Gill, I know you'll find this hard to believe, but people (men and women) did lie about their ages in the census - bear that in mind! I've found folk that only aged 5 or 6 years per census which is a good trick and I on;y wish I knew how to do it! Steve (forty-something-ish) Gill Jones wrote: > Thanks to all the people who responded to my query about the 1851 census. I'll investigate the various sources. > > In the meantime I would be grateful if Kathleen in Chicago could check the whereabouts of Ellen Bellinger. I thought I had found her baptism in 1837 in South Hayling but the 1861 census gives her age about 3/4 years younger (therefore about 1840/41) and lists Portsea as her birthplace. I was wondering whether there were two Ellen Bellingers in the area at the time. I thought the 1851 census might be able to clear this up as she would still presumeably have been living with her parents at the time. > Thanks > Gill > > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Genealogy is contagious and you don't have to sneeze to pass it on > >