1841-1901 Free Census Look up's!

Post by **chameleon** » Mon 21 Jan, 2008 9:03 pm

cnosni wrote: tyke bhoy wrote: More than is available athttp://www.familysearch.org/? One and the same people,Family search.org and the Mormons.They also have a free downloadable family history program,Personal Ancestry File,that allows you to build your tree on your PC.It is little limited in what it will allow you to do but i understand there will be an all sing and dancing version in the pipeline.The program works on a gedcom file system which allows you to swap tree details with other family history programs or websites such as Ancestry,Rootsweb and Genes reunited.As a consequence of this you can down load from from these sites and transfer the data to PAF. You clearly know it well cnosni - and so do I. Once my wife gets going, the rest of the world disapears, I'm then what's known amongst families of geneologists as a 'Family History Widow'!!!

Hats Off · Post by **Hats Off** » Mon 21 Jan, 2008 11:49 pm

Loz123 wrote: Hi i have had no luck.... their doesn't seem to be anything on the census pages...i did find a James & dorothy Hart with children ( called William) in the 1861 or 1871 census but he was born in Middleton, Yorkshire... i thought at first it might be our middleton in Leeds but i don't think it is... Does it just say on his marraige certificate Leeds? Strange ain't it ? I know that in 1887 they were living in Little Somerset Street which I think was somewhere around where the bus station is now but that is all I know until the 1901 census. It doesn't actually give place of birth on the marriage certificate just where the wedding took place ( St Patricks on York Road). James & Dorothy Hart do not belong to my lot unfortunatley. Thanks for your time anyway, much appreciated.

Post by **cnosni** » Tue 22 Jan, 2008 6:50 pm

Hats Off wrote: Hi Loz,Could you help me out with this one please on the 1891.William Hart 27 born LeedsElizabeth Hart 25 Wife born LeedsMartin Hart 3 son born LeedsPossibley William Hart maybe a few months old, son born Leeds.They would have been living in Leeds at the time maybe in the East Ward. Cheers. Hats off,never fear,cnosni is here.Right here you go,William and Elizabeth Hart have been transcribed as William and Elizabeth Hait on Ancestry.Details as follows1891 census Leeds,North Leeds,Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter RG12; Piece: 3690; Folio 15.7 Little Somerset StreetWilliam Hart, head,M, aged 30,(occup) Cross Setter, born LeedsElizabeth Hart, wife, M, aged 29 born LeedsMary Hart, dtr aged 8 born LeedsElizabeth Hart dtr aged 6 born LeedsEllen Hart dtr aged 4 born LeedsMartin Hart dtr aged 2 born LeedsMichael Murphy,Lodg,S, aged 64,S,Hawker General born IrelandThere you go,3 more siblings for you.Not sure where they are in 1901 census but they would all be old enough to be working and living elsewhere,or could possibly have died. When you have trouble looking for someone on Ancestry try and use the advanced search options and select a person from the household who has an unusual forename.Martin for example was not exclusive but was particular to Irish immigrants,so this name narrows down the field.It also has the advantage of being quire straight forward to transcribe at any stage (when originally done and when put on to Ancetry or any other search engine.I then put in the forenames of their parents and Martins age plus or minus 2 years (once again for errors)There were 14 results for a match like this in all of Yorkshire,and it was pretty easy to identify which one it was.Another way to look is to go to the Leeds Central Library where they have an index of street names in Leeds for all the census.This gives the relevant reference numbers for all the occasions that a particular street will appear on.Then you can go through each of them one by one on the microfilm copies at Leeds Library or put the numbers into Ancestrys search engine,and just work through each page that they pertain to.If they are not there then they have obviously moved.

Post by **chameleon** » Tue 22 Jan, 2008 7:42 pm

A wonderful example cnosni of what we were saying about misrecording and mistranscription - and a success!

Loz123 · Post by **Loz123** » Tue 22 Jan, 2008 8:55 pm

Hi brilliant investigation skills i think! i had searched for a mistake in the spelling but hadn't tried that one... never mind... well done though

Hats Off · Post by **Hats Off** » Tue 22 Jan, 2008 11:58 pm

Thank you very much cnosni you've helped a great deal there, thanks for the tips on finding people too, I'm sure they will come in handy.Cheers.

Post by **cnosni** » Wed 23 Jan, 2008 1:20 am

Hats Off wrote: Thank you very much cnosni you've helped a great deal there, thanks for the tips on finding people too, I'm sure they will come in handy.Cheers. No probs,if you have any thing you need help with then let me know.Ive just found out that im directly descended from a family who were lords of the Manor of Kildwick in the 16th and 17th centuries,with a proper heraldib crest,not like those you can buy on american websites.Now then,where has all their money gone.........??

peterg · Post by **peterg** » Wed 23 Jan, 2008 8:19 pm

Hi Laura.Recently I did some investigation on Ancestry into my family and I believe that there errors in the details given of the 1901 Census.The name is Cavanagh (with a C) and they lived in Harehills. Unfortunately I can't find the print out I did at the time. Do you have enough details to find them?Thanks in advance

Loz123 · Post by **Loz123** » Wed 23 Jan, 2008 11:58 pm

Hi peterg, I have looked in the 1901 census their are 3 familys with that surname living in leeds, can i have a few first names so i know i have the right one's

peterg · Post by **peterg** » Thu 24 Jan, 2008 12:24 am

Hi: I can't remember just now my grandparents forenames, but there should be at least two sons named Arthur and Thomas and a possibly unnamed new born female child. If I can find the print out, I will get back again.