Greenwood wrote: > > Listers - If you do not have the 1881 CD set, this will probably be of no interest to you. Meg > Greenwood - Oklahoma > > Some of you have invested in the 1881 Census CDs, and are learning the myriad of ways to search > through them. I have just learned a method of searching for individual addresses, but it takes a > bit of scrolling. The NEIGHBORS tab is not fully understood It does not just give the identities > of the immediate neighbors, as I thought was the case. It allows you to scroll throughout the > ENTIRE CD for whatever you might want to find. There is just no way to know WHERE you are going. > > These CDs are not indexed to search for addresses. If you want to see who lived in a certain house, > or who lived in the lighthouse on a specific Island, unless you know their name, there is no way to > find it. > > However, if you knew the FIRST name listed for a particular city/town/village, it would be a simple > matter to start by locating this individual, hit the NEIGHBORS tab, and scroll down through the rest > of the city, entry by entry. Yes, it is time consuming, but with the help of knowing the FIRST name > of the listings for each city, there is at least a starting point. Who knows what you might find by > chance ! > > It was a very hot day here in Oklahoma, and I stayed inside once things were watered early in the > morning ! SO, I began to find the first family entry for each enumerated city in the Orkney > listings. What follows is the list of the FIRST entry for a city - do a SEARCH for this person - I > just use the Scotland Highlands disc, not the INDEX. I tried to chose a name from the family that > would yield only one individual, sometimes a year is needed to be specific. It will generally say > "Enumeration District 1 - Page 1" I did this ONLY for Orkney - give me a break - I did not get > heat stroke ! > > There are 4 boxed in areas for SEARCH : 1) Individual - enter the first and last name. 2) Birth > year - only needed occasionally, leave blank otherwise. 3) Birthplace - use <All> for the County, > and fill in the City. 4) Census Place - Region is 'Scotland Highlands', County is <All>, leave City > blank. Hit SEARCH. If you get a 'Modify Search' warning, check spelling, it must be EXACT. When > the right one is found, hit the NEIGHBORS button, and start scrolling ! > > Some of these districts are VERY LARGE - takes a long time to scroll through ! There are about 40 > Districts, some are listed twice, and are at 2 sites in the census, don't know why. > Zetland/Shetland is listed as found in the Census. > > If you want to search: Enter this name and birthplace: > > 1) Bressay, Zetland Thomas Macrae - Whalsay > Out of order listing for > 2) Lerwick and Gulberwick, Zet John Davidson - Quarff born 1876 > 3) Delting, Zet Gilbert Williamson - Delting > 4) Dunrossness, Zet Bruce Gaudie - Dunrossness > 5) Dunrossness Fair Isle, Zet Margaret Anne Wilson - Fair Isle > 6) Lerwick & Gulberwick, Zet Laurence Isbester - Unst > 7) Mid Yell, Zet James Smith - Setter > 8) Yell, Mid, Zet (another site) Elizabeth B Johnson - Mid Yell > 9) Yell South, Zet Jeremiah Henderson - Errisdale > 10) Nesting Lunnas Whalsay Skerri, Zet - Eliza Levie - North Yell > 11) Northmavine, Zet Arthur Mouat - Northmavine born 1859 > 12) Sandsting & Aitsting, Zet Ann I Rose - Delting > 13) Tingwall, Zet Harclus Irvine - Tingwall > 14) Whiteness & Weisdale, Zet Mary Goudie - Weisdale > 15) Unst, Zet Joan Grey - Unst born 1825 > 16) Walls, Zet Andrew Robertson - Walls > 17) Walls & Sandness, Zet Archibald Garriock - Sandsting > 18) Walls Sandness & Papa Stour, Zet - Elizabeth Fraser - Papa Stour born 1807 > 19) Walls, Zet (another site) Laurence Georgeson - Nesting > 20) Birsay & Harray Sophia Taylor - Birsay > 21) St Andrews & Deerness Margaret Gibson - Deerness > 22) Stronsay & Eday Jane Rendal - Eday > 23) Evie & Rendall David Miller - Evie born 1877 > 24) Firth & Stennes Lydia Sinclair - Veira > 25) Birsay & Harray (another site) Ann Flett - Harray born 1823 > 26) Holm William McBeath - Holm > 27) Hoy Cecilia Clouston - Hoy > 28) Kirkwall & St Ola Jemima McGregor - St Ola > 29) Cross Burness & No Ronaldshay - David Scott - No. Ronaldshay > 30) Orphir Betsy Mackay - Orphir > 31) Rousay & Egilshay Magnus Kirkness - Rousay > 32) St Andrews & Deerness Jessie Ann Spence - St Andrews > 33) Lady Amelia Harvey - Walls > 34) Cross Burness & No Ronaldshay (another site) - James Feu - Cross > 35) Sandwick Thomima Irvine - Sandwick > 36)Shapinshay Jane Irvine - Shapinshay > 37) So Ronaldshay & Burray Elizabeth Wallace - So Ronaldshay > 38) Stromness Lizzie Dennison - Kirkwall > 39) Stronsay & Eday Jesie Millan - Stronsay > 40) Walls & Flotta Jamesina Gallie - Reay > 41) Westray & Papa Westray Isabella Seator - Westray born 1863 > > No matter how many times I checked spelling, there must be something I missed - eMail me if a name > doesn't work, I checked them all once for performance. - Meg <finn@ionet.net> Hello Meg, I have the 1881 Census and I have enjoyed using it. I will try your method also, as it looks interesting. Wouldn't it be great if all the other census from 1821 on could be viewed in the same way. I managed to find more information on the Gunns. The Johnstons and Gunns appear in the Ancestral File although I have not connected them to the submitter. My GGGrandfather, George Gunn 1848, is on the list along with other Gunns and a few Johnstons. The submitters are all in the States, mainly Utah. George's father was Adam Gunn and he appears in the 1881 census living with his daughter in Kirkwall. I know this is correct as I have a copy of his death certificate. Did you manage to connect Morrison Gunn and your Halcro? Regards, Elizabeth