What are the names in 1841. The official abbreviations in the censuses are Ag. Lab. 1841-81 Agricultural labourer Ap. 1841-61 Apprentice Army 1841 Members of HM land forces of whatever rank Cl. 1841-61 Clerk FS. 1841 Female servant H.P. 1841 Members of HM armed forces on half-pay Ind. 1841 Independent - people living on their own means J. 1841 Journeyman M. 1841 Manufacturer m. 1841 Maker - as in 'Shoe m.' MS 1841 Male servant Navy 1841 Members of HM naval forces, including marines, of whatever rank P. 1841 Pensioners in HM armed forces Rail Lab. 1851 Railway labourer Serv. 1861 Servant Sh. 1841 Shopman Stan Mapstone On 5 September 2010 16:20, Lancelot Barron37 <Barron37@talktalk.net> wrote: > Have I been asleep, is it old age, is my memory going? > > I've several family listed in the 1841 census for Sedgefield with > profession listed as FSV. > > Any ideas? > > Lancelot > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > To Post a message to this list send it to, > DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > List Web Page > http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUR-NBL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks Stan - a closer look reveals it as FS - female servant. A tick after the FS confused me. One of the persons is Isabella Piles b. abt 1811 in Sedgefield. But I do have lots of relatives on adjacent pages, and also George Barron on the next page (7) listed as Tailor. Odd how we keep getting these mental blocks and the concentration isn't what it used to be! Many thanks, also to Ruth. Lancelot