Sue King wrote: >Hi Paul > >Thanks very much doing the 1851 census lookup, I do have this information >already, but very kind of you all the same. I really wanted the 1861 stuff >as I thought it would be most helpful, however, this weekend I have been >organising, sorting and filing all my gathered notes and info when, lo and >behold, I found Ann! I had some 1881 stuff for Todd's of Hardwick when I >noticed one who was staying with an aunt and uncle in Leics. The aunt's >name was Ann Woodcock with the right age, born in Hardwick. From there I >found the marriage index for Ann Todd and Charles Woodcock on Freebmd, >mystery solved. > >Thanks again for taking time out to help, >Sue > > > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > If you'd asked the same question in a month or so, you might actually have found what the 1861 census says, as the BGS transcription is expected to be published around the end of next month. But at least you've found it from other sources. That's happened to me, as well - tangential information which tells me what I want to know, such as a brother-in-law visiting whose presence gives away the wifes maiden name, when I was having difficulty finding the marriage record because of wildly variable spelling of the husbands name (would you believe Haraway for Irving?) Paul.