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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: Stanwix England on Saturday 29 August 20 21:39 BST (UK)
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I know, it's me again. I really do try and solve my own problems before I come here. I even tried to find this farm on other census but with no joy.
What do you think this farm name is. It's in Nottingham, if that helps.
I think it's something like S***aths Farm, but I'm, not sure.
Thank you
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Can you please give the census reference so we can look at the whole page.
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Yes, sorry.
The farm name is next to George Locker, born in Arnold Nottinghamshire in 1796.
I don't actually know how to give a reference for a census.
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1851 census.
HO 107/2128/242/11
Looks like Sneaths Farm to me.
You can usually find the reference on the transcription, but I always take it from the actual image. You should always record the reference, often it’s the easiest way for other people to find what you’re referring to. :)
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Thank you very much. Thank you also for how to do the reference. :)
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You might find this useful
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/census-records/#11-the-national-archives-references-for-censuses
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Here is Plains farm
Which is the previous property
https://maps.nls.uk/view/101603115#zoom=5&lat=1083&lon=3270&layers=BT
Will post link to next map in a moment
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https://maps.nls.uk/view/101603139
It looks like Sneath’s to me too, but I cannot see it anywhere on either of these maps!
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A much clearer image on FindMyPast.
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Thank you everyone. :)
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I don't think that first letter is S at all. I would need to see the whole page to compare letters. Look how he's written the S on Samuel, completely different. Find another letter which looks like that first letter on a word you can read like a name.
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I don't think that first letter is S at all. I would need to see the whole page to compare letters.
If you look at reply #3, I have given the reference so that you can find the page and take a look at it (which I have done) :)
If it isn't S, what do you suggest that it is?
If you look at the entire page you can see that the enumerator actually wrote the letter 'S' in several different ways