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« on: Sunday 05 June 22 21:31 BST (UK) »
I've always thought trying to track me down as a child might prove difficult if only census returns are relied on.
I was born in Suffolk but the 1951 census would show me in Norfolk.
The 1961 census shows me back in Suffolk.
But in actual fact between 1951 and 1961 I lived in Norfolk, Yorkshire, Huntingdonshire, Cyprus (2 years), Blackpool, Suffolk again, Cambridge & then back to Suffolk.
So when I'm researching I try to bear in mind that people didn't necessarily stay in the same place all the time, even if the ten-yearly view of them might suggest that.