Keith: The 19th century registration districts were used for both BMDs and censuses, and were initially identical with the Poor Law Unions. So I suspect this means that only 180 people named Griffiths were not shown for one reason or another under one of the standard registration distrcits. That said, I can't off the top think where the others might be. Possibly people on canal boats, or in ports? Maybe even the army, although that was treated differently in various censuses. Best wishes Paul 2009/11/13 Keith Griffiths <griffiths370@btinternet.com> > The 19th century British Surname Atlas on CD gives the number of each > surname found in the 1881 census. > > When interrogating it I found that for my surname Griffiths there were > 49,010 entries for Great Britain. > > When I switch to the Poor Law Union Listing, I found that 48,831 of the > Griffiths surname were listed under that heading. > > On the face of things this means that only 180 people named Griffiths were > not in workhouses. > > Can this be right? > > I'm sure there is a simple answer but my enquiries of Archer Software > > http://www.archersoftware.co.uk/about.htm > > who produced the data have not yet replied to my email. > > If I get a reply I'll post it on. > ~~ > Keith Griffiths > Elmsted, Kent > > > > > ==================================== > WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/<http://homepages.rootsweb.com/%7Eoel/> > ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OLD-ENGLISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >