Thanks Nivard, That was a very useful; I never noticed they drew the dividing lines with different lengths depending on the circumstance. With hindsight it seems obvious that they were living in at least their own flat, if not house, and not piled into some communal room like the ones in inner cities. I did as you suggested and compared the people up and down the street in 1851 and 1861, and also looked a bit more into the history of some of the buildings in the street. Unfortunately, it looks like they may have been living just south of the old County Police station which was built in the 1850s. Apparently quite a few older buildings were demolished to make way for it, and a few other buildings were also put up next to it. Seeing as my family were living in Fish St in 1851, but had moved to Kine Croft by 1861, it may well be that their house in Fish St was one of the ones demolished, so no longer exists. C'est la vie! Thanks again :-) on 18/10/09 1:38 PM, Nivard Ovington <ovington1@sky.com> wrote: > > 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