David Know writes about the 1881 LDS CD: <snip> >I was trying to get verification that it was transcribed correctly. <snip> I've only used the 1881 census to check up on my own family, and so (having been doing this genealogy lark for some time), I looked at microfilms of the original sometime before the 1881 LDS CD was transcribed and published. My limited experience has been that CD transcriptions are very highly flawed. In particular, one of my (non-Cumbrian) ancestors was given the wrong age and address; and another, born in SouthWARK in London, was listed as born in Warwickshire. However, this doesn't say anything about Cumberland transcriptions - it may be that these were of better quality. Chris chris@dickinson.uk.net