Dorothy Gibbs wrote: > Also how the heck did the census man get it so wrong. > >> 1901 >> Richard Ballcoat 39 Coventry, Warwickshire, EnglandHead Handsworth >> Staffordshire Coachman >> >> 1891 >> Richard B Allcoat Head 24 Gardener, Warwickshire Coventry >> >> I can't see the actual census record; does it say BALLCOAT? Or did the person who created the index take Richard B ALLCOAT and transcribe it as BALLCOAT without the space? I have had instances in my searching of census records where the last letter of the first name (or the middle initial) had been tacked onto the surname and made it very difficult to find. So I don't think it was the census taker who messed up? But, then again, maybe it was? Glad you found it anyway. Regards, Brenda. -- Brenda Anderson ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ www.curiouskiwi.com