NWALES1 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 There is a facility to Save the image on the 1911 Census, at least in the full transcript 30 credits section there is, so you should be ale to download it to a memory stick. You get a copy of the original census return for your 30 credits as filled in by the Head of the House. Jean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen nulty Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Here's how to find a family and an address without having to use costly credits, an method I have been using to track down my Prescot men from the Roll of Honour. Using the standard "search" function, find the person that you want and refine the search criteria to eliminate the others so that only that one person is on the page. Typically you might do this by use of age, gender, year, county, district, etc. Once you have found the person and they are the only one shown on the page, look at the URL (web page address, http://www. etc.,) and you will see that in the address is the word "results2" or "results4". Change the number to a 3 then hit enter to do the search again. DON'T PRESS THE "SEARCH AGAIN" BUTTON. When the results are displayed, scroll to the bottom of the page and an address is shown. Now copy the address (including any errors) and go back to the "search" page. Remove everything you had in previously, put a comma in the surname box (it has to have something) and paste the address in to the RESIDENCE field and press "Search" The search results should now include all residents of the house. You may have to put a valid surname in the box to make it work if the transcription has many people recorded at the same address, and there are no guarantees, but it worked for me everytime and helped to confirm several of my searches. The census blog suggests that they are going to stop this use of a comma or full stop in the surname field, in which case you'll need to input the surname. This would then exclude all cervants, visitors, in-laws with different names, etc., bnut at least you'll get a) the address and b) the basic family structure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shel Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Here's how to find a family and an address without having to use costly credits, an method I have been using to track down my Prescot men from the Roll of Honour. .. Stephen, Thank you, that is a brilliant tip. I tried it today and managed to find new people and new addresses. They seem to have stopped the comma thing, so you do have to put the surname in. How do you know to do these things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Undertaker Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Stephen, Thank you, that is a brilliant tip.I tried it today and managed to find new people and new addresses. They seem to have stopped the comma thing, so you do have to put the surname in. How do you know to do these things? I've just tried this using the comma this morning and it still works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I forget Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Thanks Jean, come to think of it I'm not sure if I'll be able to take a memory stick in, they are so strict (compared to how the FRC used to be), I know they need to be with all the old documents, but its a pity they just don't have a separate section for less valuable resources. But I'll give it a go. Though think I wont' be in such a hurry now.. as thanks to Stephen I've been finding most people and the comma still works for me. Great to see my husband's grandfather at last on a census and also to have a look at who was in my house then (built approx 1910). Its keeping me busy this weekend! Nb sometimes the comma doesn't work, but tends to be if the search isn't working properly (eg tried some random house numbers, could be this wasn't how they were recorded, or those numbers didn't exist then). Cheers Cindy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiczy Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Stephen, that is great!! thank you so much for sharing such a fab tip!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 It worked fine this morning but this afternoon the 3 changes back to a four and so the address doesnt come up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen nulty Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 I have been discussing this with findmypast on the official blog. Bottom line is that they have plugged the loophole so that you can't fdo this any more. Such is life, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.