Genealogy Chat

Hi all, the address I am looking for is 18 Exeter Street Stockton on Tees. I have managed to find 1891/01 but I am having trouble finding 1881. Any help would be much appreciated. Cheryl

Cheryl, You can do an address search for 1891 on 1837online. This will tell you the civil district, ecclesiastical parish and schedule number for the address. Then go to Ancestry and click 1891 at the bottom. Select the right county and town/parish under the search box. Keep going until you have a list of districts. Select a few of the Description pages to find the districts with the correct ecclesiastical parish (usually three or four districts next to each other). Then look at the actual pages - jus your known schedule number each time. Or.....tell us the address! Merry

Thank you all for your help last night. I'm not sure if I have come to any conclusions about what if means yet, but once I have worked out how to do an address search on the 1891 census I might have an answer Best wishes to you all Cheryl

Mine are all in Manchester which was pretty built up by the 1870s, so maybe they put full addresses on, instead of USD. Merry - along the top of the cert, Death registered in USD St George Manchester. But if it gives an address, you could check this against the nearest census, to see if it was a private house, or a workhouse! OC

Yes date and full address Cheryl

Ah! Yes, to be fair OC all mine are small villages so no proper address. It appears on the address box, for example: Dodworth USD Anne

Yes thank you!! Whereabouts at the top? Merry

Hmmm..okay, I dont have any BCs in the correct time frame! All I have is a couple of death certs and two marriage certs. All state USD along the top, none say USD in the address box - but all have full addresses in the address box, could that be summat to do with it? Is there a full address in the address box? OC

Olde Crone must have found an unexpected new branch by going through all her certs! Nearly 30 mins now, where's she gone? Anne

Taking her time isn't she? Hope she has an excellent filing system! Merry

You mean, you HOPE! Merry

Hee hee - think I'll survive! Anne

Stop it, Anne......you will get us into trouble with ''she who shall be obeyed'', aka Olde Crone! Merry

Agree with Merry - all mine that have USD on them have them in the address box! Anne

*****puts fingers in ears and squeezes eyes tight shut**** because when I said '''every single one''', I only looked at the first 50 or so, before getting bored!!! (so.....call me a liar!) Merry

Hi all, Just had a look at the webb site and Stockton was indeed a U.S.D. Thanks Cheryl

Merry Off to have a look at my collection of birth certs, back in a min! OC

I am def not saying your letters do not relate to the workhouse, BUT!!! every single one of my USD's, RSD's and UD's etc appear under the event address in the main part of the certificate. Why's that then???!! Merry

The words Urban Sanitary District normally appear at the top of the certificate, not in the address box. If these letters do appear in the address box, I would be more inclined to think it IS the workhouse - some of the more sensitive registrars were beginning to not write the word workhouse on a BC, because of the shame it provoked. OC

Thank you for that Merry I'll have a look at the site now. Best wishes Cheryl