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Surname distribution 1881/1998
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Roger in Sussex | Report | 16 Jan 2006 23:22 |
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It says in the explanation of the site that only names appearing in the census at least 100 times are included. Perhaps you put in a rare name? |
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Andrew | Report | 16 Jan 2006 21:12 |
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I entered a surname that I know exists but it returned no results |
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Heather | Report | 16 Jan 2006 16:53 |
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Im wondering just how accurate it is though. I fed in my Horstead lot (absolutely totally confined to either Norfolk or Northampton) and there was a bunch of colour up in Yorkshire. Well, I thought, thats a new lead. So I go to the 1881 to check out all these Yorkshire Horsteads - 2 of them. yep just two. I am wondering whether the soundex numbers are used rather than exact. |
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Gail | Report | 16 Jan 2006 13:39 |
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Cheers for that Heather, it's very interesting. Gail. |
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Rachel | Report | 16 Jan 2006 09:50 |
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Aha! I didn't realise that!- just tried & it works OK. Thanks so much for your help |
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Heather | Report | 16 Jan 2006 09:43 |
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Rachel, I pasted and copied, so guess it must be right. You are replacing the asterisks with full stops are you? I just typed it in to address bar and it is working ok for me. (GR wont allow website addies so we have to confuse them by replacing full stops) |
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Rachel | Report | 16 Jan 2006 09:37 |
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I've tried this web link and it comes up website not found. Please can you confirm the website address. Thank you. |
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Lovettpod | Report | 16 Jan 2006 09:08 |
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That's fun thanks Heather Helen |
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Heather | Report | 16 Jan 2006 09:00 |
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Just for a bit of fun and interest, this website will show you the distribution of your surname for the 1881 census and then again for the 1998: http://www*spatial-literacy*org/UCLnames/Surnames*aspx |
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