Each schedule is for each house/dwelling or part thereof Generally one per family unit including anyone living with them (including lodgers & borders, if they were in a separate room/part of the building they should have their own schedule but like a lot of things, people misunderstood so entered everyone in the building on one schedule on occasion Rules were only as good as the interpretation of them For enumerators instructions see :- <http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~framland/census/directions.htm> In 1851 there should be a line after each household drawn across the page, in your example schedules 49 & 50 are two schedules in one dwelling You can sometimes work out the house numbers by checking other census years that may be marked with them comparing the families to see if people stayed in the same area Its sometimes worth checking the enumeration description as house number runs are sometimes noted but not in this case Also worth checking for landmarks like Pubs, Churches etc (if enumerated) and comparing to other census years In the case of those living over shops the shop part is rarely enumerated (as they were not inhabited) so its hard to tell those that are Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > No I do not know the house number. All it says on census HO107 piece > 1690 folio 270 page 14 are the "schedule no's" and has one family per > "schedule". Does each of these "schedules" represent a separate house, > room or are they all piled into the same room like you often see on > Who do you think that you are? > > Thanks

I would also suggest you look for landmarks, like pubs, churches etc and it might then be possible to work out exactly where it was. I could then check for you (in the present day location) and compare it with old photographs from the 1850s. Kay Hedges Wallingford, UK ________________________________ From: Nivard Ovington <ovington1@sky.com> To: baldrick <baldricktheturnip@inspiralmail.com>; berkshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, 18 October, 2009 13:38:11 Subject: Re: [BRK] Fish St Wallingford 1851 Census Entry Each schedule is for each house/dwelling or part thereof Generally one per family unit including anyone living with them (including lodgers & borders, if they were in a separate room/part of the building they should have their own schedule but like a lot of things, people misunderstood so entered everyone in the building on one schedule on occasion Rules were only as good as the interpretation of them For enumerators instructions see :- <http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~framland/census/directions.htm> In 1851 there should be a line after each household drawn across the page, in your example schedules 49 & 50 are two schedules in one dwelling You can sometimes work out the house numbers by checking other census years that may be marked with them comparing the families to see if people stayed in the same area Its sometimes worth checking the enumeration description as house number runs are sometimes noted but not in this case Also worth checking for landmarks like Pubs, Churches etc (if enumerated) and comparing to other census years In the case of those living over shops the shop part is rarely enumerated (as they were not inhabited) so its hard to tell those that are Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > No I do not know the house number. All it says on census HO107 piece > 1690 folio 270 page 14 are the "schedule no's" and has one family per > "schedule". Does each of these "schedules" represent a separate house, > room or are they all piled into the same room like you often see on > Who do you think that you are? > > Thanks ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message