Ancestors not in cenuses

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Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 7 Send Message	Dan	Report	29 Dec 2012 00:37
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 7 Send Message	Hi Can anyone help? I have found several ancestors in the early to mid 19th century but they do not seem to feature as children in any 19th Century census. Anyone know why not? :-S
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	29 Dec 2012 00:50
	Change of spelling of surname Mistranscribed
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 21,069 Send Message	jax	Report	29 Dec 2012 00:55
	Would you like to give an example of one of these missing people
	Researching: Nothing much
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,482 Send Message	MargaretM	Report	29 Dec 2012 05:47
	Children often take a stepfather's name but revert to father's surname at time of marriage.
	Researching: Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 7,602 Send Message	Penny	Report	29 Dec 2012 06:29
	Sometimes its better to enter less specific criteria and get more results and then spot them, than enter lots of info that reduces the potential candidates.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	29 Dec 2012 10:12
	Earliest almost complete census on-line was in 1841? Anything before that was very patchy and a head count at best.
	Researching: Dormant member as from 20 Sep 2019 . Click on my board name to send a message
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 62,774 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	29 Dec 2012 11:02
	Some censuses (notably 1851 and 1861) have pieces which were damaged. Which site are you using? What search criteria are you using......are you being flexible?
Member Since: October 2003 Posts: 714 Send Message	Inky1	Report	29 Dec 2012 14:53
Member Since: October 2003 Posts: 714 Send Message	Also 1841. Some sections are missing - ie never microfilmed. This includes part of Kensington, London.
Member Since: July 2010 Posts: 290 Send Message	BradM	Report	29 Dec 2012 21:56
Member Since: July 2010 Posts: 290 Send Message	Why would they have never been microfilmed?
Member Since: October 2003 Posts: 714 Send Message	Inky1	Report	3 Feb 2013 10:45
Member Since: October 2003 Posts: 714 Send Message	BM, Because the records went missing before the microfiming was carried out. Best to read the formal statements:- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/census-returns.htm
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 7,819 Send Message	InspectorGreenPen	Report	3 Feb 2013 17:50
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 7,819 Send Message	From personal experience I have found that mis-transcriptions are by far the main reason why you can't find what you are looking for. Always remember that on most genealogy sites ALL the information you enter has to match before a result is returned, so less is often better, as has been said. If there is a child in the family with a more unusual name, search for that without the surname. Use wildcards as some names have several spellings. e.g. for Baggott search with bagot so you get Bagot, Baggot, Bagott, Forest will give you Forest, Forrest, Forester, Forrester, Ann* will give you Ann, Anne, Annie Annette, and so on.
Member Since: May 2008 Posts: 492 Send Message	Christine	Report	3 Feb 2013 19:09
	I have found, recently, that the person I was searching for was in the army, serving abroad. There can be a gap of 20 years or more between their appearances on the censuses.
	Researching: Hill, Jewell - Cornwall. Langley-Shropshire,Cole, Neate -Wiltshire,Lott, Ewell- Kent.Punter, Gadd, Wapshott, White, Weston - Surrey. To say nothing of the other half's family!
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,249 Send Message	Kense	Report	3 Feb 2013 19:09
	There are some good tips on Jonesey's thread: http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/genealogy_chat/thread/1262733
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 62,774 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	4 Feb 2013 11:13
	Well, Dan was REALLY interested......wasn't he? lol!
Member Since: October 2003 Posts: 714 Send Message	Inky1	Report	4 Feb 2013 13:34
Member Since: October 2003 Posts: 714 Send Message	Now now, Reggie, be charitable..................

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