Pat Hase wrote: > I've no idea - perhaps they were put there (they look like drawing pins) if > the person returned to the village to live. > Any other suggestions? > Many of them can easily be found on the 1911 census living locally. I thought they looked like drawing pins. Perhaps someone was putting the pins next to the names as they came home. Not all the names have them. Some names appear to have been added later and one has a + by his name. Mum and me will follow up on them. Thanks for your help. Rebecca