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  • Missing census pages

    Missing census pages

    1861 Census - Missing Districts

    Completely Missing

    145 - All of Islington East, sub to Islington District, Middlesex 219 - All of West London South, sub to West London District, London (Though Ancestry say 219 is completely missing, 1700 names do appear!!) 407 - All of Woolwich Arsenal, sub to Woolwich District, London 601 - All of Palace, sub to Brighton District, Sussex 903 - All of Woodstock, sub to Woodstock District, Oxfordshire 1039 - All of Ely, sub to Ely District, Cambri...
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  • Finding Martha

    Finding Martha

    The First Searches

    The searches and images shown were created using the Ancestry website. My first census searches revolved around finding Martha. I knew that she married during the 1880s but apart from knowing her approximate age at marriage (from her marriage certificate) I knew nothing more about her early years. It was only through working back in time using census searches that I could narrow down the search for her birth and discover more about her. With at least two mis-transcriptions ...
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  • Census address search

    Census address search

    Sometimes you may wish to find a specific address on a particular census. For example, if you have been unable to locate a person via a standard name search then you may wish to check their "last known address", which you may have obtained from a BMD certificate or from the previous or next census.

    Online Address Indexes:

    England & Wales

    1841-1911: FindMyPast (pay per view)
    1881: Ancestry (free index)
    1901: National Archives 1901 Census Online (pay per
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  • The surname may have been written differently

    The surname may have been written differently





    Back to The Census

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  • Missing family in 1861

    Missing family in 1861





    Back to The Census

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  • Finding children by searching for their parents on the IGI

    Finding children by searching for their parents on the IGI

    Using the International Genealogical Index for finding Baptisms.

    What is the parent search?

    The parent search is an underused yet useful option offered on the IGI website. By entering the name of the parents a list of children born to a couple of the names entered will be given. This can help create a guide to family groups that you can then use in conjunction with the census and bmd index. If you enter just the names of the parents you will see more results, if you refine the se...
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  • IGI Batch Numbers - British Isles and North America

    IGI Batch Numbers - British Isles and North America

    If the information you have found on the IGI has a batch number it will be a record extracted from the original register. The letters correspond to the number of the LDS microfilm:

    C = Christening records from the parish
    M = Marriage records
    J = Males only
    K = Females only - numbers correspond to the J series for males
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