1841 Census Index and Images .....

mallog · Post by **mallog** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:13 pm

I'm not having a good morning. I knew there were several Fife Census missing but did it have to be all the areas I need for the brick wall and then I found Tarbert was missing too

. I have also had no luck at finding a family even though I have done searches on different members and viewed those references which double up. Never mind, all I need is a good find and I will be back to normal

Post by **joette** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:28 pm

Well yipee I was searching on SP & didn't even notice that the 41 was there!
Have found my Gx4Grandmother living with her two daughters & their two daughters-one aged 1 & one aged 5.I then tracked the marriage of my Gx3 niece & then her children & what may be two born Perth & two possibilities in Ireland one in Ballycastle where my brother-in-law's Father hails from.
As an addendum when she(the niece) married in 1856 she does not have illegitimate on her Certificate.She was known by her father's name & he is listed with her Mother going only by her name with no maiden name given.So were they more enlightened then?Or did it just not thought worth mentioning?

Post by **Jean Jeanie** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:09 pm

Anyone searching in Inverness Cromdale/Moray Cromdale?

Something is wrong with the indexing for these records. Nothing shows up if you select Inverness. If you select Moray they show up in Inverallan.

Having transcribed the 1841 for Freecen I know they should be in Cromdale!!!

I have e mailed SP and told them of the problem.

Jean

Post by **AndrewP** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 5:09 pm

Hi Jean,

Inverallan is one of these parishes which is set to confuse those seeking their family history. The 1840s Statisical Accounts for Scotland for that parish shows that it is part of the unites parishes of Cromdale, Inverallan and Advie, and that the united parish was spead across the county boundary of Moray and Inverness-shire. It took until 1870 to sort that one out with The Inverness and Elgin County Boundaries Act 1870. So up to that point, you need to consider both counties (and any of these parish names?) for any of these parishes.

All the best,

AndrewP

Post by **Jean Jeanie** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 5:18 pm

Hi Andrew

I had a similar problem a few months ago with BMD's for Cromdale and SP said there was a problem with the indexing and they fixed it.

See viewtopic.php?t=1929&highlight=cromdale

I think this is the same thing again

Jean

David Douglas · Post by **David Douglas** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:17 pm

On my first search (22 results), I noticed two images were missing (both for Airth, Stirlingshire).

Is this the blue-on-blue problem again? I see no mention of it on Scotlandspeople for the 1841 census. I hope this 10% failure rate is not representative!

mallog · Post by **mallog** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:36 pm

I am giving the 1841 Census a rest for a few days and see if any teething problems emerge. I have had only one "hit" today and it was one I didn't realise I had already. The rest I just can't get I don't know why. Anybody else having the same bother?

David Douglas · Post by **David Douglas** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:10 pm

The search forms for Renfrewshire for the 1841 census contain errors:

The following district appear wrongly under RENFREW (they belong, as far as I know, under ORKNEY, but are not listed under it).
LADY (SANDAY)
BURNESS( SANDAY)
CROSS (SANDAY)
LADY (SANDAY)

Also, the following districts are missing under RENFREW (but they appear under All districts):

PAISLEY BURGH
PAISLEY LOW
PAISLEY MIDDLE