Hello Keith, I have been looking at the 1911 census, couldn't find my mother whose name was Nelly and her sister named Lizzie, eventually found them living with their Aunt, transcribed as Lozzie and Welly. Having looked at the record sheet, I came to the conclusion that either the transcribers couldn't read, or that they needed their specs changing. Lilian -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of KEITH ROBERTS Sent: 14 January 2009 22:21 To: [email protected] Subject: [ENG-SHROP] 1911 and all that 2. Wherever did they recruit the transcribers? Some interpretations of place names in particular are unbelievable which doesn`t help the search process. I give you an example: A Mr William Roberts who I knew to have been born in Llanyblodwel, SAL in 1848, had moved to Hampstead, London, and who`s occupation I knew to be a draper was luckily for me hiding behind a place name of `Stalingblodwell` and he was a Retired Silk Mediat (try merchant!) His wife was from Hushington (try Huntingdon) and wait for it - one of his servants was from `Slaughton Mercought` (Try Llanbedr, Meirioneth!). I have to say that the handwriting of the enumerator left a little to be desired but - hey, I could read it quite plainly. Only for the Blodwell tacked onto the end of the Staling I would never ever have found that entry for my Grandads brother from the transcript search. 3. PS. Whatever happened to the whole of Wales? KeithR REMEMBER - The question you are asking may have already been answered. Threaded Archives at - http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS/Archi ves Searchable Archives at - http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS/ ------------------------------- 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