Searching for censuses through ancestry.com (General)

by admin , Forest of Dean, Saturday, October 23, 2010, 10:20 (5150 days ago)

As I am not familiar with how you serach censuses on ancestry.com can someone help me out please with the query I have received from Frank Nash

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From the Forest of Dean Family History Website Keith Nash wrote:

In trying to use the census index (To find a very common ancestor) I have a series of references.
e.g. Box No2 Book 364/3 Folio 13- for HO107, but
no instructions on how to use them.
Where do I go? HELP PLEASE

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Original Message From: David Watkins

Keith

These are references to the census of which can view the full details. The full census details are not available for free online. You need to have a paid subscription to ancestry.com, findmypast or similar.

I suggest if you have found one of the names of interest that you post a message in our forum, quoting the name and details you have found in the index and there is a good chance someone will help you.

  Have a Good Day!

  David Watkins

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Hello David
Thanks for the reply.
I went to Ancestry site, but the references you give don't seem to mean anything on their site.

So I rang them.
Their helpline, (manned or should that be womamanned?)  also said she didn't understand the references???
"Perhaps it only means something on the FOD site" She said, "We don't have box numbers"

It would be helpful if you put a step-by-step set of instructions onto the FOD website of how to use your refernces to get to
the entry on the register in the ancestry index. ie walk the unenlightend to the end result.

I know nearly everyone who uses the site might figure it out eventually?, but for us oldies/thickies, realtime,  idiot-proof step by step instructions is the way to go.

I think the FOD website is brilliant, and I seem to find something good/ new each time I go there.

The person I seek, a lodger to my GGM, about whom I know nothing, except he figures once in a census at her address, and on my GF birth certicate.
Then he slips away into obscurity.

When I find the rascal, (Jones by name, in the Welsh borders?)  who apart from his slipperiness, and I suspect, undoubted charm.

Regards
Keith Nash