In message <200601232315.k0NNFs8v027784@mail.rootsweb.com>, Rachel Roberts <rachel.m.roberts@btopenworld.com> writes >Sorry - basic question, new to the list - is an index of the 1841 >Bedfordshire census available anywhere? I have ancestors who were in >Suffolk until 1837 and turned up in London in 1849, but no trace inbetween! >In 1841 they are not in Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Berkshire, >Buckinghamshire etc., unless they're hideously mistranscribed. Bedfordshire >seems like a logical step, so I wondered... Personally, I would look at Yorkshire - a lot of weavers migrated from East Anglia to Yorkshire, when the wool trade at home decline. They might not have liked it, and decided London was a better bet. > >The name is RUNACUS (possible RUNACRES / RUNICLES, usual variations) in case >that rings a bell with anyone. some in Eton, Bucks around mid century (photographers later.) -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

Thanks - hadn't thought of that! I know the head of the family was a carpenter, but I guess anywhere there was building work there would have been work for a carpenter. They eventually fetched up in Liverpool - moving in shifts from the late 1850s to the late 1860s. I'd love to know why - there might be an explanation here. Thanks, Eve Rachel -----Original Message----- From: Eve McLaughlin [mailto:eve@varneys.demon.co.uk] Sent: 23 January 2006 23:46 To: BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BDF] RE: Moving from Suffolk In message <200601232315.k0NNFs8v027784@mail.rootsweb.com>, Rachel Roberts <rachel.m.roberts@btopenworld.com> writes >Sorry - basic question, new to the list - is an index of the 1841 >Bedfordshire census available anywhere? I have ancestors who were in >Suffolk until 1837 and turned up in London in 1849, but no trace inbetween! >In 1841 they are not in Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Berkshire, >Buckinghamshire etc., unless they're hideously mistranscribed. Bedfordshire >seems like a logical step, so I wondered... Personally, I would look at Yorkshire - a lot of weavers migrated from East Anglia to Yorkshire, when the wool trade at home decline. They might not have liked it, and decided London was a better bet. > >The name is RUNACUS (possible RUNACRES / RUNICLES, usual variations) in case >that rings a bell with anyone. some in Eton, Bucks around mid century (photographers later.) -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== For any updates our info about the status of this list go to http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com

In message <200601232355.k0NNtAhf015178@mail.rootsweb.com>, Rachel Roberts <rachel.m.roberts@btopenworld.com> writes >Thanks - hadn't thought of that! >I know the head of the family was a carpenter, but I guess anywhere there >was building work there would have been work for a carpenter. >They eventually fetched up in Liverpool - moving in shifts from the late >1850s to the late 1860s. I'd love to know why They were building streets of houses at a rate of knots in the north, to accommodate all the new workers. There were also some rather fine municipal buildings going up - I think (not sure) the Town Hall, a magnificent place, dates from about 1850s. -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society