Hello all, A number of files concerning Berkshire Lovelocks have been added to or updated on the Web site, as follows: - The 1881 census extracts for Berkshire have been updated. The updated file includes (to the best of my knowledge) all Lovelock records for which the census place is in Berkshire. The file includes essentially all the data for each household. There are a few caveats to this in that for a workhouse, an asylum and a school I have not entered all the inmates or pupils; also, for the asylum I omitted the information about the inmates handicap, since I don't have a column for this. However, the information in question is of dubious value, since the labels used in 1881 were hardly scientific or politically correct - they include epithets such as "imbecile", "idiot" and "lunatic"! - The Shaw (Berks) tree, initially provided by John Lewis, has been extended by Graham Lovelock, with further additions by Nigel Gerdes and John Lewis. - Two trees have been added for Aldermaston, Berks, both provided by Graham Lovelock The new or updated files are accessible from the "What's New" page. The Berks 1881 census records are also linked to the Berkshire Records page (Sources->Berks) and the three trees are linked to the Berks Trees page. Concerning the 1881 census records, we now have a complete set of extracts for Wilts, Berks and Glamorgan. My intention is to extend this to other counties of interest, but this may take some time! Regards, James

I'd just like to add my thanks to Graham Lovelock, John Lewis and Nigel Gerdes for their contributions to these Web site additions. James James Loveluck wrote: > Hello all, > > A number of files concerning Berkshire Lovelocks have been added to or > updated on the Web site, as follows: > > - The 1881 census extracts for Berkshire have been updated. The > updated file includes (to the best of my knowledge) all Lovelock > records for which the census place is in Berkshire. The file includes > essentially all the data for each household. There are a few caveats > to this in that for a workhouse, an asylum and a school I have not > entered all the inmates or pupils; also, for the asylum I omitted the > information about the inmates handicap, since I don't have a column > for this. However, the information in question is of dubious value, > since the labels used in 1881 were hardly scientific or politically > correct - they include epithets such as "imbecile", "idiot" and > "lunatic"! > > - The Shaw (Berks) tree, initially provided by John Lewis, has been > extended by Graham Lovelock, with further additions by Nigel Gerdes > and John Lewis. > > - Two trees have been added for Aldermaston, Berks, both provided by > Graham Lovelock > > The new or updated files are accessible from the "What's New" page. > The Berks 1881 census records are also linked to the Berkshire Records > page (Sources->Berks) and the three trees are linked to the Berks > Trees page. > > Concerning the 1881 census records, we now have a complete set of > extracts for Wilts, Berks and Glamorgan. My intention is to extend > this to other counties of interest, but this may take some time! > > Regards, > > James > >