2009/10/7 Michael Wells <casofilia@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > Sorry for the typo, that should have been Mary Ann PATTON b c 1828 (not 1868) Fossoway in the 1851 Census > Also John Alexander HUME was a Minister so could have been anywhere in the 1841 and 1851 censuses in Scotland but thei marriage took place in Piitsligo in 1852 so I am assuming they were both in the county in 1851. _____________________________________________ Hi Mike The FreeCEN records [ http://freecen.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl ] are somewhat patchy across Scotland becuase input depends on volunteers and transcription takes a long time. I think you would do well to look on the Scotland's People site. Its a payment site but doesn't cost a lot. [My credits have expired so I can only do numerical searches for you.] [ http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.aspx ] There are about 20 John HUMEs born between 1816 and 1826 on the 1841 and 1851 Census records for the whole of Scotland. To view these hit lists would cost 40 UK pence [= 1 credit per census hit list] and might well enable you to identify your man. Each full page image costs £1 UK [=5 credits] but there is a minimum inital payment of £6 which buys you 30 credits and 90 days access. [See my hints & tips at -- http://bit.ly/WIAN-SCP Mary PATTON is a bit more problematic. For births between 1815 & 1821 there are 6 in 1841 and 3 in 1851. However if you use Soundex [to cater for the more usual spelling PATON and other variants] the numbers shoot up to 48 and 62. For Mary PATON precisely there are 46 and 39 hits in those censuses. I think you need to look at the hit lists to see if there is a middle name recorded for Mary. Two points to note. Firstly: ages are notoriously inaccurate in the Census hence I used a range of birth dates; also John's should [!] have been rounded down to the next lower multiple of 5. Secondly: by varying the search criteria you should try to get a multiple of 25 hits [or just under] as each page of 25 costs 20p [i.e. one credit] and the data might not be exactly as you expect. -- 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 **********************************************************
Thanks Ray Mike Hi Mike The FreeCEN records [ http://freecen.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl ] are somewhat patchy across Scotland becuase input depends on volunteers and transcription takes a long time. I think you would do well to look on the Scotland's People site. Its a payment site but doesn't cost a lot. [My credits have expired so I can only do numerical searches for you.] [ http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.aspx ] There are about 20 John HUMEs born between 1816 and 1826 on the 1841 and 1851 Census records for the whole of Scotland. To view these hit lists would cost 40 UK pence [= 1 credit per census hit list] and might well enable you to identify your man. Each full page image costs £1 UK [=5 credits] but there is a minimum inital payment of £6 which buys you 30 credits and 90 days access. [See my hints & tips at -- http://bit.ly/WIAN-SCP Mary PATTON is a bit more problematic... For births between 1815 & 1821 there are 6 in 1841 and 3 in 1851. However if you use Soundex [to cater for the more usual spelling PATON and other variants] the numbers shoot up to 48 and 62. For Mary PATON precisely there are 46 and 39 hits in those censuses. I think you need to look at the hit lists to see if there is a middle name recorded for Mary.