Genealogy Chat

The same site is doing a count down to the release of the US 1940 census - they'll probably make a pigs ear of that as well in their haste to release it on the site :-(

I don't think I've got a chance then lol

Had one today call "And Save As".

Also don't expect much from the Australian Electoral Rolls on ancestry either. They are not complete and they have somehow indexed entire districts for 1958 as 1980. I have an ancestor that miraculously rose from the dead after 20 years and appeared on the 1980 roll until I realised their stuff up. Only way to work out it was the wrong roll was to go to the very first page in the "A" section where it actually says 1958 Electoral Roll.

"Joy, just looked it up....oooh errr missus, they've made a right pig's ear of that name!"

- I was lucky I knew where he and his family were, and there were very few with that surname anyway ;-)

There are some with the name of the road as the first name.

Still, I consider myself very lucky to be able to see so many of my family, and more puzzles have been solved - some of which led to further questions :-)

I love ancestry :-)

maybe some of my relatives are actually listed after all....it's just a case of finding them lol

I found my grandfather with the page number in the middle of his name.

I also found a page where the rent the occupants were paying was listed.

Joy, just looked it up....oooh errr missus, they've made a right pig's ear of that name!
They're showing a few odd names for some of my lot - and I've only looked up about 20 so far!! :-0


K

Try the surname for my relative Francis McCusker ;-)

I find it interesting on the older rolls it gives whether the house is freehold

Looks like its been done by computer scanning, like the Britsh phone books, they can be a laugh to read as well.


Andy

You are most welcome
it also works on the Census images

I think ROL whatever must be Robert William Pithers and the Knee is likely Rose Giles or Harry Joseph Giles.

Thanks for the tip! That's nifty.

Maureen

Yes Potty
I have not come across one page yet that have all the names correct

OOOH! Got it now! Thank you! Didn't know you could do that.

Maureen :-)

Take these are from Ancestry? I only have Essentials membership so can't view the images. Have found my father with his first names the wrong way round in the transcriptions.

click on London Electoral Registers, 1835-1965,

put in name

click on View image


If you are not seeing the transcription
go to the bottom of the page and you will see a very faint grey box with arrows in it click on that and it will split the page in half allowing you to see transcription and image together

Quoy,
Sorry to be a pain-but how do you get the transcription in the first place??

Still learning the rules of this new game! :-D

Maureen

Ye Gads! Here's another...not one of mine

1882
Eld Ward John Cromer-Hoisse The Park Saltmarsh.

is actually
Edward John Saltmarsh (of) Cromer-House, The Park.

They need to go to Specsavers - lol

Strange - I couldn't enlarge it enough to spot him at all - the image as displayed, is a bit dodgy to say the least.

My Rosetta has been transcribed as

1924 - Roeetta
1925 - Bosetta
1926 - Rosettn, with husband Henry as Ttenrv (the image is a bit faint)
1927 - Ronetta

If she'd lived, what would they have come up with in 1928? :-0

If you count the names on the image there are a few missing form the transcription