2009/11/27 Alison <royal.brooks@xtra.co.nz> wrote: Kathleen, I looked in vain for my 3xg grandmother, May Burgess, on the 1841 > census in Cromdale, using S.P. Used all name combinations but no luck . Had > a brainwave and tried Freecen and there she was. Back to S.P. and tried > searching for her neighbours also but not there. I wrote to S.P. but they > replied saying that they do not do searches which was not what I was asking > them to do at all. My credits for S.P. have expired so I have not done a > search in the past month. The street (Main Street) cannot have been missed > by the enumerator as Freecen have transcribed it. Have you tried Freecen? > ____________________________________________________ Hi Alison When you go back onto ScP, try this out. There are three women on FreeCEN called BURGESS who live in Moray and are aged 45 on the 1841 Census. These are Elizabeth in Bellie, Jane in Elgin and your May in Cromdale-Inverness. On ScP for 1841 there are no May BURGESS entries aged 45 in the whole of Scotland BUT there are three women aged 45 in Moray whose surname is BURGESS. I also have credits expired and no need to access ScP at the moment so I can't tell you what the names are. However one is in Bellie [?Elizabeth], one is in Elgin [?Jane] and one is in **INVERALLAN** parish. Without seeing the original films nor the images, it is difficult to tell if this third person is a ringer for your May BURGESS but it would be worth investigating. It is certainly odd that there is no May on ScP but there are three hits of that age on both ScP and FreeCEN. If you do find that there is a likely error it would be necessary to go back to ScP and tell them what you find and how it compares with FreeCEN. But best would be for you to look at the films of the Census, certainly for Cromdale and, if relevant, for Inverallan. If you prove there is an error, ScP will probably refund any credits you may have "wasted" sorting this out. If you have to rent the film[s] they may add credits for that cost as well [but I wouldn't rely on that!!] If you are a member of ANESFHS, they will do the look ups on the film for you but they may charge for facilites used, e.g. photocopies, print-outs.& postage. -- Best wishes Ray ********************************************************** >From Ray Hennessy Forenames website: www.whatsinaname.net Preferred Email address: ray@whatsinaname.net Hints for Scotland's People at http://bit.ly/WIAN-SCP **********************************************************