The following pieces have been added to FreeCEN in the April update: 1861 Somerset RG9/1605 Stogumber Parishes of West Quantoxhead, Bicknoller, Crowcombe, Stogumber, Monksilver, Elworthy, Clatworthy, Brompton Ralph 1861 Somerset RG9/1701 Newton Parishes of Saltford, Corston, Newton St Loe, Priston, Stanton Prior, Marksbury, Compton Dando, Burnett 1861 Somerset RG9/1711 St George Walton in Gordano, Weston in Gordano, Clapton, Portishead, Portbury, Easton in Gordano, Abbots Leigh Two of these pieces need special mention: Stogumber - Researchers may be interested that there are several pages that do not seem to appear in the Ancestry indexes. If you are 'missing' ancestors in this area then it may well be worth having a look. St George - Parts of this piece have been extremely difficult to transcribe, check and validate due to the quality of the surviving records. The transcriber and checker should be commended in going 'beyond the call of duty' to match families with other censuses, birth records and Post Office Directories in order to get as accurate a transcription as possible. I would like to publicly acknowledge their efforts. Regards Geoff Jarvis FreeCEN Coordinator Somerset (1841 - 1871) Somerset OPC Project Census Coordinator Search the FreeCEN Database at http://freecen.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl Follow our Progress at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~somtcen/ Somerset OPC Project http://wsom-opc.org.uk