Hi Peter, what name are you looking for? Sometimes just another pair of eyes helps. Ancestry have Naval ships, ships at see and abroad on 1861. All institutions are listed as far as I know. Some prison and infirmary records have only initials recorded. The Royal navy is on for 1871 on ancestry too. Jo :)http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/jo14 I use Archive CD Books to do my family history research http://www.archivecdbooks.org/ http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/index.php?referrerid=18 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Appleton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 5:43 PM Subject: [NYorks] Missing from censuses 1861 and 1871 > Hi everyone, > > I have a side-shoot individual who appears in 1851 census as an 18 year > old > single male and then is heard of no more until 1881 census when he > re-appears married and with family. I'm trying to identify possible > avenues > for research to fill in the big gap in his life. My starting point is to > understand possible reasons for his absence from two consecutive censuses. > > Is there a list member who can give me answers to any of the following > questions? (N.B. The time period in question is from 1850-1880) > > If an individual was serving abroad in the army, would he appear in the UK > census? > > If an individual was in the Royal Navy and was aboard ship, would he > appear > in the UK census? > > If an individual was a merchant seaman aboard ship, would he appear in the > UK census? > > In the case of the two naval questions: > Would it make any difference if his ship was in a UK port, in transit at > sea > or in an overseas port? > > Apart from army/navy service, is there any other reason that fellow > listers > can think of as to why an individual would be missing from two consecutive > censuses? > > Do the Ancestry.co.uk census indexes include all land-based institutions > (e.g. prisons, army barracks, naval shore establishments, etc.)? > > > regards, > > Peter Appleton > > Researching the following surnames: > Yorkshire (North Riding): APPLETON, BOWERS, COCKERILL, EVANS, FAWCETT, > LEGG/LEGGE, MASON > Norfolk: BOWERS, BRUNDLE, CALVER/CARVER, MULLENGER/MULLINGER, WOODS > Cornwall: ANNEAR > Lincolnshire: HOWSAM > Suffolk: MATTHEWS > Westmorland: MASON > > My Family Tree website: http:/www.tribalpages.com/tribes/pappleton3 > > > > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== > List Mom for ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L: > Diana Boothe [email protected] > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >