It's worth remembering that the head of the household had to understand the census requirements and communicate the information to the enumerator. In an age of low literacy (and Devon accents) it was often up to the enumerator to make the decision. Cheers Paul -----Original Message----- From: DEVON [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adrian Bruce Sent: 04 September 2017 16:38 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DEV] 1851 CENSUS: LODGER VS PARENT These are the instructions to which Paul refers - they cover the 1851 for England & Wales (previous and next page links are at the bottom in all cases). (You may need to cut and paste these links into Notepad or similar if / when they get broken so that they end up as one. Or use the shortened GOO.GL link that goes to the same place). http://histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser?path=Browse/TNA%20Enumerators%27 %20Books%20(by%20date)/1851/Great%20Britain&active=yes&mno=3003&tocstate=exp andnew&display=sections&display=tables&display=pagetitles&pageseq=7 Shortened link https://goo.gl/gZaXPD So far as I can see, the instructions re lodger etc apply to the householder not the enumerator, who is just to copy the householder's stuff. The blank householder's schedule is on: http://histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceTyp e=Legislation&ResourceType=Essays&ResourceType=Registrar%20General&ResourceT ype=TNA&SearchTerms=householder&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&treestate =expandnew&titlepos=0&mno=25&tocstate=expandnew&display=sections&display=tab les&display=pagetitles&pageseq=5 Shortened link https://goo.gl/r7sd6R (Yes it is at 90 degrees) And the reverse, with the householder's instructions on the next page: http://histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceTyp e=Legislation&ResourceType=Essays&ResourceType=Registrar%20General&ResourceT ype=TNA&SearchTerms=householder&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&treestate =expandnew&titlepos=0&mno=25&tocstate=expandnew&display=sections&display=tab les&display=pagetitles&pageseq=6 Shortened link https://goo.gl/vdPuht But so far as I can see, there are *no* instructions to *anyone* about when to use lodger etc. So it's entirely up to the householder it appears what term is used. NB the HistPop site is invaluable but a b*****r to navigate or find things on. Adrian B On 3 September 2017 at 23:58, Paul Hockie <[email protected]> wrote: > Somewhere on the web are the Enumerators Instructions for every census. > These define how the enumerator was supposed to complete the form as > each entry had to be classified to fit into the statistical tables. > These instructions were generally followed but if the enumerator was > not certain they should put down something from the list.... ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=devon ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message