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Census Lookups General Lookups => Census Lookup and Resource Requests => Census and Resource Discussion => Completed Census Requests => Topic started by: 'yr un drewllyd' on Tuesday 12 December 06 18:45 GMT (UK)
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How hard can it be? :(
Last month I could search away on ancestry, but now
I type in a christian name, surname, birth year give or take 2 and presto ............................ only results from the English census not the Welsh. So I go to the Wales 1881 census punch in the details, John Williams, 1839, wales, glamorgan, merthyr tydfil, male, and presto up come the reults with 1 or 2 stars first, the first names begining with A.
What am I doing wrong,?
A very frusted Drewllyd!
A very frustrated
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If you want the flexibility of both E & W census being initially scanned, you have to use the main page - then when you get a list of Census years, depending on how you structured the original search (specific or not to a county in E or W) you can chose England or Wales - an individual Census Year is EITHER England OR Wales
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In addition, try checking the box marked "exact searches only" - then you don;t have to fiddle around with all that stars business!
kind regards, Arranroots ;)
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Hi Drewllyd,
I just did the same search from Wales 1881 option & got the same result as you. However, when I did an exact search with +/- 2 yrs on his birth date...up he popped & one other.
Hope that helps,
Debbie :)
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do people actually use the non-exact search ?
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Yes ................................... walks of sheepishly! :-\
feeling very silly
thanks for the tips ::)
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do people actually use the non-exact search ?
Newfy!!
Chris, most of us are friendly!!
::) :D
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merely surprised, I tried it once ages back and it just didnt work for me - now I see that it gives the sort of results mentioned above (or below depending on how you have your threads presented .,..)
I'm vindicated - LOL
Chris, no offence - the best way to learn is to experiment, make a few mistakes, see what others do etc ;)
Cant speak for ArranRoots mind you !
;) ;)
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No offence taken, ask an obvious question ............................... get a straight answer ;D
Just played with it and found him in 1871 and 1881.
you're all lovely .................................... I think ;)
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that'll be me then :D
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I think he means me too ;)
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every man for himself :D ;)
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.................................... or woman
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Well, nice to see there are some Gentlemen here :) :P :)
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Whoops..just realised...I assumed my Welsh friend is a Man ...could be another Lady LOL!!!
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Debbie - if you knew the translation of 'drewllyd', you would probably put him down as a man ;)
but then again .....................
just hold the nose
Gadget ;D ;D ;D
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or a hermaphrodite ;)
a smelly one!
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Well you should be able to find Macreth's* on Ancestry. I've not come across any of them in the Wrexham area - perhaps the problem is genetic
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Nadolig Llawen ;)
*Mackreth :-[ :-[ :-[
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;D
undegun dyddiau cyfaill da fi
Nadolig Llawen ;D Nadolig Llawen ;D Nadolig Llawen
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I don't actualy get much chance to speak much Welsh in Watford and now my dad and uncle are no longer with us I'm the only Welsh speaker left, although my 6 year old can pass the time of the in it.
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Mackreth if you don't mind! ;)
Many Mackreths in Wrexham. They came down from the Lake District (Grassmere) in the late 1700's, Before this they were Makereths, but due to the fact they couldn't read and write it got changed to Mackreth (pronounced Makreath) and stuck. Wrexham is a stronghold for them I think, very few elsewhere.
I've never done a search on ancestry for them though as I've picked up some work done by a family member, so I could be wrong
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Just googled Mackreth and got here.... Do you know anyone who has researched th name Mackreth in the Lakes? I'm trying to prove a link with my line of Cape/McKensie's as in Cockermouth 1841 a Hannah Mackreth 79 is living with them. Later on in 1855 a Mackereth Cape is born in clearly named after family.
Any help appreciated!
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trots off to consult the oracle ....................................
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Mmmmmmmmmm,
Nope no Hannah threre. Let me have your email adress and I'll pass you over to the great sage of all things Mackreth.
My great uncle Frank did a great deal of research and spent a lot of time in the Lakes in the 1970s. The youngest of 6 sibblings he's still with us.
His work was followed up by the great sage herself and with the use of modern technology she has expanded on Frank Mackreth's works.
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Hi, Rootschat debutant here. Is this thread still alive &/or is it all sorted?
I am researching Mckenzie Mackreth and Robinsons and their variant spellings.
For info:My findings are that Hannah Mackreth was born a Robinson in 1761.
Mackreth Cape, the 6 of 13 kids all surviving to adulthood (i believe). Son of Eleanor McKenzie (my G Granddad sister) and William Cape.
Any shared research, to assist and confirm would be welcome. Thanks
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Hi,
Yes this is still alive (although it took me a while to find my login). William Cape and Eleanor McKenzie are my ggg grandparents. All my info is on my tree on ancestry.com (jamesperry196) also on Findmypast.
James
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Mackerth's sister Mary Cape married John Perry their son William Perry>William Perry>John Perry>me
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Hi James, Thanks for prompt reply to my out of the blue query.
Your family tree useful. And found you. Admittedly I have prob gleaned info from it before.
Clearly we are descendants of Eleanor's dad John Mckensie b1779 (I think) That's where my paternal research grind to a halt.
For info he married Margaret Mackreth - quite a trail of them in C'mouth.
Interestingly Margaret had triplets in 1829.
Regards bro