Hello Rootschatters, I'm after a favour, I hope it will be allowed to be done but please advise me if it is not possible and I apologise if this is the case.
Could a kind person look on Ancestory and download a page out of the 1851 census and send it to me (the original not a transcript, which I already have).
The reason why. I am with Find My Past and about 3 years ago I tried to extract the required page but it would not come up. I reported it to FindMyPast who advised me that they were looking into it and would advise me when it had been rectified. I heard nothing for about 3 months so got back in touch, same story and again nothing happened. I have just tried again and still the same.
I want the original for 2 reasons:
1. My 2 x G. Grandfather was born in North Yorkshire (it just states Yorkshire on the transcript) but apparently it states where he was born on the original (although it is very hard to read).
2. One of his children, Maria Thompson married a James Thompson 2 years later. The 1851 census has both families living at Westoe village which is actually a street and not a village (Westoe was the village, now part of South Shields). There were large houses in the street and from what I can work out they housed a few families in each house. Unfortunately no street numbers used so I want to see by looking at the no. of schedule to see how close my family lived to Maria's husband to be family (I have their details). Was it a 'living next door to Alice' case or were they farther apart. It's not a very large street and nice to know that you didn't have to go very far to find a husband/wife.
Details of my family: Robert (b.1804) & Margery (b. 1805) Thompson plus children, Robert S. James, Marin (should be Elizabeth), Margery John, William, James, George, HE (Henry Edward) & Albert. Their address is Westoe Village, South Shields, Durham
I hope it is possible for someone to obtain this for me without breaking rules, if not possible I apologise again. If it can be done it will probably have to be sent via a PM.
Many thanks, Paul
