On 15 Feb 00, at 19:20, Maurreen Clissold wrote: > I've turned her on to the mystery of the non-appearance of Snowden > Barraclough in the 1881 census. I have found a Fanny (name of his wife) > and a daughter Ruth of the correct age, but the father's name is wrong > <sigh>. I can't find a Snowden Barraclough and family in the whole of > England - I doubt that they'd be out of the country, but I suppose it is > possible. Any suggestions, anyone? A father missing on the 1881 census in one of our Barraclough lines turned up on his boat with a son and nephew. They actually were recorded twice that way, perhaps the boat being on the line between two areas. Jeannette Claridge