1911, searching for a Smith on Ancestry...

[LesleyB]

Hi all

Hoping someone can clarify something for me here.

I'm searching for a Smith in the 1911 England census, (logged in, no membership - just looking for the moment - if I see anything promising I will check it out on my next library visit) but the search box in Ancestry does not seem to give me anywhere to put in a date of birth, even though they suggest narrowing your results by this method; obviously with a Smith, there will be hundreds of results, but without a birth year to limit the results, I'm faced with thousands!!
Where am I supposed to type the date of birth?

Best wishes
Lesley

[momat]

Hi Lesley,
Have you tried using the Census site.Much easier to use.
http://www.1911census.co.uk/search

[carlineric]

Hi Lesley,

Ancestry do not have the household schedules on line yet only the summary books which only give a summary of the household.

Eric

[Currie]

This page has some useful hints on how to get free information out of the 1911 site but probably not so useful for Smiths.
http://www.1911census.org.uk/1911search.htm

Alan

[LesleyB]

Thanks all for the replies - looks like Ancestry is not the best choice of search tool for this one at the moment...