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.

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