Hi List, In Case people are not aware of this when looking for someone in the 1911 census in Staffordshire This is the answer that Ancestry Sent me "We are diligently working on the 1911 Census transcriptions, to make the records fully searchable like our other census collections, however we do not have a date as to when Staffordshire will be made available. In the short term, by combining your research from the 1911 Census Summary Books and by browsing the images of the actual 1911 Census you can track down your relatives. Please click on the following link for instructions on how to find the 1911 Census. Answer Title: How to search the Census Images Online Answer Link: <http://ancestryuk.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/ancestryuk.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1070>http://ancestryuk.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/ancestryuk.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1070 Cheers Marilyn from Western Australia

On 07/05/2012 14:00, Watson Family wrote: > Hi List, > In Case people are not aware of this when looking for someone in the 1911 > census in Staffordshire > This is the answer that Ancestry Sent me > The alternative would be to use Findmypast which has had them for more than a year and have now removed the blanking for disabilities. I am lucky in that I have both ancestry and findmypast so if I don't find something on one it is often on the other. Nuala

Hi All - I transcribe Hanley Registrars BMD records for StaffsBMD and am after a favour from some kind person who might be going the Hanley or Stafford Archives in the near future. Today I have found a problem in the registrars copy of the Marriage at Bucknall St Marys , Book 1. Page 235 and 236 is missing - thats entries No 469 to 472 inclusive. If anyone is going to the archives could they have a look at the microfiche for pages 235/236 entries No 469 to 472 and tell me if anything is on them ? If you could note down which pair married on each entry that would be a bonus. Once I have the info on the missing entries I will get the registrars to insert a sheet advising that certs from those pages should be requested from Southport - A better solution than the registrar saying they have no record of the marriages. I personally suspect that the entries in the church copy on Microfiche are cancelled entries as there is no mention in the registrars index of who is on those pages - Very strange. I cant get to the archives until end of June - hence this request. Thanks in advance Steve StaffsBMD transcriber

Steve, Did you get anyone to get you the information you required? If not I may be going in tomorrow, but if not will surely go in over the next couple of weeks. Regards, John Bennett On 9 May 2012, at 21:26, Steve Stutcinskas wrote: > Hi All - I transcribe Hanley Registrars BMD records for StaffsBMD and am > after a favour from some kind person who might be going the Hanley or > Stafford Archives in the near future. > > Today I have found a problem in the registrars copy of the Marriage at > Bucknall St Marys , Book 1. > > Page 235 and 236 is missing - thats entries No 469 to 472 inclusive. > > If anyone is going to the archives could they have a look at the > microfiche for pages 235/236 entries No 469 to 472 and tell me if > anything is on them ? > If you could note down which pair married on each entry that would be a > bonus. > > Once I have the info on the missing entries I will get the registrars to > insert a sheet advising that certs from those pages should be requested > from Southport - A better solution than the registrar saying they have > no record of the marriages. > > I personally suspect that the entries in the church copy on Microfiche > are cancelled entries as there is no mention in the registrars index of > who is on those pages - Very strange. > > I cant get to the archives until end of June - hence this request. > > Thanks in advance > > Steve > StaffsBMD transcriber > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. > ------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have a copy of a mid-19th century will which includes the expression "… but if in the case my said wife shall form any illicit or immoral connexion … then such annuity absolutely to cease". I wondered if this expression was in common usage or if anything should be read between the lines? John Bennett