Sorry John, it was indeed the 1851 - perhaps I found the only error - when someone did a look-up for me from the original they found 'Lucy Hill' which is not in the transcription or its index, but is (I now know) certainly what the enumerator wrote. Emily At 11:37 29/09/05 +0100, John Tysoe wrote: >Hello Emily, > >Are you referring to the 1841 or 1851? > >Ray Friend, the Indexer of the (now S&N) 1851, was one of the most >meticulous I've ever come across, and I'd back her version aginst all >comers... > >But ALL Transcriptions will contain *some* errors (even hers, even up to her >death she was still correcting them when she was told of any) - and that >includes the very schedules we rely on... THEY were copied by the Enumerator >from the Householders' Forms, and so are themselves only Secondary Documents >! > >Gus > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Emily Kearns <emily.kearns@st-hildas.oxford.ac.uk> >To: <ENG-WORCESTER-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 10:07 AM >Subject: RE: [WOR] Availability of 1841 and 1851 census for Worcestershire > > > > But be warned, the transcription is not 100% reliable. I was thrown off >the > > scent for quite a long time because 'Lucy Hill' in the original was >wrongly > > trancribed as 'Mary Hill'. > > > > Emily > > > > At 22:11 25/09/2005, Mal Platt-Grigg wrote: > > >G'day Nick, > > >The Worcs 1851 is available from S&N Genealogy Supplies at > > >http://www.genealogysupplies.com/ . It's transcribed, indexed & fully > > >searchable, a great resource. > > >I've had mine for about 3 years & it's been invaluable. > > >Regards from Malcolm Platt-Grigg. > > >Participant in Grigg DNA Project http://www.familytreedna.com/ > > >Researching: GRIGG Halesowen, Harborne, Birmingham > > > PLATT Wednesbury, Darlaston > > >http://www.platt-grigg.accessgenealogy.com/ > > >http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Nicholas Fitzpatrick [mailto:nfitz@sentex.net] > > >Sent: Monday, 26 September 2005 1:51 AM > > >To: ENG-WORCESTER-L@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: [WOR] Availability of 1841 and 1851 census for Worcestershire > > > > > >Hmm, I'm quite intersted by the posts recently about the > > >availability of the 1841 census at http://www.originsnetwork.com > > >I'll have to check this out! > > >For 1861 to 1901 I generally use http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ > > >But does anyone have any suggestions for 1851? Does anyone have > > >the index and images available on-line? If not, what is the best > > >source for them elsewhere (CD I assume). I have far too many > > >folks I've traced back to 1861 to be relying on kind souls for 1851, in > > >Worcestershire! > > >Research in Worcestershire - Smith, Hyde, Griffin, Greening, Gordon, > > >Haywood, Vine, May, Portman, Anderson, Stokes - there's a complete list >of > > >names on my site at: > > > >http://fitzpatrick.treeshare.com/indilist.php?alpha=A&surname_sublist=no&sh >o > > >w_all=yes > > >Nick > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== ENG-WORCESTER Mailing List ==== > > >Transcribers wanted for Worcestershire FreeREG > > >for more information see http://freereg.rootsweb.com > > >UK Census on-line > > >http://freecen.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > ==== ENG-WORCESTER Mailing List ==== > > Transcribers wanted for Worcestershire FreeREG > > for more information see http://freereg.rootsweb.com > > UK Census on-line > > http://freecen.rootsweb.com/ > > > >