Missing Parishes on Ancestry - your help Please.

[Sally P]

Hi there
   
Two months ago I wrote to Ancestry giving them the names & piece numbers for 14 parishes missed off of their 1841 census & was told they had "forwarded on this information to our programing department so they will be able to fix this bug."
   
A couple of days ago I wrote asking how much longer it would be before these parishes were online & recieved the following - ".... these problems get fixed in order of how many people report the problem."
   
 If any of you use Ancestry could I ask that you take a minute & report ALL of the missing parishes listed below please. I myself am only interested in North Mimms but went on to check Ancestry's list with The National Archive Hertfordshire 1841 listing (one parish at a time) which was how I got the piece numbers.
   
Parish/Piece number
Letchworth 437
North Mimms 442
Puttenham 442
Rushden 446
Sanden, TOWNSHIP: Red-Hill (part) 446
Shenley 442
St Albans 447
St Andrew 447
St John 447
Studham (part) 442
Therfield, TOWNSHIP:Buckland 446
Wakely 443
Wallington, TOWNSHIP: Red-Hill (part) 446
Yardley 446
   
Hopefully if enough researchers report the missing parishes then Hertfordshire 1841 will be fully searchable & some 'lost' ancestors will be found.
   
  Regards
  Sally in Essex, England
researching VISE/VYSE in North Mimms & Northaw, Hertfordshire.

[throckenholt]

I reported missing parts of Norfolk in the 1861 census about 2 years ago - it is still missing.

[Rick]

Sally

I have added the missing parishes that you have found to my own list on the Herts LOOKUP REQUESTS board.

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,156070.0.html

Rick

[Sally P]

Hi Rick

I check the Hertfordshire list on Ancestry every few days & will post a message to this thread if I find any of the missing pieces have been added.

Regards
Sally

[Rick]

I myself am only interested in North Mimms.
researching VISE/VYSE in North Mimms & Northaw, Hertfordshire.

Sally

I have access to North Mimms.  I have checked and found the following. Folios are very difficult to read.

HO107/442/1 - 22?
Water End
North Mimms
WISE William, 80, Ag lab, Not born in Herts.

Folio 24?
Water End
North Mimms

VINES? (all born in Herts)
Andrew, 35, Ag Lab
Amelia, 20
Mary, 4
Emily, 1

Folio 26?
Lodge St Giles
North Mimms

VISE (all born in Herts)
George, 35, Ag Lab
Charlotte, 35
George, 11
Jefries (sic) 9 (on closer inspection, it is actually JAMES!)
Emma, 6

Rick

[Sally P]

Thank you Rick

The George & Charlotte are mine, the Jefries (sic) I presume is my husband's gggrandad James as the age of 9 & position in the family given is right for him. 

I have written to Ancestry telling them that I have posted messages asking others to contact them about the missing pieces but as I don't know how many requests they need to get something done I am keeping my fingers crossed that enough researchers get in touch.

Thanks again for the VISE family on the 1841.

Regards
Sally

[trachelospermum]

Hi, I have just been looking on Ancestry for North Mimms myself for the Webb family. I will also report the problem! Hopefully they'll get the message! Jo

[marcie]

hi
i have also notified them re shenley and north mimms, any anthony,s out there who know please
marcie x

[LyndseyB]

Hi

I have been puzzled by the fact that none of my Freeman family appear on the 1841 census as living in Meesden.

When I went to the Parish Church in Meesden a few months ago I found baptisms, marriages and burials in the registers pre 1841 so I know they were there!

Do you think that it is part of the problems you have reported?

If so I will happily add my voice to your protest!

Lyndsey