And some folk are just bloody minded when it comes to Government involvement in their private lives! My feisty friend, until his untimely death at the age of 42, refused to sleep at home on census night, choosing to 'camp' in various out-of-the-way places - often in his car - and forbade his parents to include him on the forms. Pity I'm unlikely to be around when those census details are released! Pat "Here's tae us! Wha's like us? Damn few! - an' they're a' deid!" Old Scots Toast -----Original Message----- From: aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gordon Johnson Sent: 26 November 2009 22:43 To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com Subject: [ABERDEEN] 1841 Census Kathleen asked: Would everyone in Scotland be on the 1841 census, or would some persons be missed for whatever reason? ------ Kathleen - almost everyone should be covered, except those out of touch, such as fisherman at sea (Many coastal census returns have notes mentioning fishermen being absent). However, "missing" may not mean not present! If you are searching an index, the person you seek may be indexed under a misread name. I was looking for a lawyer in Wick, a local worthy, who had to be present in a particular census, but the index did not reveal him. As I knew his place of residence, I went through the microfilm, and he was there - the handwriting of the enumerator was apalling, and the name wrongly indexed. Gordon. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message