Hi Gordon, Here is the address of the site where available records for the U.K. can be checked. I don't think that Logie Easter and Nigg is online yet. (There are three stages to be completed by volunteers before these are made available online ...transcription by one person, checking by a second, validation by a third) Access is free. The address is: http://freecen.rootsweb.com/ Lilian Gordon McLeod wrote: > Hi Lillian, > > Good point. > > Do you happen to know if the Logie Easter and Nigg 1841 census have been > transcribed? > > Gordon McLeod > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lilian Campbell [mailto:liliancampbell@wehave.net] > Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 7:03 AM > To: ROSSGEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [RossGen] Surnames > > > I have just completed transcribing the 1841 census for Urquhart and > Logie Wester and have come across a difficulty that could cause some > confusion with surnames. The transcription is for the UK Census project > where the rule is that we transcribe 'as is', even when one can be > pretty sure that what one transcribes is incorrect, in a few cases. > > No relationships are given in the 1841 census. Households are > enumerated. One can be pretty sure that where first a man, then a woman, > followed by a number of children are enumerated, this is a family unit > of husband, wife and children. The problem arises when some enumerators > give what appears to be the maiden surname of the woman, which is fairly > common. They then give the children, usually reverting to the father's > surname for the first child and then using 'ditto' for the remaining > children. In some cases the enumerator appears to have slipped up, does > not enter the father's surname for the first child but uses the ditto > under what appears to be the mother's maiden name. Following the 'as is' > rule we transcribers then have to transcribe the children under the > mother's surname, which is likely incorrect for the children. > > Just something that could be useful to keep in mind when doing your > research and using the 1841 census. > > Lilian > > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm >