There are streets and parts of streets missing from Southwark and Newington in both censuses. I don't know of any substantial losses from Newington in particular, in either year, though the street indexes do show gaps. In general, 1851 is more "complete" than 1861. If you have known addresses, from other censuses or from certificates, you can check whether individual streets are missing in the census street indexes on TNA's Your Archives site (1841-1871 currently available). http://tinyurl.com/mmj86f To find your folks, try some clever search techniques first, as suggested. Or post to the list with full details of names, ages, places of birth, other known addresses etc., to see if anyone else can help? HTH Judy London, UK -----Original Message----- From: eng-surrey-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-surrey-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lawrence Pearse I am having trouble finding ancestors (born in the 1830's) in the 1851 and 1861 censuses. They were living in Newington, Southwark in the 1871 and 1881 censuses. I seem to recall someone on the list mentioning that parts of those censuses were missing. Before I try all sorts of clever search techniques to try and locate a possible mistranscription, can someone tell me if my memory is right and whether the Newington area is one of those affected?