Thanks Irene, I hadn't thought of R or B, they can look similar, I'll give that a go! :) Tamara. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Irene Marlborough" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 5:27 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] trouble finding family in 1851 > The family may be hiding in plain sight though it's tough not to find > them in 3 censuses. Have you tried variations on the surname which include > the 1st letter not being correct. As a transcriber of censuses, I can tell > you that the capital letter K is far from clear on most census entries. > Try Ray and Bay etc. too. > > Regards, Irene > > > >________________________________ > >From: tam smith <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2011 3:22 AM > >Subject: [ENG-MAN] trouble finding family in 1851 > > > >Hello everyone, > >I'm having a lot of trouble finding my family in 1841, 1851 AND > 1861!!! In fact they seem to have disappeared from Prestwich area records > also even though I know that my ancestor Ann stayed in the area. If > anyone has any ideas of things I can look for that I haven't thought > of I would really appreciate it. This is the family I'm trying to > discover more info on. > > > >RICHARD KAY born circa 1810. Richard is probably either the Richard > christened s/o Thomas and Mary Prestwich 1811 or s/o Richard and Mary > Prestwich 1802. I may not ever know which one he was unfortunately. > Richard married: > > > >ELLEN (nee WEEDER) at Prestwich St Mary 1834 (from lancs OPC Prestwich > records) both were of 'Prestwich' > > > >Richard and Ellen had the following children that I know of: > > > >THOMAS christened 1835 Prestwich (father Richard a Printer) abode > Prestwich > >ANN christened 1837 Eccles (father Richard a Printer) abode Pendlebury > > > >I've been trying to find the family in 1841 and 1851 with no luck, > even though I'm trying both Kay and Kaye and searching for either > Richard or Ellen (in case one of them had passed away after 1837). > I've even tried searching for Thomas and Ann seperately with no luck. > In 1861 the children Thomas and Ann may have moved out and have been > working so that makes it a little harder to search for them. I would > really especially like to find the family hopefully together in 1841 or > 1851. > > > >When Ann got married in Salford 1867 she recorded her fathers name and > occupation. I know sometimes they do that if they have passed away anyway > but it seems to suggest he may have still been living. > > > >Any advice would be much appreciated, thank you, > >Tamara > > > > > > > > > >~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > >PLEASE and THANK YOU -- Don't cost a thing and mean so much. > > > > > >~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > > > >------------------------------- > >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 > > > > > > > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > PLEASE and THANK YOU -- Don't cost a thing and mean so much. > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >