I have been checking the 2011 for my Yorkshire Ancestors on the 2011 census and notice that in column 15 there are many handwritten numbers. On one particular census one person has the number 130 and another 621. I have tried to find information on google without any luck and wonder if anyone on the site might be able to help. Thank you June

Hi June It was possibly a running count of the number of people in that census area. Karen On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 7:19 PM, June Chan <mai_ling@aapt.net.au> wrote: > I have been checking the 2011 for my Yorkshire Ancestors on the 2011 census > and notice that in column 15 there are many handwritten numbers. On one > particular census one person has the number 130 and another 621. I have > tried to find information on google without any luck and wonder if anyone > on > the site might be able to help. > > > > Thank you > > > > June > > > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Possibly, though I have a feeling those numbers were the references used by enumerators to codify the type of occupations people wrote on their schedules. I could be quite wrong but I think I remember hearing that in the past. Regards, Celia Renshaw in Chesterfield UK On 5 February 2012 10:55, Karen Hodges <rowantreek@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi June > > It was possibly a running count of the number of people in that census > area. > > Karen > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 7:19 PM, June Chan <mai_ling@aapt.net.au> wrote: > > > I have been checking the 2011 for my Yorkshire Ancestors on the 2011 > census > > and notice that in column 15 there are many handwritten numbers.

Hello June The strange numbers on the 1911 census records are "occupation codes" and "birthplace codes" On FMP they can be found in "Getting Started with Censuses" under "Census Records" - "Knowledge Base" - "1911 census codes". They are not always easy to read but can give a helpful hint when the original entry is difficult to read. For example - James Francis BENBOW - occupation - 240 = Painters and decorators his place of work - 951 = Local Authority Gasworks Service. Walter Gladstone BENBOW - occupation - 320 = Grocers, tea, coffee, chocolate dealers, his place of work - 990 = Multiple shop, multiple store John Septimus BENBOW - occupation - 050 = Commercial or business clerks his place of work code I couldn't decipher. The birthplace codes are usually found in the nationality column - 058 = Liverpool, 171 = Great Yarmouth 0X appears to mean = either "don't know" or "not stated". Good hunting Mabel in NZ June wrote Subject: [WRY] Numbers on 2011 census I have been checking the 2011 for my Yorkshire Ancestors on the 2011 census and notice that in column 15 there are many handwritten numbers. On one particular census one person has the number 130 and another 621. I have tried to find information on google without any luck and wonder if anyone on the site might be able to help. Thank you June

Thank you Mabel - I will check out the site. Kind regards June -----Original Message----- From: west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mabel Jowsey Sent: Monday, 6 February 2012 9:04 AM To: west-riding@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WRY] Numbers on 1911 census Hello June The strange numbers on the 1911 census records are "occupation codes" and "birthplace codes" On FMP they can be found in "Getting Started with Censuses" under "Census Records" - "Knowledge Base" - "1911 census codes". They are not always easy to read but can give a helpful hint when the original entry is difficult to read. For example - James Francis BENBOW - occupation - 240 = Painters and decorators his place of work - 951 = Local Authority Gasworks Service. Walter Gladstone BENBOW - occupation - 320 = Grocers, tea, coffee, chocolate dealers, his place of work - 990 = Multiple shop, multiple store John Septimus BENBOW - occupation - 050 = Commercial or business clerks his place of work code I couldn't decipher. The birthplace codes are usually found in the nationality column - 058 = Liverpool, 171 = Great Yarmouth 0X appears to mean = either "don't know" or "not stated". Good hunting Mabel in NZ