Hi Marged Attachment received and opened ok. A description of the [1911] references is given here :- 'Census references When you view a transcript, you will see that a long sequence of letters and numbers appears underneath the name. This is the Census Reference and is, in effect, a very complicated page number that identifies the location of the paper record at The National Archives. An example Census Reference: Before the records were digitised, this number was the only way of finding the original paper document within the millions that are stored in the repositories at The National Archives. For the purposes of searching on the internet, this reference is no longer necessary. But it should still be cited when you compile your family tree, and in case you want to compare records with someone else, and be sure that you have the same person and household. Key to references RG78 RG refers to the series of records that were the responsibility of the Registrar General (which also covers Births, Marriages and Deaths), and 78 is the code given to the enumerators' summary books. RG14 14 is the number that identifies the records as household schedules PN Stands for Piece Number, which is an individual volume of records RD Is the Registration District SD Is the Registration Sub District ED Is the Enumeration District SN Is the Schedule Number within the Household Schedules (RG14)' As you'll see, none of them, unfortunately, relate to employment. :-( Best regards Gordon >From: "Marged" <marged36@btopenworld.com> >To: "ENG-MERSEYSIDE" <ENG-MERSEYSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 12:36 PM >Subject: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Reference numbers > >I notice when I am looking something up on the Census sheets in Genes >Reunited that there are >a lot of reference numbers referring to >householders (this is in the typed version). >Can anyone please tell me what these reference numbers mean, and if there >is somewhere >where I can check them out? Would like to find some >referring to employment if possible. >Marged

Thank you for that very full description Gordon - I knew I could rely on you. It's a pity there is no information regarding employment, but because of documents like the one I sent to you, I have been able to enter him on the "Sugar Workers Data Base" as a sugar worker - they won't let you put anyone on there without definite proof. Marged Attachment received and opened ok. A description of the [1911] references is given here :- 'Census references When you view a transcript, you will see that a long sequence of letters and numbers appears underneath the name. This is the Census Reference and is, in effect, a very complicated page number that identifies the location of the paper record at The National Archives. An example Census Reference: Before the records were digitised, this number was the only way of finding the original paper document within the millions that are stored in the repositories at The National Archives. For the purposes of searching on the internet, this reference is no longer necessary. But it should still be cited when you compile your family tree, and in case you want to compare records with someone else, and be sure that you have the same person and household. Key to references RG78 RG refers to the series of records that were the responsibility of the Registrar General (which also covers Births, Marriages and Deaths), and 78 is the code given to the enumerators' summary books. RG14 14 is the number that identifies the records as household schedules PN Stands for Piece Number, which is an individual volume of records RD Is the Registration District SD Is the Registration Sub District ED Is the Enumeration District SN Is the Schedule Number within the Household Schedules (RG14)' As you'll see, none of them, unfortunately, relate to employment. :-( Best regards Gordon >From: "Marged" <marged36@btopenworld.com> >To: "ENG-MERSEYSIDE" <ENG-MERSEYSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 12:36 PM >Subject: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Reference numbers > >I notice when I am looking something up on the Census sheets in Genes >Reunited that there are >a lot of reference numbers referring to >householders (this is in the typed version). >Can anyone please tell me what these reference numbers mean, and if there >is somewhere >where I can check them out? Would like to find some >referring to employment if possible. >Marged ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.872 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3372 - Release Date: 01/10/11 19:34:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.872 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3373 - Release Date: 01/11/11 07:34:00