I have just begun browsing Sheila Hale's copy of the 1861 UK census and I find it quite fascinating. I discovered, for instance, three unmarried daughters of Edward Marjoribanks of Greenlands -- Maria, 64, Emma, 58 and Laura, 54 -- all living together at 15 Sussex Square, Paddington, London, with no one to look after them except a butler, a cook-housekeeper, two ladies' maids, a housemaid, an under housemaid, a kitchen maid a footman and a boot-maker. Best regards, Bob Marjoribanks