Good on you Michelle keep the good work up & yes I do have Sutherlands in Latheron & luckily for me ,I know enough about them to be able to sort out most of mine ,but it is a nightmare. Thank You CLAIRE Claire Sinclair Paterson Invercargill ,New Zealand "Online Parish Clerk, Cubert ,Cornwall.UK" http://mmhamilton.tripod.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Rowe" <pekali@xtra.co.nz> To: <SCT-CAITHNESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 11:07 AM Subject: 1851 census for Latheron > Hi all, > I have just started transcribing the 1851 census for Latheron, I thought I > would make a couple of observations for comment. > I have just finished Enumeration district 1 (only 18 to go!!) > one of the things that lept out at me was the number of people over the age > of 25 not married, 57 out of 606, does this seem high to others? > the other thing was the number of SUTHERLANDs I feel very sorry for anyone > trying to research this name, 25 families, 103 individuals all with the last > name of SUTHERLAND, and with no specific addresses, and very common first > names, basically I could see opeople just choosing a family and saying "this > one is mine". > And this is the first district how many more will there be I wonder. > > It will be a while before this makes it onto the site so no breath holding > please. > > Michelle. > >