Records missing from Find my past?

[ladynicotine]

Hi

I've been searching Find My Past, and I've discovered that numbers of census records for some of my family members are simply not showing up on there (I've found them on Ancestry).  Is this a known problem?  Or am I simply going mad?

Thanks

Lady Nicotine

[BumbleB]

Perhaps you could give us an example, so that we can have a search!

[Tickettyboo]

Hi Lady N

FindMyPast also has a facility to search the census by address so if you have these from Ancestry then try searching the address and see if they turn up that way.  It 'may' be a difference in transcription between the two sites?

Boo

[ladynicotine]

Thanks for these suggestions.
I've used the address search for 1891 and found the family name has been mistranscribed, so I've submitted corrections.

I can't use address search for 1901, as it's the name of a house where she was in service. I searched under the details of the head of the household, Arthur Benson, born 1853, living in Buckinghamshire, and added the name "Ada" (one of his daughters) as another person in the house. It brings up the correct record, and lists my ancestor as Ellen L Grove, born 1875 in Wandsworth, employed as a parlourmaid.

But then when I search using the details "Ellen L Grove, year of birth 1875, place of residence Buckinghamshire" it finds no records! And I did try clearing my cookies between searches as I've found FindMyPast is being a bit glitchy. Do they not make details of servants searchable or something?

Lady N

[Tickettyboo]

I've just searched for
First Name: Ellen L
Last Name: Grove
Birth year: 1875 +/-2
Birth County - left blank
Registration District - left blank
Parish - left blank
County
and this is where FindMyPast seems to trip people up, start typing the county name and a drop down list appears - you need to then click on the county in that list to make it 'stick'

and if I do that, then she pops up as the only result.

Boo

[ladynicotine]

It sounds a bit stupid, but can I ask how you're getting the options for "birth county" "registration district" and "parish" please? I'm selecting "search" from the main menu, then "census, land and surveys" and I'm only getting the options shown in the attached screenshot. I'm using an Android, but I've tried setting it to desktop mode as well, in case it was a display issue, but I still only get these options.

[Tickettyboo]

No it isn't stupid, its a perfectly valid question which I had to really think hard about to answer.

Sorry, I forgot I had searched the 1901 for Arthur Benson and checked she was with him, then I just altered the search from within the results page to then look for your Ellen.

Though if you go from the search screen you have posted,
first name: Ellen L
surname Grove
when : 1901
 birth year :1875 +/- 2 years
where: Buckinghamshire

she pops up as the only result  -if the variation is unticked on her first name or the top of two results if the tick is left in

Boo

[Dundee]

But then when I search using the details "Ellen L Grove, year of birth 1875, place of residence Buckinghamshire" it finds no records!

I searched just using this and Ellen on the 1901 is the first result.

Debra 

[ladynicotine]

Thank you all - good to know I'm not going quite as mad as I thought!