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census records
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Gai | Report | 2 Nov 2010 05:01 |
Hi Syliva |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 2 Nov 2010 00:37 |
GR is the worst possible site for searching, especially bmds!! |
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Christine | Report | 1 Nov 2010 22:22 |
I have only ever used GR (or occasionally FMP for address searches) for census records. The only problem I've had was with one particular page where the image itself was extremely faint. No other problems. |
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Gai | Report | 31 Oct 2010 10:03 |
GR has replaced census records and some have vanished all together. I contacted GR months ago about the problem but nothing has been done. |
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Roy | Report | 31 Oct 2010 09:37 |
I had a whole bunch of "missing" census entries that stopped progress. I listened to the advice given in the National Archives podcast "solving census problems" and found that all of the entries were on GR, just not in the form expected. One key issue was the spelling, by the census taker, who would often write a name how it sounded, if it had been given verbally. This allowed me to find a "Herby" ancestor who was in an early census as "Irby" The podcast concerned is at www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/solving-census-problems.mp3 |
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brummiejan | Report | 31 Oct 2010 08:24 |
Although I haven't used Genes for this purpose, I gather from comments on here that it isn't very good. The general opinion among members is to keep basic Genes membership (to request help & advice) and have a sub. to either Ancestry or FMP. |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 31 Oct 2010 06:58 |
The issue is not whether or not the census copies are present, is is to do with the quality of the indexing. |
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Valerie | Report | 31 Oct 2010 06:38 |
...I'm having problems too .... GR censuses do not seem to have my g/grandad (& family) from 1871/81/91/& 1901 ...they do have him in 1911!! Fortunately I know exactly where they were living etc -as I have seen them before ...somewhere ....maybe on FMP (?) though I'm not a member. |
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mgnv | Report | 30 Oct 2010 23:41 |
What sort of problem? |
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John | Report | 30 Oct 2010 14:52 |
can anybody tell me why i have a problem with census records on genesreunited and not on ancestry.many thanks.jk |