> > I've been looking in vain for my Grandfather on the 1911 Census, and thought I'd address the list to see if anyone who's 'expert' at obscure searches can come up with some new ideas for finding him. >   > I've tried searching just on his forename and year of birth with oxfordshire as place of birth, all Granthams born in that year, Wildcard surname (Gr*nth*m) and also soundex on both fore and surname etc. >   > He was > Job Grantham, and he was born in 1891 (6th Feb to be exact) at Mill Street, Banbury. > He is with his parents in 1901 in Mill Lane, Banbury, but not 1911 - she is widowed living with one son. And maybe two daugters next door in Neithrop? I couldn't see anything obvious, but there was a Mr Grantham aged 19, living on a canal boat in Neithrop, but with a vote, which is very odd. Unless his address is 'The Canal Boat; inn?? He didn't come up in the general listsing, but maybe the boat had moved by the census day. eVE Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society