cecilia wrote: > On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 21:41:22 -0400, singhals<singhals@erols.com> > wrote: > >> [...] >> When one is first looking into verifying data from a country >> not one's own [...] > > Or from a time not one's own. > > A nuclear family within my tree lived at 15 Stockbridge Terrace, > Pimlico for decades (1851-1891 at least). > > In 1901 they were at 160 Victoria Street, London. > > Looking at > (a) an 1839 map showing Stockbridge Terrace on a location that > appears to be on the the north side of the western end of the current > Victoria Street (built in the late 19C), and > (b) the location of the current postcode for 160 Victoria Street, > > I think it possible they did not move. I'm sure you're right. That sort of situation extends to one's own time as well. For example these three houses are Carr Terrace, beyond them are more houses comprising Brick Row (and in the 1851 census as such) but they all have Woodhead Road numbers. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ll=53.56188,-1.808607&spn=0.000349,0.000958&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=53.561804,-1.808744&panoid=m8MIWtc_jzejM4dnI7P72w&cbp=12,284.27,,0,0 -- Ian The Hotmail address is my spam-bin. Real mail address is iang at austonley org uk