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From: Linda Sherlock <>
Subject: Re: [D-G LIST] 1851 census
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 23:21:30 -0700
References: <F61EVu1levAqn0tv0gf0001957f@hotmail.com>


Hi Shirley! What works for me is to find one person that I'm looking for
by typing in the surname (in the surname space) ... then I note the
household number and the name of the parish, and type those in, and then
press search and everyone in that household comes up! Cheers from Linda

Shirley Olsen wrote:
>
> Hi Listers,
> I am surely computer illiterate, but I'm stumped! I have been exploring the
> 1851 census index and was quite thrilled to find it. However, I've
> understood from other mailings that one could pull up an entire household
> from it. I can't figure out how to do that. I was in search of Murrays
> (Margaret) and found there were 1583 of them I think. I finally looked
> through that many to find my household. According to Mary R. if I entered
> the surname of the person listed as head of the household, who was John, I
> should have gotten all the household. I didn't. I need to do more work there
> and would very much like not to go through so many names! What can I be
> doing wrong? I tried both the general surname search and the advanced. The
> advanced search always told me there were none--though I knew there
> were--LIKE 1500+!. Am I making any sense? Does anyone have any advice for a
> dunce?
>
> Shirley Olsen
> Washington State
>
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