can anyone read 1871 census for me

[romanby]

i am trying to find the birthplace of my gggd Joseph Wall .in the 1871 census, he is a waggoner age 56, for aston birmingham deritend and bordesley lists his birthplace  as hereford P----idge   . help reading this placename would be greatly appreciated

[JenB]

I'd say it was Pembridge (written PemBridge)
(The reference is RG 10 / 3134 / 28 / 49)

[romanby]

dear Jenb   thank you for replying
Pembridge is what i thought but was not sure. i am new to rootschat and now wonder  what your reference refers to .

[JenB]

That's the census reference number, which can be used to identify any page in any census.

In this case:

RG 9 identifies the 1871 census
3134 identifies the 'piece number'
28 identifies the folio number
49 identifies the page number.

It sounds complicated, but in fact once you've got used to it it's fairly easy to cope with. Giving it makes it much easier to find pages really quickly.

[romanby]

thank you for explaining this to me