United Kingdom and Ireland - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Marriage Record question

lisacampbell6081 — 6 Nov 2006 8:54:31 GMT

Hi
I have the volume and page # for a marriage record of an ancestor (from 1887) - I want to find out the maiden name of his wife - is it possible to search online for the name of the other party to the same marriage?

Thanks in advance.

Lisa

Inbound Passenger Lists on Ancestry yet?

doogaldetects — 25 Sep 2008 4:40:53 GMT

Hello

Does anybody know if the Inbound Passgenger Lists BT26 are on Ancestry yet as I can't find them? Or does anybody know when they are available?

I am looking for any info or links to ships that came to the UK. I have two passengers that sailed from Johannesburg to the UK around 1900-1901. Their names are Ellen James or Ellen Spry born 1875 and her sone George L James born 1900 in Johannesburg.

Hope somebody can help! Thank you

Dissappointing start!

davej1000 — 25 Sep 2008 4:41:31 GMT

I have just subscribed to this website and as a test I searched for an ancestor in the 1871 census who I knew the whereabouts of. I have the family's axact details from the copy of the census in my local library. Imagine my surprise when I could not find him or any member of his family no matter what criteria I entered. Luckily digging through my records I found that I had recorded the reference, folio and page which I entered and found that the family who are quite clearly (to me at least) PUGH have been indexed as PUCH. No wonder I couldn't find them.
Now I know a work of this magnitude is going to have mistakes but one mistake in one search is for me 100% failure.
In future when I can't find someone how much confidence am I going to have in this website that they really aren't there.
For anyone interested the census ref is RG10/5655 Folio 82 Page 9 schedule no 44 (5 family members).

Why are the new databases England & Wales Christenings and Marriage not in co.uk sub

RonLankshear — 4 Sep 2008 1:37:54 GMT

New databases of England and Wales christenings and marriages were announced recently but when I try to access it wants me to upgrade to World access.

I pay for UK data why are these databases not included?

I asked Help 2 days ago but no answer as yet!!!

john reohorn

jreohorn1 — 20 Jun 2006 8:07:08 GMT

how can I get into census reference
RG105454 18 5311

why can I not get an 1871 reference when I browse?
Thanks

Export GEDCOM from your own member tree

HughW36 — 21 Jan 2007 4:17:17 GMT

Create a new tree

Begin by entering the information you already know . . . .-

see what is new
http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/pt/tutorial.aspx

Export GEDCOM

You've asked for this feature and we're happy to say it is finally here. On the "My Ancestry" page look for the "Export GEDCOM" link. This process will allow you to export all the names, sources, relationships, etc. in GEDCOM format.

For information that GEDCOM does not handle well (e.g., photos, stories, Ancestry records) we provide a link back to the original item on Ancestry.

<< has anyone tried it?

Hugh W

Irish data - Griffiths index and Tithe records

deirdre534 — 1 Apr 2008 11:39:15 GMT

Can anyone else who has a full UK membership tell me if they are having trouble accessing these databases.
If I access the tithe records using a name, it does not display any detail other than "location and year" and if I click on these I am taken to an upgrade page.
The Griffiths index works in a fashion for example if I input the name Dolan and Gowlat townland it gives two exact match returns which I can access but all the other hits listed underneath also take me to an upgrade page if I click on them. I thought UK membership gave full access to the Irish data. I have emailed support 4 days ago but had no response. Last weekend the Griffiths search WAS working perfectly so perhaps this is some kind of bug.

Kilmington - Somerset or Wiltshire ?

Hugh_Watkins — 5 Sep 2005 8:04:59 GMT

It has been both

You are here: Search > Census Records > 1871 England Census > Results

Name: William Lapham
Age in 1871: 47
Estimated birth year: 1824
Relation: Head
Household: View other family members
Gender: Male
Where born: Kilmington, Somerset, England

Civil parish: Kilmington
Ecclesiatical parish: Bath and Wells
Town: Norton Ferris
County/Island: Somerset
Country: England

Street address: View image
Condition as to marriage: View image
Education: View image
Employment status: View image
Occupation: View image

Source information: RG10/1965
Registration district: Mere
Sub-registration district: Mere
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Folio: 28
Page: 29 (click to see others on page)
Household schedule number: 134

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&am...

http://content.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=view&r=5538&...

is broken link to image

Gloucestershire gives half of Bristol
but Somerset has the southern part

hence Bristol_and_Somerset list

Kilmington has many LAPHAM and LAPPAM in IGI and is a mecca for those of us researching that surname

once we get to 1841 expect a serious study

thanks

Hugh W

Ancestry Census Print explanation.

greenwoodmc — 15 Apr 2008 12:05:07 GMT

When you look at the " Acestry" transcript of the census record, what does "ED,institution or vessel" mean and what is the number printed alongside ?

Thanks!

1891 birthplaces

Hugh_Watkins — 25 Sep 2008 4:42:34 GMT

When is this due for a repost?

1891 Wales Census
Viewing records 1-50 of 826 matches

Binimcki, Angass abt 1848 Brahestar, Finland Crew Vessels Pembrokeshire is probably OK being crew

Allen, Peter abt 1868 Overton, Finland Lodger Broughton Denbighshire
Allen, Randle abt 1842 Overton, Finland Head Broughton Denbighshire
Almand, Charles abt 1876 Erbistock, Finland Son Ruabon Denbighshire
Ashley, James abt 1878 Penley, Finland Son Ruabon Denbighshire
Ashley, Joseph abt 1840 Bangor, Finland Head Ruabon Denbighshire
Ashley, Lizzie abt 1880 Penley, Finland Daughter Ruabon Denbighshire
Ashley, Sarah abt 1875 Penley, Finland Daughter Ruabon Denbighshire
Baker, David abt 1868 Buckley, Finland Head Wrexham Regis Denbighshire
Baker, Mary abt 1867 Halkyn, Finland Wife Wrexham Regis Denbighshire
Bascton, Joseph abt 1856 Mold, Finland Prisoner Ruthin Denbighshire
Bate, Maria abt 1867 Nant-y-ffirth, Finland Daughter Broughton Denbighshire

mostly a substitute for Flintshire

Davies, Isaac Peers abt 1837 Flintshire, Finland Head Flint Flintshire

would one of you guys care to write a littel find and chang

IF Flintshire AND Finland THEN REPLACE Finland with Flintshire

Name: Jones, William H
Age in 1891: 4
Estimated birth year: abt 1887
Relation: Son
Gender: Male
Where Born: Dyserth, Finland

Civil parish: Dyserth
Ecclesiastical parish: Dyserth
County: Flintshire

Street address: View image
Condition as to marriage: View image
Education: View image
Employment status: View image
Occupation: View image

Source information: RG12/4626
Registration district: St Asaph
Sub registration district: St Asaph
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Folio: 49
Page: 13 (click to see others on page)

http://content.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?htx=view&r=5538&...

Dyserth SJ0579 Flintshire Denbigh N Wales N Wales Diserth
Dyserth SO0358 Radnorshire Powys Dyf-Pow Dyf Pow Disserth
Dysserth SJ2105 Montgomeryshire Powys Dyf-Pow Dyf Pow
not entirely easy

and those are the new counties
OH DEAR genuki is best for this

Hugh W

http://www.gazetteer-wales.co.uk/

1871 census - Not there!

seskauk — 14 Mar 2008 9:52:18 GMT

Hi!
I was looking at the 1871 census for UK>England>Warwickshire>Lady Wood, and it seems that the first page is there, but nothing else. Can someone tell me if they already know about this, or if I should be posting this somewhere else?!
Thanks!

census promblem!!

katietarling41 — 28 Feb 2008 12:50:22 GMT

i was wondering is anyone having problems with the census i.e on some of them it keeps listing the same name but different ages and when you click on them it's hard to regonise who's who! hope im making sense, please help

katie

subscription question

alisong12 — 27 Feb 2008 2:33:11 GMT

Hello,

I have paid £6.95 for pay per view on here, i currently have just 2 credits left!! under the 'my account' page it says uk monthly subscription is £3.01 is this correct? it will only cos me £3 per month?? it says'Your Pay-Per-View subscription entitles you to a discount off your membership purchase! This discount does not apply to purchases made with vouchers. This offer is only available while your Pay-Per-View membership is active' for £3 a moth i would definatly have it!! but don't want to end up getting a bill for £9.95 every month which is what i have read it costs per month!
Can any one let me know if £3.01 is correct??

Thanks,
Alison.

New to this - problems linking birth, marriage & death records!

MelLewis1588 — 3 Mar 2007 5:27:12 GMT

Please help!

I am having problems linking birth, marriage & death records to people in my family tree. The census is no problem as it offers to link to someone in my tree and I can add B,M & D records to my shoebox but it doesn't seem to offer the facility to link to a person - any hints pse?

thanks

Mel

May be a stupid question about this website ...

Andrea_Ruddick — 6 Feb 2008 4:55:07 GMT

I can't believe I haven't done this before! When searching for a marriage record on this website, if you click on the page number where it says 'click here to see others on page' what exactly does that show you? What page is it talking about? Can I assume that if two people have the same folio and page number that they married each other? If so, how come sometimes I get more than two names?!

If it turns out that I could have found the partner that simply after all these years I will be ... cross...

Many thanks in anxious anticipation!

Andrea

Tracing Irish Ancestors

Leanne_Mitcheson — 21 Jan 2008 11:30:16 GMT

I have a full membership on Ancestry. I have done all I can at this time using records in Canada and US but now need to use the site to locate records in Ireland. Any suggestions on how I do that? I am having trouble finding records on this site or irish relations. Many thanks, leanne

Where to report mis-transcription errors.

Tytn_H — 19 Jan 2008 5:06:53 GMT

I found what I think is a rather large transcription error and i wondered where I could report it.

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1841&in...

This individual is recorded as John Walton aged 4, but I believe him to be John Eburn aged 49. Can anyone else confirm or give advice.

Cheers

Tee

GRO Indexes - Pages Not Scanned?

mtalexander — 11 Dec 2007 7:04:05 GMT

Has anyone else found that Ancestry seems not to have images of 100% of the GRO index pages?
I was looking for the birth of an A. Shaw in the 1968 Dec quarter. No results were found. When trying all the Shaws in that quarter, I saw that page 28 of 113 ends with Mark Sharratt and page 29 of 113 starts with Jenette Dawn Shaw. I am sure that a page must be missing, especially as there are several surnames between Sharratt and Shaw in other quarters.
What would be the best way to inform Ancestry of this?

Family Tree view not "loading" at Ancestry.co.uk site

pwosborn — 30 Nov 2007 10:09:29 GMT

Hi all,
is anybody else experiencing difficulties with the Family
Tree view not loading while try to view their family tree
at Ancestry.co.uk? Is the site itself experiencing technical issues at the moment? If not has anybody had this
problem and how did you resolve it? I'm tearing my hair out
at the moment! Thanks in advance.
Paul.

Viewing "others on page" in Free Marriage Index

spandjr — 31 Oct 2007 3:51:43 GMT

I'm new to this - so forgive my ignorance please! Why, when searching the Free BMD Index (Marriages) and choosing to view a record, and then clicking the green numeral (bottom left) to view others on the page, does the resulting image often contain an odd number of individuals - eg three men and two women. I know that the names of both individuals marrying each other should appear here, so what happens to the 'odd one out'? I'm intrigued.

Many thanks for anyone who can shed any light on this.

Can you use the connection service ( on ancestry.co.uk )?

superpat — 8 Nov 2007 11:10:21 GMT

Hi,

I have been trying to contact a memeber who has a private family tree for the last two weeks.

Every time I fill in the anonymous emailer page on the ancetry website and click submit, I get taken to a page that states
>>>>
Ancestry's Connection Service
The connection service is temporarily out of service. Click here to go back to the page you started from.
>>>>

I have tried to email support, but have no answere, and have phoned support (0800 number) who cannot help.

1. Can anyone else use the connection service at this time?

2. If so what am I doing incorrectly?

3. If it is broken then how can I escalate this properly?

thanks

Patrick

New. Beginning a tree on ancestry.co.uk. Problems uploading details onto my tree.

roseland69 — 8 Nov 2007 12:57:50 GMT

I'm have my tree on this site and I want to enter the details onto it However its a real hit or miss as to whether or not the details I enter work or not. 9 times out of 10 nothing is entered even though I've put the details in the box and press "save". Or it tells me the details have been added when they havent. Some have worked however. Is it the software? Problems with this site? The fact I'm using a mac?

Its pretty frustrating. I've a lot of details to enter but I can't get them on!

How do I view my family tree?

JamesWaddington — 18 Sep 2006 9:51:48 GMT

I have uploaded my family tree as a gedcom file and it all seems to have been uploaded, but I can't see where I'm meant to view it. I can see direct ancestors or decendants but not my family tree.

1861 Census

martinbriscoe57 — 20 Jun 2007 8:07:47 GMT

I notice that the list of recent additions show an update to the 1861 census at the end of May. Has Ancestry published what has been updated?

Martin

Why is Ancestry.co.uk more expensive than Ancestry.com?

JamesWaddington — 7 May 2007 10:52:13 GMT

A world membership is £199 on ancestry.co.uk and $299 on ancestry.com. Does the UK world subscription contain anything extra to the US world subscription to justify the huge price difference?

I remember they used to be roughly the same price when I last looked about 6 months ago, but now if they are the same thing I might as well cancel my UK subscription when it expires and get a US one.

1911 Census - Ancestry.co.uk

RogerThomas44 — 19 Jan 2007 11:23:25 GMT

What is Ancestry's policy going to be on the release of the 1911 census?

Is it going to be made available online together with the other censuses?

Importing from other trees

familyblackshaw — 5 Nov 2007 4:33:49 GMT

I have just started with ancestry.co.uk and must confess I do not find the program terribly helpful. I have searched and I have twice e-mailed technical help (no reply to date) to find out if I incorporate into my family tree detail from another tree to which I have been given access but of which I require only part?
The tree I wish to take from is very well researched with entries validated and citations to numerous sources. Is there some kind, nor dual core person out there who can help with this query?

GRO Indexes on Ancestry

jkeegan28 — 30 Sep 2007 5:45:35 GMT

Carol
When the indexes for a particular quarter of a year don't appear on ancestry ie.dec qtr 1925,I have found that they are included at the end of the preious quarter.So they are there just not seperated correctly.In this case I think you may find them at the end of 1925 september qtr.Hope this makes sense.
Joy

Missing Marriage Quarter Dec. 1925

reevesroots — 24 Sep 2007 2:57:20 GMT

Like the folks back in July, I am looking for a marriage which took place in Dec. Qtr 1925.

I know that a Walter M. Bodell married a MANTLE but would like her christian name and an image of the source. Can anyone help?

What is the reason that it is missing. I tried clicking on the link but received an error message back.
P
Many thanks

BMD Complete images on www.ancestry.co.uk

wareham51 — 19 Jul 2007 12:32:26 GMT

It appears that access to the BMD complete images is no longer available to non subscribers of Ancestry. Does anyone know if this is permanent or just a temporary glitch?

please tell me what i'm doing wrong.

streborzil — 24 Jul 2007 5:53:05 GMT

ok, i've been looking for records on my grandparents and their family on here. i have their names (spelled correctly for sure), and both of them lived in england until adulthood. there should be school records, work records, birth indexes, all kinds of stuff. literally the only thing i'm pulling up is their death index, which was in the US. it's like they didn't exist in england! my dad was also born there and i cannot find anything on him either.

the names are kemble roberts and elsie isabel wake. maybe i'm looking in the wrong indexes? i have the world membership.

THANK YOU!

Missing marriage indexes

mchugh143 — 20 Jul 2007 1:59:38 GMT

Hi all
Ive been trying to find a marriage in 1925.oct nov dec quarter.However there dosnt seem to be any marriages in that quater for any surname whatever.Very strange.Anyone else had this prob.
John

Postcards

martinbriscoe57 — 6 Jul 2007 12:03:45 GMT

I just received the Ancestry.co.uk July Newsletter, one item featured is postcards but we do not seem to be able access these with a ancestry.co.uk subscription. Hopefully this is an oversight.

MB

Census image error Merthyr Tydfil

brasco1033 — 9 Jun 2007 9:33:11 GMT

I'm trying to look at the image of John Jackson a labourer born in Yorkshire but living in Merthyr. When the image appears it is for a different location in Gelligaer and not 1-2 riverside, Merthyr tydfil as it should be.
Any ideas who I should tell or how I can view the image elsewhere ?

Household schedule number and 1851 missing images and index

HughW36 — 7 Apr 2007 11:58:25 GMT

by checking these I was able to see about half the images

Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1949; Folio: 196; Page: 10; GSU roll: 87349.
is there but the next and previous images are missing

page 11 is missing as are these house holds

Household schedule number: 86 to 92
Household schedule number: 73 to 78

Household schedule number: 59 to 65

Household schedule number: 45 to 52

Household schedule number: 32 to 37
Household schedule number: 25 to 26

Household schedule number: 14 to 18
Household schedule number: 1 to 6

they are not indexed but Gordon Beavington has indexed the missing families
for exmple
St. Pauls, Bristol, H.O. 107/1949
4, Water Street
MORGAN Lewis 58 Porter Crickhowell Brec:
Ann 39 Cardiff
George 4 Scholar Bath
Emma 2 Bath
59
LEWIS Sarah Widow/er 56 Laundress Glamorgan Glam:
WEARING Margaret Lodger 14 Shoe Binder Bristol
THOMAS Sarah Grand Daughter 6 Scholar Bristol
ROACH Elizabeth Lodger 20 Tailoress Bristol
60
CAVE Sarah Married 50 Straw Bonnet Maker Bristol
GARDEN Sophia 40 Bristol
61
BEWLEY William Millett 28 Hammer Man & Blacksmith Bristol
Sarah 23 Laundress Bristol
62
MITCHELL Henry Widow/er 82 Grocer Labourer Stockland
63
LAURANVE Elizabeth Married 39 Dressmaker Winscombe Somerset
FRY Louisa Lodger 17 Dressmaker Bristol St James
64
SHUTE Mary Ann 40 Dress maker, Gentlewoman Annuitant East Bame ?
Sussex
Charles 19 Daughter Newry Ireland
Matilda 17 Milliner West Indies Barbadoes
Mary 11 Scholar Demarara
Eliza 8 Scholar Scotland Paisley
Henrietta 7 Scholar Paisley Scotland

this sailor is on ancestry and made an entry point

Name: William Lambson
Age: 66
Estimated birth year: abt 1785
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Modbury, Devon, England

Civil parish: Bristol St Paul
Ecclesiastical parish: Weir
County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England

Hugh W

Scotland 1901 census transcription errors

HughW36 — 6 Apr 2007 3:14:33 GMT

the Estimated birth year should be abt 1883 in the example below

and seems to be 10 years too old throughout

take care

(all the scottish LAPHAM are my cousins)

Hugh W

1901 Scotland Census
about Walter Lapham
Name: Walter Lapham
Age: 18
Estimated birth year: abt 1873
Relationship: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Abernethy, Inverness
Registration Number: 646/2
Registration district: Govan
Civil parish: Govan
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 8 Burndyke St
Occupation: Police Constable
ED: 13
Page: 21 (click to see others on page)
Household schedule number: 112
Line: 10
Roll: CSSCT1901_327

Help I Can't Print My Tree

juliemagro — 4 Apr 2007 6:36:34 GMT

I am new to ancestry.co.uk and have been quite successful, but I am not real good on computers can some help.

First of all when I print my tree from my ancestry it prints badly and out of whack.

Secondly how do I make my tree a public tree, cant figure out the one tree and exporting.

If you can help I would really appreciate it.

Julie

Contacting Other Members

celia554 — 8 Mar 2007 1:29:32 GMT

Good Morning
I have been a member of ancestry for a few years now,but it was once possible to contact other members via email(on view to all) I can understand why that was changed.Unfortunatly you now cannot contact people with private information,(unless i am missing something somewhere)whithout paying a large ammount of money,there have been a lots of members i have helped befor the changed.Now i cant because it means putting Our emails on view to all.There is a member at the moment i could help but cant.Am i missing something?

Scotland Census

Lefti — 27 Feb 2007 1:08:03 GMT

Im having trouble accessing these census. 1851 will give search results but then no link to census page. 1861 has error processing image request. Anyone else having problems.

How to Report transcription errors

atomany — 11 Mar 2007 11:01:15 GMT

Is there a way of reporting transcription errors and who to ?

In the 1851 Census, a family of Whitehouse is incorrectly transcribed as Whitchouse.

The first Whitehouse can be forgiven as it does look like Whitchouse, but when you look at how the enumerator has written the letter e and has written the second occurance of Whitehouse, it becomes obvious it's an e and not a c.
They've also really shoddily transcribed bushbury as buckbury.

Anyway, moan over, is there anywhere to report this to ?

Cheers
Ailsa

Stuck - Newbie

susane260 — 3 Mar 2007 9:58:47 GMT

Am I missing something? I have found a dfinate source on here for the birth of my g grandmother on my tree, but how do I attach it as a source as the little symbols don't come up to attach it, even when I go the other way round from tree to source I still can't attach it, am I missing something really simple, Pleae help a newbie.

Sue

John & Mary Blunden

bonjano — 27 Feb 2007 4:24:38 GMT

Looking for info on John Blunden who married Mary Osborne. His father? Grandfather? Thanks.

WWI records

martinbriscoe57 — 22 Feb 2007 10:49:44 GMT

Good to see WWI pension records starting to appear.

If anyone from Ancestry reads this, addresses seem to being badly transcribed

Name: Frederick Briscoe
Estimated birth year: abt 1880
Age at enlistment: 35
Residence: 23 Marshall St, Rochdale Rn Mk Lanes
Document Year: 1915
Regimental Number: 19804

Actually is 23 Marshall Street, Rochdale Road, Manchester, Lancshire

The abbreviation of M/C for Manchester seems to being mistranscribed as is Lancs for Lancashire.

Martin

Any problem with the message boards

martinbriscoe57 — 9 Feb 2007 11:33:21 GMT

Are there any problems with the message boards. I tried to send a couple of messages yesterday and kept getting error messages.

Ancestry Support told me to clear my cache but that did not affect the problem and I tried with both IE7 and FF2

Martin

Error on site!

RyanTree777 — 9 Feb 2007 11:01:19 GMT

hello all, I have just started researching my family's past and im a bit confused on this one. I recently tracked my nan's dad and his family back to the census 1901 and 1891. I have found they are using two different last names for the same people (Whitfield and Whifield). I am finding this really confusing as I dont know what sirname I should look for now. I know that on Fred Whitfield's marrige certificate it say Whitfield not Whifield so can someone please contact me and help me clear things up these are the two links

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?ti=5538&ind...

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?ti=5538&ind...

Information available with a subscription

martinwebster17 — 1 Feb 2007 12:58:15 GMT

Hi All,

When taking out a subscription how much information is available from the Births, Marriages and Deaths searches? Will there be enough information to continue building my family tree or will I still need to order certificates to gather more details?

Many thanks,
Martin

Harrow on the hill in 1851

CarolColeman8353 — 24 Dec 2006 2:46:05 GMT

As far as Ancestry are concerned Harrow is still in Berkshire in 1851.

Please move it to Middlesex- where it always should have been.

Many many thanks- if anyone from Ancestry ever reads these boards anymore?

Carol

Scotland Census

Cmac78 — 14 Jan 2007 11:16:20 GMT

Is Ancestry going to get scotland census records from 1871 and 1881 soon

thanks

Family Tree contact update

JackieSurtees — 29 Dec 2006 3:41:59 GMT

Many years ago I uploaded my GEDCOM - when or to where I cannot remember!

I keep on coming across ancestors from my GEDCOM when searching on Ancestry but the email address is hopelessly out of date:

"Contact: Unknown" then a picture of the old email address.

How do I go about 'reclaiming' the family tree so that my contact details are attributed to it?

Thanks

Free BMD - Is it just me??

RogerDodge — 1 Jan 2007 9:17:50 GMT

I'm new to this website - are the FreeBMD indices fully complete?

I have a known birthdate which I can locate using the general Birth Index but the search on the FreeBMD returns NO results??

The search fields are more complete with the FreeBMD and returns specific Quarters whereas I have to trawl through each quarter for each year within the range I specify.

Any clues would be helpful

Thanks
Roger

Free access period

martinbriscoe57 — 27 Dec 2006 10:23:00 GMT

The free access to ancestry.com has been very useful in filling in a few details of people who went to the USA and Canada.

But why can't Ancestry just make all the extra sources available to all existing users for this period? I have a dummy account that I use for these trial periods.

MB

New Layout - finding favourtites

Mike_Broomhead — 20 Dec 2006 10:30:06 GMT

I have some boards as my favourites (and according to another poster they're not all listed as only "General" now when looking at them ;-)

But I can't work out how to easily get to My Favourites. Wouldn't it be good to have link to them on the main page of Boards (Community) .... after logging in, obviously.

Thanks,
Mike Broomhead

New Layout on Ancestry and Rootsweb

bromaelor — 7 Dec 2006 10:59:30 GMT

Would it be possible to have the messages displayed in reverse order, with the latest messages at the top of the list?

Also we need more width! Could the message box be extended under "Page Tools"?

Ian

Incorrect counties reported in FreeBMD searches

bromaelor — 13 Nov 2006 4:56:34 GMT

Strange things are appearing in search results using Ancestry's version of FreeBMD!

Abergavenny, Herefordshire (should be Monmouthshire)
Bangor, Anglesey (should be Caernarvonshire)
Chepstow, Gloucestershire (should be Monmouthshire)
Ellesmere, Flintshire (should be Shropshire)
Holywell, Denbighshire (should be Flintshire)
Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom (should be Glamorgan)
Monmouth (1837-1939), Gloucestershire (should be Monmouthshire)
Narberth, Carmarthenshire (should be Pembrokshire)
Neath (1837-1970), Breconshire (should be Glamorgan)
Newport M, Glamorgan (should be Monmouthshire)
Oswestry, Denbighshire (should be Shropshire)
Pontypridd, United Kingdom (should be Glamorgan)
Presteigne (1837-77), Herefordshire (should be Radnorshire)
Swansea, United Kingdom (should be Glamorgan)
Wrexham (1837-1974), Cheshire (should be Denbighshire)

... and so on.

In fact most of the Welsh registration districts give the incorrect county. I think these are all registration districts which did cover more than one county but it's the least obvious county that is appearing!

Ian

Learning Centre

martinbriscoe57 — 29 Nov 2006 12:41:25 GMT

Why can't the Learning Centre tab be shown on the UK site?

I sometimes want to check a surname distribution and have to log on to ancestry.com to do so. Most of the things available there are free so I can't see why it cannot be displayed on ancestry.co.uk

Some things will need further subscription but that happens already on other things so I can't see it being a bar to it being there.

MB

UK Surname boards/ I need Help please!

TheScottishIndian — 12 Nov 2006 3:21:59 GMT

I need help in finding my surname boards in the U.K. I just don't seem to understand how the boards work in England. (O.K. I am an American). Here, I change from surname to surname by typing in a find board at the bottom of the pages. But when I try this on the UK page I am leaving the UK boards and jumping back to the States boards. Or are they the same? I am seeking Willingham or Winningham surnames. I have read a lot of posts on the UK board and noted the ones who really seem to know a lot but am hesitant to write them directly for help. I need the kindness of strangers please. Thanks.

My info keeps vanishing.

williamkane187 — 26 Nov 2006 4:06:36 GMT

Does anyone have any idea why I could have been replaced on my tree with an unrelated dead person, whose name means nothing to me or why I had to re-enter my daughter's name tonight? Are these sorts of thing regular occurances on here?

Exporting your own tree from Ancestry?

MarkSayers168 — 17 Aug 2006 10:21:01 GMT

Hi
I seem to be going mad trying to find a solution to this problem.

I upload a GEDCOM to ancestry from my offline software, and have spent a lot of time in Ancestry extending my tree.

Now I would like to export a copy of the enlarged tree into my offline software.

But it seems I can't, so my only option seems to be, to do it by hand, copying all the new people and citations over, with all the risks of typo's etc.

Someone please tell me I am wrong. If I can upload surely I can download my own tree.

Thanks

help still needed please

hilary yeates — 22 Oct 2006 2:09:00 GMT

Despite some very helpful informatiopn after my last query I am still in need of help - before I give up!!

I still find that altho I have accurate information about people I stiil don`t seem able to finf them in any records. This is happenning for lots of people not just 1or 2. i try to widen the dates I know, spelling even areas but still not there in BMD or census. They can`t all have slipped through the record net and I cannot have wrong info. on all of them.
Please can someone point me in the right direction.
My trial runs out on Monday and at this point seems no rerason to continue
Help
Hilary

Search by street

ploppy15 — 27 Oct 2006 7:59:27 GMT

hi. is it possible to search by street name in the census. I saw this option once ' street address ' but cannot see it anymore. Is there another way?

Census - place of birth

martinbriscoe57 — 26 Oct 2006 6:43:31 GMT

I seem to be getting a lot of census search results (1891 and 1901 so far) with just the county i.e. not town

Where born: Lancashire, England
(Lancashire, England),
Lancashire (Lancashire), England

Anyone else getting this?

Martin

Search problem on 1881

ovington1_1 — 7 Oct 2006 2:57:19 GMT

Wondered if anyone had any idea what this problem may be? Try searching for anyone with a birthplace of Averham (no other information) in the 1881 census (Eng) my result = nil, now cut n paste the Averham into the keyword field, result 293 of which many are born in Averham, why is the birthplace search not picking them up? the CDs return 147 on the East Midlands CD. Any ideas?
Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

general query

hilaryyeatesp — 22 Oct 2006 2:05:53 GMT

ancestry library edition

james — 27 Sep 2006 3:15:06 GMT

Do any libraries in the north west of England allow 'home use' of the Ancestry Library Edition of Ancestry.com?

Why doesn't Ancestry have this page?

CarolColeman8353 — 6 Oct 2006 8:52:26 GMT

RG number:
RG12 Piece:
455 Folio:
5 Page:
3

Registration District:
Wandsworth Sub District:
Streatham EnumerationDistrict:
7 Ecclesiastical Parish:
St Marys Balham

Civil Parish:
Streatham Municipal Borough:
Address:
33, Chesnut Grove, Streatham

The page just doesn't exist- looking for the Barleycorn family in particular.But the whole page is missing.!?

Cant attach a record to my tree

lisajoalex — 24 Sep 2006 8:07:36 GMT

Hi ive traced my great grandfather, his birth record is showing on this website but it wont attach to his record on my tree, there isnt a option to do it.

When i search records from his file, it only brings up a woman with almost same name (could well be his sister)

help?

New Member Trees

bromaelor — 30 Jul 2006 2:08:13 GMT

Has anyone succeeded in uploading a ged file to the new Ancestry "Member Trees"? This new function is *very* impressive and mighty powerful, but at present I'm having to type in the data manually as it will not accept any of my ged files. I've created test files using various programs and they all fail.

Ian

Credit card transactions

martinbriscoe57 — 16 Sep 2006 12:24:01 GMT

A warning to anyone with an Ancestry subscription coming up for renewal. Credit card companies are blocking cards maing transactions to Ancestry at the moment.

There is a message in soc.genealogy.britain about it.

Happened to me yesterday.

Not sure what is going on.

MB

Missing pages

k0065126_1 — 10 Jun 2005 7:26:37 GMT

The 1861 census for Much Dewchurch, Herefordshire, ED7, (RG9/1816), contains only one page. In 1871 there are 10 pages for the same ED which covers the same area of the village.

Would Ancestry please check to see if there are any pages they have not provide an image for.

Viv

Ancestry communications

smeaglescave — 23 Jul 2006 7:40:47 GMT

Can Ancestry set up weekly/monthly email news updates with UK content & promotions, instead of US, for Ancestry.co.uk subscribers?

HELP UK CENSUS PROBLEMS

Dredge27 — 21 Jul 2006 1:06:31 GMT

I have tried contacting Ancestry, not very easy and when I have I have not had a reply, does anyone know how I can, for 2 weeks I have not been able to view without problems on the UK censuses. I have tried downloading the new viewer, and that doesn't work either. If I wrote what I am thinking then there would be a lot of bleeps as I am now getting very fed up with this.

Irene

1841 Scotland

Hugh_Watkins — 9 Jun 2006 11:19:07 GMT

is the latest news

http://ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1004

enjoy

Hugh W

Ancestry

eyesonly — 9 Jul 2006 9:52:55 GMT

Where is Ancestry? All I get is a blank screen if I try access any ancestry.co.uk web page. Is the problem thiers or mine?

Search form not always appearing

martinbriscoe57 — 1 May 2006 11:46:12 GMT

I am just changing over to a new laptop.

Having big problems with Ancestry. The census search forms are not always appearing. 1901 England is OK but 1901 Wales only shows a list of counties. Same happens on a lot of other forms.

I have had this happen before but usually self-cleared.

My old laptop is OK

I have been through the two comparing settings but can't see the difference.

I have turned Norton off completely without any effect.

I have cleared the cache.

I don't seem to have any cookies blocked in IE6 though it is showing some blocked on those pages but shows them also blocked on pages that do show the form.

Can anyone suggest anything that I might have overlooked?

Martin briscoe

Free access on Tuesday

martinbriscoe57 — 2 Jul 2006 12:16:06 GMT

i saw a message posted about Ancestry giving free access on Tuesday (US Independence Day).

Has anyone seen an official announcement about this?

I presume it to the US part of Ancestry.com which could be useful but if it includes UK records then I will tip off some friends.

Apparently OriginsNetwork is also free on Tuesday.

MB

Missing Data - 1841 & 1851 Census

RonaArm — 18 May 2006 5:23:57 GMT

Hello,

1841:
HO107/153/11 - Liskeard Cornwall
On Origins it comes through and is very readable. If I search on any of the names or the reference I get no results. Also a search on Liskeard as civil parish gets negative results.

1851:
HO107/1946
Unfortunately I don't have the full reference for this one, but for the life of me - I can't find Kenn in Somerset. My transcript I have from Gordon Beavington has them in the civil parish of Kenn, but if I search on it (or family I have there) I come up with negative results. There are parts of 1946 on Ancestry - just can't find Kenn.

I'm not sure what I should do with information - but I thought I'd start here, and see if anyone can see if it's just a "me" error and advise me whom I can notify if not.

Thanks
Rona

BMD Beta Indexes

jackietolfre — 1 May 2006 10:43:25 GMT

Anyone know what's happened to the BMD Beta Indexes? I logged on today (1 May) and they are gone!

Jackie

Where have the BMD Images gone? (England & Wales, post ~1910)

Alan — 4 May 2006 12:20:58 GMT

Hi folks,
Until about a week or so ago, there was a listing on Ancestry for the (Beta versions) of the B,M & D index IMAGES for England & Wales

(Not just the transcriptions from FreeBMD)

It now seems they have diappeared: we still can see the images on a sort of "merged" page. But only for the period 1837 to about 1910, where the FreeBMD transcriptions finish.

There doesn't seem to be any way of getting directly to the images for the post-1910 period (as we could until very recently)

Can anyone help?

Cheers
Alan

about this board

HughW36 — 1 May 2006 6:25:11 GMT

I had a chat with the Ancestry people in London about support here
and company rules mean that Myfamilyinc employees must not post here without permission

A senior member of the team will be contacting their public relations department to try and arrange help for us all here

With a thousand employees (twice as many as Google Inc) there obviously has to be a system.

Another possibility are a private board for users, or a beta test group, where a useful dialogue will be allowed

This could be like "The Danish Connection" on http://www.myfamily.com/ which is a private board usd by list members

also part of
http://www.myfamilyinc.com/default.aspx

see
http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/Company-Profiles/M/MyFamily-com-Inc...

looking for a PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT MANAGER to help identify and obtain digital publication and distribution rights to significant historical record collections from private and public institutions throughout the UK & Ireland. This position will report to the European Managing Director based in London.<<

job vacancies also show what is going on

Hugh W

Correction to spelling of surname SMETS not SONETS

muspramr — 24 Apr 2006 6:29:53 GMT

Reference HO 107/740/35/10 Edmund Stevens SMETS occupation sutler is incorrectly indexed as SONETS.

1841 UK census

bromaelor — 21 Apr 2006 10:50:34 GMT

It's there at last!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ian

1841 Census - Huntingdonshire

ancestry1901 — 30 Apr 2006 11:28:06 GMT

Piece 451 - books 11-14 are missing.
Piece 452 - books 1-10 are missing. Books 11 upwards seem to be OK.

I've reported this.

saturday in London

Hugh_Watkins — 26 Apr 2006 6:40:44 GMT

The local team will be available 10:00-17:00 to visit their stand and discuss issues with them at

Royal Horticultural Society,
New Hall & Conference Centre,
London SW1P 2PE
29th April 2006

also A Taste of Family History 11:30am-5 pm

28th April 2006 all the lectures are very very worthwhile especially thsoe given by archivists from for example Kew

http://www.sog.org.uk/
http://www.sog.org.uk/events/pdf/2006showpostera4.pdf

enjoy

Hugh W

UK DeLuxe Membership

martinbriscoe57 — 16 Apr 2006 9:55:55 GMT

I just did a search for something and was taken to a page telling me to take out UK DeLuxe membership.

This is the first time I have come across this.

When I check "My Account " it shows that I have "UK & Ireland Records Collection" membership which is not listed in the price list but from memory costs around the same as what they are quoting for UK DeLuxe.

Anyone know what is going on at Ancestry?

Martin

1841 UK Census coming soon, What is soon?

LisaMasters101 — 4 Apr 2006 3:29:28 GMT

You've been saying this for almost a year now!

Exact search tab and also 1851 problem

sharonbunter — 28 Feb 2006 1:33:58 GMT

I have lost the exact search tab on my screen, all I have is a little brown tab with no writing in it.
If i go into my browser history and call up an old search then I can get back the exact tab but it does not show the words exact only a small blue tab (driving me bonkers).
I have just deleted all my cookies but it made no difference.

The other thing that is extremely annoying lately is the search on the UK census collection, if you fill in the Birthplace - County or Island field then it finds no results for 1851 - however if you go to the search for 1851 only, then of course it finds them.

I get the feeling ancestry don't listen to this board anymore but fingers crossed!

cheers,
Sharon

Cant vieww census records

davidbird66 — 25 Mar 2006 1:22:47 GMT

I cant view the census records any more on Ancestry.co.uk
The search works ok but whenever I click on "view record" I am taken back to the search entry window.
This happens on my PC and My laptop they ahve both worked in the past.
Can it be something to do with my Ancestry account

Can any one help please
Ancestry havent answered my query
Dave

Henry Fry. 1871 census.

RaymondLloyd82 — 11 Mar 2006 4:41:57 GMT

I tried to find Henry Fry born Sherston, Wiltshire, abt 1805 in the 1871 census, by using the name search, no success.
I then found the 1871 census sheet for Henry Fry and family living in Sherston Magna Wiltshire, I had to trawl through the individual pages.
Please, when will these pages by transcribed.

Ray Lloyd.

Isleworth, Middlesex 1851 census - where is it?

ixmvbrenda — 16 Mar 2006 1:28:32 GMT

Isleworth doesn't seem to be included in the 1851 parishes for Middlesex. I am looking for a family that I know were living in Brewers Lane, Isleworth in 1851. I have looked at this film in the past at the LDS. If you search for anyone residing in Isleworth in 1851 it gives a zero result. If you search for someone born in Isleworth it gives a lot of results but all living elsewhere. Has Isleworth been included? I know that Isleworth is part of Brentford registration district, but after trying many search combinations still come up with nothing for anyone born in Isleworth. I have just found out that a search on the place of residence as Hounlow gives a zero result also.
Has anyone else had the same problem.

1871 England and Wales Census - Missing pieces

chussa — 17 Mar 2006 9:38:55 GMT

Hi, Has anybody been able to access RG10 piece 3961 folio 15.
I reported it missing in Mid-January using the on-line problem reporting system but have not heard anything in reply since.
This Piece no 3961 covers the west side of Blackburn Street in Radcliffe, Lancashire, England and is approximately half of Radcliffe .

Partial Free BMD Index

paulharrison85 — 8 Mar 2006 8:15:07 GMT

I've just looked for a marriage on the above and was pleasantly surprised to find a new search criterion - namely spouse's name.

On following a search through, however, I found that it is no longer possible to view names on a page or to see what the actual page in the volume is.

This renders the new serach facility unusable. Is it a mistake or has someone at 'Ancestry' got a twisted sense of humour ?! The pages were accessible a few days ago.

RG12/245, 246, 247 Shoreditch missing pages

jlester1581 — 27 Oct 2006 3:46:53 GMT

There are 112 images missing from RG12/246. All the missing images are versos of rectos which have been included (or vice versa). About 2500 names are therefore missing and have not been indexed. All the missing pages are available and readable in other sources.

There are also extensive problems with RG12/247, and a few pages are missing from RG12/245.

The above pieces cover Hoxton New Town.

Ancestry Problems

BrianVTeece44 — 19 May 2006 10:10:49 GMT

Is anyone else having problems with Ancestry - calling up the 1891 census for example produces "Error Processing Request" and when a search on other years is accepted, the results are not being displayed.

Brian Teece

New Beta BMD's

CarolColeman8353 — 2 Mar 2006 7:32:55 GMT

With there being so many errors and pages missing,why is there not a corrections box that we can use to advise Ancestry,as with all the censuses?

Carol

district error in 1881 england census

bromaelor — 1 Mar 2006 3:26:44 GMT

I've just tried to access the page RG11/62/127/41 by typing the district/folio/page details directly into the Ancestry search page for the 1881 England census, but nothing appears!

However, if I type the person's name his details appear but with the "Source information" appearing as 'RG11/Harmmersmith' (Ancestry's spelling not mine!!!) instead of 'RG11/0062'

Can this error be corrected please.

Subscriptions

The_Oakster — 28 Jan 2006 7:39:48 GMT

I have been subscribing to Ancestry for a couple of years now, and according to 'My Account' i am subscribed to 'Quarterly UK and Ireland Records Collection'.
How does this differ from the 'UK Deluxe Membership' - Do I get more, do I pay less, etc?

Corrections for John R R Tonkien - 1901 England Census

HughW36 — 5 Feb 2006 9:11:53 GMT

Given Name: J R R

Surname: Tolkien

Correction Type: Variation

Explanation: to be the famous writer

Contributed By: hughwatkins ( Contact This Person )

Contributed On: 9/4/2005 ( This name is not currently searchable )

why not?
makes your landing look silly

The 1901 Census contains names including Queen Victoria,
[no she is deadand in Frogmore mauseleum]
Charlie Chaplin [see Charles] , J.R.R. Tolkien [see TONKIEN]
and many more.
http://www.uk-census.org.uk/access.html?o_iid=22178

Hugh W

Anomalies in GRO Index (searches of)

Pauline_rootschat2 — 29 Jan 2006 9:02:20 GMT

Okay, I KNOW it's not the final release. The searches are missing out some quarters when you search on BOTH surname and forename.

Search 1944 for Curtis (surname only) births get this lot:

Christine A Curley Barry T Curtis 1944 Jan-Feb-Mar
Jonathan Currah Brian P Curtis 1944 Apr-May-Jun
Eric R Currie Joan M Curtis 1944 Jul-Aug-Sep
Josephine B Curran Edward G Curtis 1944 Oct-Nov-Dec

Search for Graham Curtis births in 1944 and you get only two quarters returned.

Carol A Curtis Raymond S Curzon-swallow 1944 Apr-May-Jun
Eric R Currie Joan M Curtis 1944 Jul-Aug-Sep

Pauline

Exact search 1861?

martinbriscoe57 — 11 Feb 2006 12:35:28 GMT

Is there a problem with Exact Search in the 1861 census

I just searched for John born Warrington 1789 +/- 1 year

I get these results

ew Record Name Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Relationship Civil Parish County/Island View Image

View Record John Abbott abt 1847 Warrington, Lancashire, England Lodger Freeholders Quarter Northumberland
View Record John Acton abt 1831 Warrington, Lancashire, England Head Warrington Lancashire
View Record John Adams abt 1831 Warrington, Lancashire, England Head Warrington Lancashire
View Record John R Ainsworth abt 1834 Warrington, Lancashire, England Son Warrington Lancashire
View Record John Alcock abt 1814 Warrington Head Chisworth Derbyshire
View Record John Alcock abt 1823 Warrington, Lancashire, England Head Great Bolton Lancashire
View Record John Alcock abt 1850 Warrington, Lancashire, England Son Warrington Lancashire
View Record John E Alcock abt 1850 Warrington, Lancashire, England Son Sutton Lancashire
View Record John Alderson abt 1836 Warrington, Lancashire, England Son Congleton Cheshire
View Record John A Alderson abt 1820 Warrington, Lancashire, England Visitor Birmingham Warwickshire
View Record John Allanson abt 1823 Warrington Boarder Everton Lancashire
View Record John Allanson abt 1811 Warrington, Lancashire, England Head Warrington Lancashire
View Record John Allanson abt 1847 Warrington, Lancashire, England Son Warrington Lancashire

plus lots more

It is ignoring the date of birth that I entered.

Martin

1841 Census

k0065126_1 — 7 Feb 2006 10:10:03 GMT

The latest issue of Ancestors magazine, published by The National Archive, has a short article on the 1841 census showing Laryn Brown of Ancestry scanning some pages, (about 30,000), which have never previously been scanned or filmed because the quality was poor. A picture of one page filmed 30 years ago showed no names, but the same page scanned using the latest equipment did show the names, very faint but possibly readable.

Apparently Ancestry are planning to release the 1841 census in the spring, so somewhere between April and the end of June, I hope.

Viv