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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: Finley 1 on Thursday 06 December 18 15:40 GMT (UK)
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If I enter
john clarke 1837 Leicester
why do I get
every other Name in the book
for instance
thomas - henry - etc 1837 Northampton
pages and pages to search..
surely John is John dont show me Henry please.... Leicester is Leicester NOT northampton 2.957 to search and not in simplistic order
2,000 of them were not John and Not Leicester..
One good thing they were all males that were offered..
Actually I am simply attempting to find my:
Frederick Clark/e shown on this 1871 census with his family -
and then off on his travels as his own mother has died and the lady on the census is his step mother.
So found a couple of possibles for him in 1881
but the only possible marriage I found for his was with the name ALFRED CLARKE father deceased JOHN Clarke. (which is correct..)
So had he always been known as FRED and not realised he was Frederick and when asked took Alfred or something.. or have I got the wrong Marriage..
1886 to Charlotte Tonks.. its on FindMyPast
so really need to find him in 1881 to see if he is Frederick or Alfred born in HYDES PASTURE Hinckley.
have sent for the pdf.. 3 more days...
what have I or am I missing.....(I know.. dont say it... sparkle - intuition - or just a plain brain :) :) )
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When I search FindMyPast with those details I get "no results found"
Do you have "include name variants" ticked or other options such as extra years added to the search etc?
Cheers
Guy
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Xin, you have it easy. If I enter my great grandmother's surname, Loughborough, whichever parameters I additionally set, I frequently get dozens and dozens and dozens of references to the town of Loughborough, and also Lord Loughborough which isn't even his surname. I even once searched with the name in inverted commas very specifically, "Kate Loughborough" , and I got an article about a performance of Kiss Me Kate, Loughborough Theatre.
I've also got a list of well over 30 different wrong and alternative spellings of Loughborough. Those Victorian clerks weren't that bright.
Martin
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The 1871 family are to be found at RG 10 / 3236 / 2/ 24, at Hyde Pastures, Watling Street Road.
In 1881 they are at RG 11 / 3132 / 81 / 4, but Frederick isn't with them
Watling Street Road
John Clarke, head, mar, 52, ag lab, Leicestershire, Hinckley
Elizabeth do, wife, mar, 43, Warwickshire, Coventry
William do, son, 5, Leicestershire, Hinckley
Emily do, daur, 3, do do
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thank you :)
thanks Guy I try not to add too many +-/ but with clark/e have to sometimes...
For Loughborough Mart try Sutherland :) ditto ::) ;D bloomin Duke...
Thanks Jenb.. will peruse :)
xin
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so really need to find him in 1881 to see if he is Frederick or Alfred born in HYDES PASTURE Hinckley.
He is shown as born 'Hydes' in 1871, but that doesn't mean he'll also be shown as that in subsequent censuses :-\
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think I have him... as a farm servant indoor in Kirkby mallory still checking it out..
then nothing till the marriage of an ALFRED Clarke that shows John Clarke (could be a different JC) as father deceased..
so that PDF is ordered..
the marriage is as above to Charlotte Tonks.. and then the further census show him with her.
Some Anc. trees have this Charlotte married to an Alfred who is son of Samuel.. but the have NO certs..
its so easy to add without proof.. the name Clark/e so common... aaargh..
need to assure myself that this is the correct Alf/Fred
The name Tonks.. I KNOW I have seen in previous records of my family.. but I cannot remember where......
Yes ... this is the correct marriage.. Ellen is Freds younger sister .. and HYDES later is known as Watling rd... its got to be. right. (please)
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xinia,
Have you tried doing the search before you log-in?
Crazy as it sounds I got more relevant results than if I searched after logging-in.
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I had to stop and think what you meant then....
Yes what I do is attempt to confuse their 'cling on bits!!! ' by opening up a new search.. without the tree I am researching being shown....
So that sounds crazy but it is to enable them not to know what results I already have .. and fix me up with the same same same links... :)
words leave my head when I need them and so I use a term that is similar.. until the right one comes back.. It gets worse
xin
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I didn't mean a opening a new search, although that does sometimes work.
FindMyPast's opening page allows one to enter a name etc. and only requires one to sign in when one tries to open a particular result. Ancestry used to do the same but no longer appears to do so. I have to admit it is some time since I had to resort to trying this trick, I don't use Ancestry much these days.
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when my brain has awoken... manyana
will have another look and comprehend more x
take care
time to sleep
xin
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Rather than type in the first name and surname search, I tend to type in the "What Else" search and add speech marks such as "James Slater" and I tend to get more relevant results. Maybe it is just me, but I find that can help.
It is annoying when you type in the surname search and get verbs.
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The 1871 family are to be found at RG 10 / 3236 / 2/ 24, at Hyde Pastures, Watling Street Road.
In 1881 they are at RG 11 / 3132 / 81 / 4, but Frederick isn't with them
Watling Street Road
Well the cert I sent for is NOT my Frederick.. so back to it..
He does seem to have become Alfred