On July 14, 2008 at 11:24 AM Diana Mungall <dianamungall@hotmail.com> wrote asking how to find the enumerators description. > Does anyone know whether Ancestry.com has a facility for allowing one to > see the initial page of a census record, where there is a description of > the enumeration district? I am trying to locate the whereabouts of an > ancestor's home by the features and streets identified by the enumerator > and it is not proving easy. Diana > Well Diane, I try to download this everytime I download a census when looking at the Census page there is a line across the top that reads: for example: You are here: Search > Census > UK Census Collection > 1871 Census Collection > Dorset > Chardstock > District 3 Cick on the Chardstock remembering the District. The next screen you see will be a listing of all the Districts and it is now that you click on: View Description of Enumeration District. I usually save it with the Census. Now if the Enumerator 's writing is reasonable and you know the area you should be able to make it out but be warned the older the Census often the less descriptive it may be and frequently there are slight changes in place names, a study of old maps may help or a search engine. Try putting the name into google and see what it comes up with. Hope that helps Regards Alison Prior Researching: PRIOR, PRIER or PRYER of Felpham, West Sussex PRIOR of Haslemere, Surrey PRIOR of Nottingham COZENS or COUSINS of Felpham, West Sussex IBBETSON of Felpham, West Sussex DASH of Felpham, West Sussex COMBES of Haslemere, Surrey WHITE of Hawkchurch, Dorset ROBINSON of Warwickshire, Staffordshire & Sussex COOK of Warwickshire Alison's Web Site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~alison/ SFHG No. 6853 PRIOR FHS No. 258 Web Site: <http://www.vicnet.net.au/~priorfhs> E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (5.5.1.322) Database version: 5.10250e http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor/