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From: Brian Randell <>
Subject: Re: No Information
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 09:56:17 +0100


Hi Diane:

>Thanks to all who responded and gave me encouragement. Unfortunately most
>of the respondees suggested that I go to my local Family History Center.
>That I have a problem with. It is over an hour away and I have a 1 year
>old and trying to get time away to go there is near to impossible.
>Especially now that the garden is producing and pickling time is upon us.
>
>I once again thank everyone who responded and hopefully someone will take
>pity on me and check their 1861 or 1871 census for the Devon area,
>especially around Egg Buckland.

The problem with your request is indicated in the following extract from
the GENUKI/Dev on FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) File:

8. Could some SKS look up the <?????> census for me?

The 1851 and 1881 census records have been fully indexed - and are available
very cheaply on CD-ROM from the LDS. With few exceptions (noted on the
relevant
GENUKI/Devon parish pages), other years have not been indexed, so it is only
appropriate to make a request relating to one of the other census years if
you
can provide a fairly exact address. ("SKS", by the way, is a fairly common
abbreviation for "Some Kind Soul.")

Thus unless you can identify either a (small) parish, or a particular
street address, lookups in 1861 or 1871 census records are very
time-consuming.

Sorry

Cheers

Brian Randell

Dept. of Computing Science, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 7RU, UK
EMAIL = PHONE = +44 191 222 7923
FAX = +44 191 222 8232 URL = http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/~brian.randel

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