After a bit of trial and error it appears that you can add the parish name to the same field - the database finds people with the surname Jaques born in Wroot whether you put "Wroot Lincoln" or "Lincoln Wroot" in the Birthplace Parish field. However, you may find it better to omit the county altogether, as an additional Jaques is found if you just search from Wroot as a birthplace, without the county. On 10/18/05, David Tappin <d.tappin@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > Ruth. > > You are correct! > > I knew that putting the shortened "Lincoln" into the county field also > produced no results but I had not tried putting it into the Parish field. > This does then give results for the whole county but there is then no way > to > further refine down to the parish name. So it is back to switching to the > LDS site. > > Regards. > > David Tappin > d.tappin@ntlworld.com > Family Personal Web Pages www.tappin.org.uk <http://www.tappin.org.uk> > Family Genealogy Web Pages http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d.tappin > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ruth [mailto:historyscape@gmail.com] > Sent: 18 October 2005 18:42 > To: SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SoG] Ancestry - 1881 Census > > > I think it's something to do with the conversion from the LDS data. The > 1881, as processed by the LDS, notoriously produced a list of county names > omitting the "shire". If you search with "Lincoln*" in the Parish > Birthplace > rather than County Birthplace field you may find what you're looking for. > > On 10/18/05, David Tappin <d.tappin@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > > Has anyone had problems with searching the 1881 Census on the Ancestry > > site for individuals born in Lincolnshire? > > > > I have not been able to get any search results for any surname I have > > tried with the additional criteria of born Lincolnshire. Searches > > without the county name specified does show that there are of course > > rather a lot of individuals that were born in the county. > > Incidentally, searching without a > > name but just by the birthplace of "Lincolnshire" produces only 10 > names. > > > > I have logged two queries about this problem over the last few months > > and get the reply "under investigation". > > > > I am aware of the other sources of the 1881 census but it is usually > > more convenient to try Ancestry particularly if wanting other census > > years at the same time. > > > > Regards > > > > David Tappin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >