All, For those of you struggling to find families in the 1901 Census on-line (as I still am) I have recently managed to crack two of them and I thought I would share them with you. The first was an East Yorks family with the surname SNEE. Should have been dead easy, I thought. With 11 kids I knew they had to be there. I tried all combinations: SNEE, SMEE, SN*, SM*. Eventually I got there by searching for all women born c1857 called Mary, born in Grimsby. I found her under the name SULL. When handwritten, however, I could see how a transcriber had got it wrong. The second was a family by the name of Owen. I eventually found two Owen children with the same family ID number, with ages and birthplaces that matched mine in the tree. By being able to link them, I turned up the correct page to find Dad had died and Mom had remarried, with the name Wilkinson, hence my difficulty. So, to all of you struggling, it can be done. There are many reasons for failure. However, that does not help as to why I cannot find James Butler in Birmingham. I shall have to resort to the fiche, unless someone has an idea for me. Rob

Hi Rob, Re Butler and the 1901 census Out of one family with six brothers and sisters living at different addresses three were correctly named but of the others one was Batter, one who was still living with the mother was Butter as was the mother, and the third was named Buster. Makes things a tad difficult at times. Peter B ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Williams" <robdwilliams@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <ENG-EAST-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 17 February 2003 22:11 Subject: [ERY] 1901 Census > All, > > For those of you struggling to find families in the 1901 Census on-line (as > I still am) I have recently managed to crack two of them and I thought I > would share them with you. > > The first was an East Yorks family with the surname SNEE. Should have been > dead easy, I thought. With 11 kids I knew they had to be there. I tried > all combinations: SNEE, SMEE, SN*, SM*. Eventually I got there by searching > for all women born c1857 called Mary, born in Grimsby. I found her under > the name SULL. When handwritten, however, I could see how a transcriber had > got it wrong. > > The second was a family by the name of Owen. I eventually found two Owen > children with the same family ID number, with ages and birthplaces that > matched mine in the tree. By being able to link them, I turned up the > correct page to find Dad had died and Mom had remarried, with the name > Wilkinson, hence my difficulty. > > So, to all of you struggling, it can be done. There are many reasons for > failure. However, that does not help as to why I cannot find James Butler > in Birmingham. I shall have to resort to the fiche, unless someone has an > idea for me. > > > Rob > > ______________________________