I'd like to extend my thanks for help on this subject to Nivard Ovington and Kathy Orford-Perkins, who have each spent time and effort to help me find results. First of all, having tried Ancestry Yet Again, I find that I was already on the Old Search. Another go just now yielded no results, so I'll have to look into that. But - Kathy provided me with information which astonished me. She found my GGF, Thomas STOKES, at 9 Prospect Street, Alfreton. He was listed as Thomas SLOBES, thus:- Thomas Slobes 61 Luey Slobes 60 Elhel Robrnson 28 Elsie Slohes 21 Hsare Robemson 3 Willie Jemes Robemson 30 So, nobody's name was correct. We won't go into that, but take it from me. Nobody's birthplace was correct. Thomas and Lucy's WOR villages appeared as Leigh Senlon and Maluerv Lunk, and Alfreton itself, the census place, was Alpreow. Ethel, daughter of the house, was down as stepdaughter and Hearl, her son, was  'nephew' rather than grandson. Elsie, apparently, was a sich nurse. I know that Hearl and Zenas are not names you might come across every day, but the enumerator's writing was quite clear, so I'm only having him for the incorrect  relationships. But the transcriber will not only be kept in to do it again, I shall not be allowing  him to give out the pencils in the foreseeable future. Be warned, particularly if you are new to genealogy. All may not be as it seems. Kind regards Joy

Hi Joy Although the transcript does leave a great deal to be desired, a certain amount of the blame can be levelled at Thomas STOKES whose writing you see in the 1911, the enumerator had no part in it Thomas's flowery writing is part of the problem however the transcriber is not blameless, I think this was the equivalent of the Friday afternoon car <g> The Hearl appears to be correct Births Dec 1907 ROBINSON Hearl Belper 7b 693 As does the Willie Zenas England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915 about Willie Zenas Robinson Name: Willie Zenas Robinson Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1906 Registration district: Belper Inferred County: Derbyshire Volume Number: 7b Page Number: 1314 I didn't find a birth under that name though Did you resolve the parents of Phyllis yet ? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 27/04/2013 14:26, Joy Hungerford wrote: > I'd like to extend my thanks for help on this subject to Nivard Ovington and > Kathy Orford-Perkins, who have each spent time and effort to help me find results. > > First of all, having tried Ancestry Yet Again, I find that I was already on the Old Search. > Another go just now yielded no results, so I'll have to look into that. > > But - Kathy provided me with information which astonished me. > She found my GGF, Thomas STOKES, at 9 Prospect Street, Alfreton. > > He was listed as Thomas SLOBES, thus:- > Thomas Slobes 61