Hi On the 1841 Francis is Y born in County and the rest are N for no. It's just very flowery handwriting. I'll have a loom at the 51 for you. Sent from my iPad > On 25 Mar 2014, at 23:19, "Fontaine Wiatt" <f.wiatt@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Thank you Joan and Vern. > > I understand. But on the census sheet that I am looking at, it has a "Y" for Francis (age 44) and it has another symbol for his family members. > > I was hoping someone would look at it and tell me if they see the same thing I do. It might be a "L" for his family members. but it is not the same symbol that is marked for Francis. I would like a second, or third, opinion. > > Many Thanks! > > William > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------- > On Tue, 3/25/14, Joan Armistead <mominatornana@gmail.com> wrote: > > Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] Question on 1841 Census > To: eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com > Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2014, 10:47 PM > > This is ancestry’s > description of the where born column:**The "Where > Born" column only asked two questions - 1) whether born > in same county, and 2) whether born in Scotland, Ireland, or > Foreign Parts. Possible answers and abbreviations to > question #1 include: Yes (Y), No, (N), or Not Known (NK). > For question #2, the following abbreviations were used: > Scotland (S), Ireland (I), and Foreign Parts > > > > > > On Mar 25, > 2014, at 5:55 PM, Fontaine Wiatt <f.wiatt@yahoo.com> > wrote: > >> >> I could use an extra set of eyes on a > couple of census sheets from the >> 1841 > and 1851 UK Census. >> >> In the 1841 Census there is a Francis > Wiatt (age 44), who may be listed as Francis Wead, living in > Liverpool, Lancashire. I am viewing this with > Ancestry. >> >> This is > the household: > Frans Wead/Wiatt 44 > Mary Wead/Wiatt 45 >> Francis > Wead/Wiatt 21 >> Letitia > Wead/Wiatt 91 (Possibly it says 27 ?) >> Helen Gafney 32 >> >> There is column to > the right of the names; it is called "Where born”. >> >> For Francis (age 44) > I think it says “Y”. >> >> But for Mary, Francis and Letitia it says > ???? What is that symbol ? Is it an “L” > ? >> >> If it is an > “L”, does infer Liverpool ?? > Does the “Y” mean Lancashire ? >> >> Many thanks, >> >> W. W. >> >> >> >> >> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > Admin Message - List guidelines: >> http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm >> >> The list admin can > be contacted at >> Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com > >> >> Buy or sell > family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No > fees! > ------------------------------- >> To > unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Admin Message - List > guidelines: > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > The list admin can be > contacted at > Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com > > > Buy or sell family > research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > email to ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the > message > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Admin Message - List guidelines: > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > The list admin can be contacted at > Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message