Genealogy Chat

hi I'm sure i came across a way of following an addresss through a census once, can anyone tell me how because i can't remember where i saw it. I cant find a family who i am pretty sure were there before and after 1851 census, and want to see if i can find them through their address instead of name. Cheers Karen

you need to go to the place name that you think they are at, then read throught the description of enumeration on each district to find the street, then you can check if they were their, this could be a long job. Roy

I think on 1837online you can search by address but they've only got 2 censuses.

roy Sorry roy but im slow on the uptake here. Can you explain to me again, is this something i can do online if so what web site? or do you mean i have to physically go there? nofolk is a bit far from birmingham!! k

Karen, whilst searching on Ancestry? i thought that thats what you meant, as ancesrty are the only online site that has got 1851 to 1901 census. does this help? Roy

roy ta will go back and have another look k

Roy means on Ancestry. Go to the main search page and click on 1851 census, bottom left of page. Under the boxes where you type in names etc etc there is a list of counties. Click the one you want Next will come a list of parishes. Click the one you want. Eventually, you will come to a lis of all the districts within the parish. If it's a small villiage there could be only one, but if within a city there could be as many as 40 or 50 or even more. Alongside each district number is the ''Description of Enumeration District'' page. Click each of these in turn. If Ancestry have filmed the right sheet (LOL, not always!) you will see a page with all the info about the particular district, inc the names of the streets included. Just keep going until you find the right Description page. When you have that, view the relevant District pages. Hopefully you will find the street you are looking for. The above sounds much worse than it is! Merry

Karen, this may be the best way, click on (search any census) under the search box will be a list of counties, click on the county that you want, then a page will open with a list of places in that county, click on the place name and the next page will be the districts, click on view description of enumeration district, this will tell you the route that they took which includs streets that are in that district, once you find the street you are looking for, go back and click on that district, you will then nead to check all the images untill you find the street and family that you are looking for in that district? as i said it can be a very long job. good luck Roy Merry beat me to it :-))

thanks to merry and roy for the info will get cracking on that ta k

Hi Karen, Another way would be to note down the names of others living in the same street in your earliest census, then carry out a search on their names to see if they are still living in the same street. Then search the rest of that street using the forward and back button (on Ancestry) to see if your target names are still in the same address. This will only be effective in the stable little areas/villages/small towns, where there isn't a transient population such as influxes of Irish families through ports such as Liverpool where households changed regularly as people moved on/up. Let us know if you get any results! Best Wishes Brenda