Hello List, First of all, I have to tell you that I am a member of several lists, but I learn the most and have the most fun reading the Essex List. Thank you for all the wonderful and valuable topics you discuss. My question to you is about the 1851 census, and I know someone on this list will be able to help me with this. I am trying to locate a "mariner" in the 1851 census. Is it possible to search this list with that keyword on Ancestry? I know it is possible in 1861 census, but 1851 comes up a blank. Any suggestions about how I might find this info? Thanks very much, Jennifer

The keyword "mariner" finds 250 people, most of whom have Mariner as part of their name. Sailor finds 499 Sailer finds 38, only 1 being an occupation Fisherman finds 189 Seaman finds 1320. I think that you might have to be inventive with the terms you search on and include Deck Hand, Foretop man, etc, etc. And am I right in my recollection that only ships in port were included in the 1851? Cheers Steve Jennifer wrote: > Hello List, > > First of all, I have to tell you that I am a member of several lists, > but I learn the most and have the most fun reading the Essex List. > Thank you for all the wonderful and valuable topics you discuss. > > My question to you is about the 1851 census, and I know someone on > this list will be able to help me with this. I am trying to locate a > "mariner" in the 1851 census. Is it possible to search this list > with that keyword on Ancestry? I know it is possible in 1861 census, > but 1851 comes up a blank. Any suggestions about how I might find > this info? > > Thanks very much, > > Jennifer > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello Jennifer You could just try the word "vessels" as the keyword.... that should just return you those with matching name "onboard" for the night of the census. That way, if he was on his ship, you may have a better chance of finding him. Best regards Heather Visit my GOODWIN and GORDON Family Tree http://heatherac.tribalpages.com CARBIS SPARROW ATTWOOLL Family Tree http://carbissparrow.tribalpages.com If you find a connection or just have a query, please get in touch --- On Sun, 6/7/08, Jennifer <jaebee@shaw.ca> wrote: From: Jennifer <jaebee@shaw.ca> Subject: [Ess] 1851 Census question To: ESSEX-UK@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, 6 July, 2008, 5:26 AM My question to you is about the 1851 census, and I know someone on this list will be able to help me with this. I am trying to locate a "mariner" in the 1851 census. Is it possible to search this list with that keyword on Ancestry? I know it is possible in 1861 census, but 1851 comes up a blank. Any suggestions about how I might find this info? Thanks very much, Jennifer __________________________________________________________ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html