Hi Mary, Are you the Mary who was up at the Burns centre recently -and who, I think knows Lyn Swartz? You live just south of the border in England but have kept your Oz email address? Something is happening at The Burns... they are now closed on Mondays and have limited staff at all times (you never see two people at the desk nowadays. Christine Ewing is the chief archivist but no-one's seen her for an age. On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 7:51 AM, Mary Paton <em.paton86@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > > that a census my distant cousin (who lives in Kilmarnock) may >> find - say at the Dick Institute or the Burns Centre is not always >> compatible with the same census I find on-line. Now, I have no clue as to >> why this is but I've come across it time and time again. >> > > Hi Debbie, > > That is very mysterious. I've only been to the Burns centre once and it > was about to close but will try again and next time I go I'll check a few. > Do you know which censuses it affected - perhaps you could give me one > example and I'll ask them? > > Best wishes, > Mary > >