Genealogy Chat

Definitely. My definitions for kingermingery would be: a) a form of crochet b) a dish involving kippers c) alternative for tomfoolery or playing about, involving kittens or other small furry animals d) an improvised musical instrument made from wires and wool nell

Kingermingery is a lovely word. It would be great on Call My Bluff!!!! nell

Despite being perfectly clear on the census, just some of mine which I can remember are: Jane transcribed as Lane, even though the mother is also Jane, Robinson as Roberson, even though there's another Robinson on the list and they're obviously sisters, the male Head of the family described as wife's mother (?!). Some of the place names have been hilarious but I'll have to check them first and as I discovered last night, regional accents clearly confused English enumerators at times! Daisy

Hi Nell I was searching for a family named Baxter recently and found it had been indexed as Barler, Baxton, Bascte (think of a curvy x, lol) and one I found only by trawling the neighbourhood. Heather

I love it! Keep them coming.

Whilst looking for someone on 1851 census I found the BACKHOUSE family transcribed as SHACK HOUSE. In addition Debra was transcribed as Delora, and Jemima transcribed as Kimana. Luckily it´s not one of mine - but I pity the poor soul who is searching for them! Elaine

looking for some ancestors born Cradley I found several with place of birth Cradley Erileptia. Never heard of that hamlet so looked at original...... turned out one child of a family was epileptic and the transcriber had given the suffix to the whole family! netti

HI when starting off couldnt find anything on my grandfathers family BRICE they had all been put on census as BRIERS if it hadnt been for 2 lovely ladies on the research board id still be looking lol, suex

Just been looking at original census images of 1891 for my Smoothy lot. I am staggered I ever found any of them. The parents, John and Ann are down as Smithy, as is their youngest daughter, despite the image being perfectly clear. Their eldest daughter Elizabeth is down as Smithy too, although she is listed underneath her husband, Charles Vine, with ditto marks underneath his surname. To cap it all, Ann's place of birth is transcribed as St Poyce [wherever that is] when it says on the image Stoke Poges. nell

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