Susan: To answer your queries one at a time: If there is doubt as to the spelling all you can do is to check every instance of each of them that you can find (the Mormon FamilySearch site is a good way tog et a list of most of those from eg Northumberland), and compare them with what you already know, eliminating all those which don't match your previous information. If you are still left with several possibilities to choose from then you need to research the person further! I anticipate this could be very difficult, as Carr is very common in Northumberland, just as Kerr is in the Scottish Borders. There are also lots of Carrs in Co Durham. Some of those in Northumberland were minor landowners in the north of the county - around Lowick district - and some (of the Lowick family or of some other?) became wealthy merchants in Newcastle and, through their intermarriage with another very wealthy old family, the Ellisons, became ancestors of the Carr-Ellison family, which is still prominent in Northumberland. However, most local Carrs are of humbler ancestry. You must have some idea of where your Carrs came from. If all you know is "Britain", then you really do need to do more research at your end to find where in Britain that was. Even if you know that they were from eg Northumberland, I would still be asking which town or parish in Northumberland that was, and also what period you are asking about - eg when was the person concerned born (roughly, if you don't know exactly)? The English/Welsh censuses are available on-line, but they are on a pay-per-view basis, from eg Ancestry. Your best way of getting a cheap viewing will be to visit your local LDS Family History Centre. You don't have to be a Mormon to do so. They may well have it on microfilm but even if they don't, they can get the film for you from their HQ in Salt Lake City for a nominal fee. In England many major public reference libraries have their own Library Subscriptions to eg FindMyPast and to Ancestry and you can visit the library to view those sites there, free of charge. It could well be that wherever you are (you didn't mention your country!) there may be a similar arrangement. If you try any of the arrangements I have mentioned I would strongly advise you to telephone first and make an appointment, to save a wasted journey. Geoff Nicholson -----Original Message----- From: Susan C <[email protected]> To: northumbria <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:07 Subject: [NMB] Question regarding CARR/Kerr Hello, How can we determine the correct person, if the spelling is/was written Kerr when it is actually CARR? I am not familiar with accessing the census in the UK. Are the census online or through a paid subscription? I am new to your postings and have been following the posts the last few days. Regards, Susan ________________________________ From: Geoff Nicholson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 7:45 AM Subject: Re: [NMB] CARR I would have thought CARR is tricky to record inaccurately! Don't forget that the Scottish equivalent, with the same pronunciation, is Kerr. Usually a variation on a standard surname will come next to it, or very close to it, in any alphabetical index, but Carr and Kerr will always be well apart! It could be that the census enumerator was scottish, or at least brought up and educated in Scotland, and being told "Carr" would automatically write it as "Kerr". Geoff Nicholson -----Original Message----- From: C Bridges <[email protected]> To: northumbria <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:30 Subject: Re: [NMB] CARR Hi Joan - yes census Sunday 5th April 1891. I couldn't find Dorothy. The certs will definitely help as they will also give a location and this could narrow down where John William may have been at this time. Enumerators are notorious for alternative spelling so it is often worth experimenting although I would have thought CARR is tricky to record inaccurately! It appears John William had several siblings. Tracking them may also throw up where he is in 1891/ 1901. His wife Maria Ellen seems to have originated from Sunderland (Deptford) It may be worth looking in this location also. Hope this helps. On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 9:47 AM, J Malcouronne <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi > > It could be my John William, his father Jonathan died in the Sept quarter > 1888 (I've sent away for the death certificate) his mother Dorothy died in > the Sept quarter 1891 ( I am going to get the certificate) The certificates > should help. Dorothy should be in the 1891 census, weren't they taken in > April? > Thanks for getting back to me. > Cheers > Joan > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "C Bridges" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 9:54 PM > Subject: Re: [NMB] CARR > > > > Hi Joan I have found a William Carr 1901 census b. c. 1872 Q Hill working > > as a farm labourer. Possible? No luck on 1891 but I am assuming his > > parents Jonathan & Dorothy are both dead by 1891 census? > > > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 11:40 PM, J Malcouronne > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> > .. > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any > reply...... Thank you! > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > .. Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply...... Thank you! The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message .. 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