On 26 Jul 2008 at 18:54, Lynne wrote: > Hi Keith > > You wrote: > > >Hi list > > I can"t trace my ancester after the 1861 census he or his family are not on the 1871 census, his wife is widowed in 1881, >but I can"t trace his death, as anyone got any ideas I can persue? > > > It's difficult to speculate. Perhaps the surname was misspelled in > the 1871 census and/or on his death cert. or the family was out of the > country in 1871. This happened to me and turned out to be a mispelled entry.