it) and get all the names???

Christine

[Mike Fisher]

Does that mean you can put in a census ref (if you happen to know it) and get all the names???

Only if you put surname *a* wildcard search note the results and do the same for e,i,o,u,y which should cover most surnames

same goes for an exact address

[Uncle John]

Was there anything wrong with the 1911 census site yesterday (Saturday)? I was looking for a particular family and there were no matches even when I reduced the amount of information. Does it say No matches when it really means Far too many matches?

[BC]

It says ' No matches ' all the time for me ! When it was first available I entered a name and the info with age came up. Since then it refuses to find this person or the parents & siblings however much information I enter.

[Elaine ..Spain]

Who are you looking for BC? Can we help?

[BC]

Thanks for the offer Elaine. Am looking for a family named Antliff - it sometimes gets distorted to Ancliff or similar..There should be Mum + 4 children. Not sure about Dad !

[BC]

Elaine - apologies but I fogot to enter thearea where they lived. It was London, probably Holborn or in that vicinity.

[Elaine ..Spain]

Do you have the names of the mum and children?

[Elaine ..Spain]

Not sure if it will bring up the ones you are looking for but with a surname like Ancliff / Antliff you can keep the search criteria to a minimum.

First, click the box which says Show Advanced Fields.
In the last name box put An*liff and tick the Wildcard name option
In County - select London
Click search.

Using the asterisk in the surname will show any name which starts with 'An' and ends with 'liff'

This brings up some Antliffs and Ancliffs - can you see what you are looking for?
If not give us num's name and the children's names plus approx years of birth if you have them.

[BC]

Thanks Elaine. Names are Lydia (mother & daughter), Alice Elizabeth, Ellen and Francis Joseph. Dob's are 1871, 1893,1895,1897 & 1904,. Suspect there is/was another between the last 2 dates. Must now go & eat but will look again later

[Christine in Herts]

There's an 1896 (i.e. age 15) Lydia ANTLIFF in Holborn. Just off to work out who else is in the household with her.

Christine

[Christine in Herts]

It seems to be:
William Henry, age 44
Frank, age 13
Ellen, age 6

Christine

[Christine in Herts]

Looking at the FreeBMD database on Ancestry, it seems likely that Henry (b&d 1902) and Agnes (b&d 1905) - both d Holborn - are part of the family. Anything on the LMA?

Christine
PS - had a look. There are people of that surname with C or T, but none is definitively yours, as far as I can tell at a quick review.

[BC]

Christine, many thanks for your efforts - I wish it would be as friendly to me !!!. Frank is Francis Joseph and William Henry is the husband and father.Was not sure if he was still there as have been told he and his wife split up but had no idea of when. Agnes may not be one of this family as there were other Antliffs in the same area BUT William Henry's mother was Teresa Agnes so it is possible that this is the line turning them into Catholics. May consider certificate if this family prove useful. Also Henry b&d 1902 is probably one of this Antliff family in view of the name but again, not guaranteed.
Thanks again.

Thanks so much for this, it has solved a problem.

[Christine in Herts]

I was using the less-is-more techniques already outlined...
Using the 1911 Advanced Search allows you to use wildcards, or "names starting with...". I chose the wildcard option with "Al*lif*".
On LMA, being Ancestry, you have to have at least three non-space characters before the wildcard, so I just did the searches twice: with "Altlif*" and "Alclif*".

Lydia is a less-usual name, so I started with that, and then used her in 19111 as "another name in the household" with the place names I'd already got from her name.

And it's always pleasing to feel I've helped - I appreciate your having said that.

Christine