Hi Chris As the "someone" :-) On this occasion its not the fault of findmypast and is basically a confusion over the administration of areas for different functions Mangotsfield, whilst being in Gloucestershire was for census purposes under Somerset as it was in the Keynsham registration area (as were several other Parishes in Gloucestershire) Enumeration districts are based on registration districts which in turn were based on poor law unions But the 1911 being in the householders own hand is more accurate to how they thought of their birthplace, and there are rather a lot of them who thought they were born in Bristol Somerset :-) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 09/01/2014 10:43, Chris Jefferies wrote: > Someone mentioned about the 1911 census listing somewhere in Bristol as in > Somerset. In some cases this is the fault of FindMyPast and not the census. > When searching for my father in the 1911 census probably in Mangotsfield but > somewhere in the Bristol area. I did what I always do and set the location > to just "Gloucestershire" but no sign of him or any of his family. In > desperation I eventually found him by searching under "England" and there > the family were listed living in Mangotsfield, SOMERSET. > > The problem is that Mangotsfield and several other Gloucestershire parishes > to the east of the city are in Keynsham registration district and Keynsham > is just over the border in Somerset so Findmypast listed all Keynsham > parishes as in Somerset. On FreeBMD you can give the county as > Gloucestershire or Somerset and you will get events in the Keynsham > Registration District. Mangotsfield isn't in Bristol but it is an example of > how parishes can be incorrectly given as Somerset. > > Chris Jefferies > Cheltenham > Glos

It most certainly IS Findmypast who caused the problem because they cannot be bothered to do it correctly. There is no excuse for listing any Gloucestershire parish under Somerset. This is the location details from the transcription of the entry for my father in 1911. Reg. District: Keynsham Sub District: Kingswood Parish: Mangotsfield Enum. District: 9 Address: Victoria Street Staple Hill Near Bristol County: Somersetshire Three of the five Keynsham sub districts are in Gloucestershire. It would have take little effort to correctly identify parishes in the Kingswood, Bitton and Oldland sub districts correctly as being in Gloucestershire! Chris Jefferies Cheltenham Glos -----Original Message----- From: bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington Sent: 09 January 2014 13:06 To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [B&S] Bristol, a City and a County Hi Chris As the "someone" :-) On this occasion its not the fault of findmypast and is basically a confusion over the administration of areas for different functions Mangotsfield, whilst being in Gloucestershire was for census purposes under Somerset as it was in the Keynsham registration area (as were several other Parishes in Gloucestershire) Enumeration districts are based on registration districts which in turn were based on poor law unions But the 1911 being in the householders own hand is more accurate to how they thought of their birthplace, and there are rather a lot of them who thought they were born in Bristol Somerset :-) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 09/01/2014 10:43, Chris Jefferies wrote: > Someone mentioned about the 1911 census listing somewhere in Bristol > as in Somerset. In some cases this is the fault of FindMyPast and not the census. > When searching for my father in the 1911 census probably in > Mangotsfield but somewhere in the Bristol area. I did what I always do > and set the location to just "Gloucestershire" but no sign of him or > any of his family. In desperation I eventually found him by searching > under "England" and there the family were listed living in Mangotsfield, SOMERSET. > > The problem is that Mangotsfield and several other Gloucestershire > parishes to the east of the city are in Keynsham registration district > and Keynsham is just over the border in Somerset so Findmypast listed > all Keynsham parishes as in Somerset. On FreeBMD you can give the > county as Gloucestershire or Somerset and you will get events in the > Keynsham Registration District. Mangotsfield isn't in Bristol but it > is an example of how parishes can be incorrectly given as Somerset. > > Chris Jefferies > Cheltenham > Glos ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message