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The Lighter Side / Re: Myths debunked when doing family histroy.
« on: Monday 22 April 24 13:28 BST (UK) »Another myth debunked is when people say "the census will give which cottage our ancestors lived in then". Maybe more likely in later census records but not so much in earlier records, and even for later records you still have to do a bit of digging to find where in the village or hamlet the cottage/house/farm was. In cities it was easier as houses were numbered more often and streets named.You’re right - but then the street numbering of houses/dwellings in cities also changed over time as new buildings erected.
Could never find the correct entry for my house in Oxford in the 1939 Register though it was built before that date - it was built on a road which eventually joined two parallel roads and the numbering changed on both.
“Walking” with the Register round the locale was very discombobulating even though I knew it well