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Offline katylowe1

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Census Handwriting Deciphering Please!
« on: Monday 23 August 10 10:10 BST (UK) »
Hi all

please could someone shed some light on this occupation? There are a few on the same census that are the same.

Many Thanks

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Re: Census Handwriting Deciphering Please!
« Reply #1 on: Monday 23 August 10 10:17 BST (UK) »
Hello Katy,

it means Female Servant - if you get any M S - male servant. Sometimes their jobs are specified but often it is just the initials.

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Re: Census Handwriting Deciphering Please!
« Reply #2 on: Monday 23 August 10 10:31 BST (UK) »
Katy, if you scroll down this page http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~framland/census/1841directions.htm you will see some of the instructions given to enumerators about entering occupations and abbreviations in the 1841 census.

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Re: Census Handwriting Deciphering Please!
« Reply #3 on: Monday 23 August 10 11:06 BST (UK) »
Thats great thankyou all!

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