Hello Frank And thank you for your input, always welcome. > You probably know about this BUT >>>>>>>>for others who may not. > Actually there is a way to search the 1881 census by say "Demerara" etc. > I came to this question late,so I don't know if it's been covered > already,or > if it's relevant. > I've already found a few Marys' born Demerara,one a widow aged 60,but in > Edinburgh. > > Please let me know if it's useful and I'll try and help. > Cheers > Frank McGonigal Ont.Canada Just to make it obvious to others, you can search for a birth place on the 1881 on Scots Peops but like all other things except wills, Scots Peops have restricted the search engine (obviously to get more revenue through miss hits) so as in this case you need to enter a surname with the birthplace which kind of defeats the object of doing it in the first place. Its worth mentioning though that you can search for just about anything using the 1881 CDs from the LDS, however there are some oddities. With one of the Scots CD in and open (of which there are two, Highland & Lowland) if you search the Highlands CD on British Guiana or West Indies as a birth Country you will get no hits, but if you leave the birth Country on "all" and enter Berbice you will get 7 hits, you will notice that there are birth countries shown that do not appear in the index of birth Countries i.e. Guya for Guyana Cari for Caribean If you then click on the "Guya" (for example) you now get a list of 29 persons born in Guyana (British Guiana) This list is of course just the persons on the Highland CD and you would need to repeat the search on all CDs The 1881 on familysearch unfortunatley only covers England and Wales but you can at least search there with just forname and birth country Sorry its a long mail but may help someone Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) Admin for OVINGTON - HAYLOCK - SEYMOUR Lists >> As I said Mary ANDERSON born 1827 in South America (from 1851 census) >> actually Demerara, British Guiana (from her fathers will) >> >> Now she appears in the 1851 but not in any census thereafter with the >> family, all of which I can trace except one, Ernest ANDERSON born 1840 in >> Hastings Sussex, a half brother to Mary (he goes to South America in 1861 >> and is not seen again) >>