Thanks Robin for letting us other listers know how to go about getting into the 1901 census and a Happy New Year to you and all our other listers. Barbara Sowter. ----- Original Message ----- From: cinnamon <cinnamon@brisnet.org.au> To: <AUS-TAS-SURNAMES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 9:14 AM Subject: [AUS-TAS-SURNAMES] I ACTUALLY GOT INTO THE 1901 CENSUS > Country Church, Cloudeight Internet QuickNotes XIXHappy New Year to All! > > Not skiting, but I actually got into the census records. And yes, it's Wed > 2nd Jan 2002 here in Oz. > > A couple of things I noticed and a suggestion or two for those who wish to > use it. > > First, have a spreadsheet open and saved as 1901 Census. Put all your data > in there, and sort it out later. Leave a couple of lines between different > surnames as you download them, so you don't get them mixed up. Then all you > have to do is click the 'save' icon. > > After doing a couple of person searches with no results, I did a 'surname > search only' on an uncommon name. > First thing I noticed was you have a choice of 10, 20 or 30 names per page. > The results told me I had 1-30 of 211 names. > > When I got the first results page, first thing I did was a cut 'n' paste to > Excel (or any spreadsheet).then saved it. I'll sort out the junk later. > > When looking at the info, first thing I noticed was a large proportion of > entries had no occupations - 17/30 on the 1st page, 20/30 on the 2nd page. > > The 2nd thing, and probably more important, is there is no 'Relationship to > Head of House' Column. > > I got to the 3rd page and somebody sent me a fax, which broke the Internet > connection. > > The other thing I noticed was on the couple of occasions I ''timed out", > when I clicked 'back', it took me back to the 'Search Form Entry' page, not > just back one page of names. So I had to start all over again, (but going > directly to the bottom of the page, as I'd already saved them to Excel), to > click on 'Next' > . > Hope this helps those who are yet to get there. > > GOOD LUCK!! > > Regards, > Robin CARROLL, Brisbane,Australia > cinnamon@brisnet.org.au > Researching > WAINE, WINTER, COLINDRIDGE - Buckinghamshire > TWEMLOW, CORBISHLEY, ROGERS, PUGH - Cheshire > TWEMLOW, ROGERS - Liverpool > WAINE, CARTER, ATFIELD/ATTFIELD - Oxford, Sussex, Surrey > . > > > ==== AUS-TAS-SURNAMES Mailing List ==== > Link your Webpages to the Australian Families WebRing > The navigation bar is located at: > Http://hometown.aol.com/romniroser/myhomepage/newsletter.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >