Another tip if you can't find a family in an index Ask as many 6-9 year olds as you can find to write down the name, they will give you a variety of spellings to try! Marilyn > 4. The entries on the census returns or GRO indexes were the first > transcription, this time of what the enumerator or registrar thought he > heard, with little chance of it being corrected by an illiterate > ancestor. > > 5. The indexes on Ancestry or other census look up sites are another > persons attempt to decide what the trained spider that the enumerator > used to crawl across the page was really trying to tell us. > > 6. Lateral thinking is essential - you might know the 21st century > spelling of your name, or how it is pronounced, but put yourself in the > place of the people who spoke the word, heard the word and wrote the > word down > > 7. If you really cannot find them in the census indexes try using > searches on forenames - long winded, but can be very worthwhile > > 8. If like me you have a fairly uncommon name, write down all the > options you can think of, then add some more > > > Lesson over, but no doubt others can add some other hard learned > thoughts > > > regards > > Alf FANTHAM > Kings Norton > > > > NORMADIANE@aol.com wrote: > > > > > > Hi everyone > > > > I am new to this list and wondered if anyone could come up with any > > suggestions for a dilemma. > > > > I have a John Froggatt on my tree, born in Birmingham in 1794. > According to > > the igi I can find 3 children for him and his wife namely William > born 1834. > > Elizabeth born 1833 and Edward born 1837. His wife is listed as > Sarah, all > > children baptised at St Martins. > > > > I cannot find the family on any census except 1871 when John and > Sarah are > > listed as living at 7 Engine Street, Birmingham. > > I cannot find any marriage listed on the igi that looks likely nor > can I > > find the one child Edward born after Civil Registration on St > Catherines Index. > > > > Can anyone please help. I am stuck > > > > Regards and thanks > > Diane Clark > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail at http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca