The prison trick doesn't seem to work for all counties in the 1851 census - I can't believe that Surrey, Essex and Cambridge didn't have a prison. Didn't work as Gaol either regards Denis Denis Wicking _________________________ ------------------------------------ Denis Wicking denis.wicking@ntlworld.com 2 The Granary Stanstead Abbotts Ware Herts SG12 8XH tel: 01920 870075 mobile: 07796 336578 www.wicking.co.uk ------------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: John Hanson [mailto:john.hanson@one-name.org] Sent: 22 February 2006 21:36 To: SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [SoG] in prison on census night Michael Using an occupation as a keyword will only work with the 1881 census as it is the only one that Ancestry have that has it indexed. Whilst working for PRISON it will also work for WORKHOUSE and ASYLUM Regards John Hanson Member of the Guild of One Name Studies www.one-name.org Member of the Society of Genealogists www.sog.org.uk The Society's catalogue is now online at www.sog.org.uk/sogcat/ -----Original Message----- From: TebbuA@aol.com [mailto:TebbuA@aol.com] Sent: 22 February 2006 17:55 To: SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SoG] in prison on census night I was unaware of this facility and it works for PRISON so I thought I might try SEAMEN or MARINERS as that is what I am seeking or even SHOEMAKERS. All that was thrown up were people named Seaman etc. So, What does "Keywords" actually do on Ancestry? Michael. ______________________________________________ This email has been scanned by Netintelligence http://www.netintelligence.com/email ______________________________ This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you.