Sandra: It's not at all uncommon to have the same person listed twice. It most often happens with a child staying at relatives, who's also listed with his parents. But there's lots of other possibilities: someone away travelling but also listed at home; families moving house listed at both addresses, etc. Accuracy depended on the instructions being followed exactly, but at a time when most people were illiterate that didn't always happen. At the end of the day, the census was compiled by people, and people are fallible. ATB Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "sandra harper" <[email protected]> To: "rootsweb" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 10:34 AM Subject: [Black Country] 1841 > Can anybody tell me how accurate the 1841 census returns were and is it > possible to have one person listed in two places at the same time??? > Thankyou Sandra Harper > ------------------------------------- > The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run > by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. > ------------------------------- > 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 >