A Touch of History
Friday, January 1 2010
When looking through censuses for relatives, it's amazing the number of mini history lessons you come across! Have a look at the following two census returns, these are for 1861, for the village of...
Reading a Census - 1
Friday, January 1 2010
When you decide to try genealogy (and it certainly is addictive!) here are a few tips on 'reading' a census. I know some censuses are quite boring, but others, when you really look into them can tell...
Reading a Census - 2
Friday, January 1 2010
Before the 1851 census two very important things happened:-...
Reading a Census - 3
Friday, January 1 2010
The first thing you notice in the 1861 census is that Jonathan and Ursula have moved (see 1851). They have moved from Horley in Oxfordshire, to Brill in Buckinghamshire....
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