Andy I was told this at a Family History class many years ago .... perhaps since people didn't have the luxury of fast cars etc and it took quite a time to get from A to B they may have been travelling back etc .... also I was told that "The Family" of the house would have had visitors over Easter and any Servants would be given the following weekend "off". As I said you "May" find them away It wasn't necessarily compulsory ... What you have said brings me to a very important issue here ..... DON'T believe everything you hear OR read ! REMEMBER .... every piece of information whether it be Registration, Census, Wills or Parish etc is ONLY hearsay ......... someone has uttered it and someone has written it down ! Thanks again for reminding me of this VERY important fact ! Regards Bill -----Original Message----- From: staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Andy Micklethwaite Sent: 26 August 2012 21:08 To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Easter 1861 - was Re: Brickwalls - Bassett/Meddings Bill I hate to question such a reliable source, but are you sure? Various sources suggest the date for Easter 1861 as March 31st and the census date as April 7th. I don't think many folks would get the week as holiday. Sorry for the delay - been on a fortnight's holiday - how times have changed! Best Wishes, Andy. At 19:43 15/08/2012, Bill wrote: >Lilian > >Remember .... the 1861 census was taken over the Easter Bank Holiday >weekend and families went to visit their kin at this time so ... you may >find them away from home in this census. ****************************** 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. ****************************** PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! ------------------------------- 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