One significant deficiency is access to households in the 1881 census. While the new interface will provide you with the 1881 census info on the person you searched for, there is no link to the household record. So how do you find parents, spouse, children etc? Kerry

Kerry Raymond wrote: > One significant deficiency is access to households in the 1881 census. > While the new interface will provide you with the 1881 census info on > the person you searched for, there is no link to the household record. > So how do you find parents, spouse, children etc? If I search for Spencer Goddard I get: Name: Spencer Goddard Age: 48 Gender: Male Birth Year: 1833 Birthplace: Austonley, York, England Relationship to Head of Household: Head Marital Condition: Married Profession / Occupation: Stone Merchant Employing 12 Men 2 Boys Address: Hoowood Census Place: Austonley, York, England Disability: Record Type: Household Family History Library Film: 1342043 The National Archives Reference: RG11 Piece / Folio: 4370 / 105 Page Number: 5 Household Gender Age Child Harry Goddard M 25 Child Ben Goddard M 22 Spencer Goddard M 48 Harry & Ben's names are both clickable to take me through to their respective records. It's a bit odd that two men in their 20s are described as children & it's not as convenient as the fully tabulated household record but the data is all there. If you don't see the partial record then maybe some data isn't fully in place - or maybe it doesn't work with all browsers, which wouldn't surprise me in the least. Unfortunately the links aren't there for '41, '61 & '91. Although he was married (remarried, in fact) he wasn't living with his wife Rachel. I can find her, she's at a different Austonley address but clicking on her name throws an error although her record works fine on the original site. -- Ian The Hotmail address is my spam-bin. Real mail address is iang at austonley org uk

Well, that's strange. When I search for my great-grandfather I get: Name: Alfred John Raymond Age: 25 Gender: Male Birth Year: 1856 Birthplace: Clifton Relationship to Head of Household: Head Marital Condition: Married Profession / Occupation: Carpenter Address: Camden Terrace 15 Census Place: Clifton, Gloucester, England Disability: Record Type: Household Family History Library Film: 1341597 The National Archives Reference: RG11 Piece / Folio: 2480 / 78 Page Number: 15 but no sign of his wife Elizabeth. When I search for her directly, she does appear: Name: Elizabeth Raymond Age: 23 Gender: Female Birth Year: 1858 Birthplace: Clifton Relationship to Head of Household: Wife Marital Condition: Married Profession / Occupation: Wife Carpenter Address: Camden Terrace 15 Census Place: Clifton, Gloucester, England Disability: Record Type: Household Family History Library Film: 1341597 The National Archives Reference: RG11 Piece / Folio: 2480 / 78 Page Number: 15 So both appear without links to one another and neither has links to their son. Very strange! Kerry