Admitedely if you are not a member you just get the immediate one you looked for but you can get an idea of where they were living and do a search of the rest of the family, if you know who they are of course.

Sometimes looking through Ancestry.co.uk is daunting if the name is a common one.

But of course we are very lucky having the Forest of Dean site for research. Thankyou

Rita James
NZ

Sarah Jones 55
George Jones 15
Jane Jones 15
William Jones 8
David Jones 6
John Jones 2

EG.
HO107; Piece 364; Book: 2; Page: 20.

Thoose numbers will bring up

John Jones 45
Ruth Jones 45
Isaac Jones 15

Regards

David

So using the Ancestry look up ( at your library or home if you have a subscription)

1841 Census
HO107/ Piece 364 Book 3 Folio 13

Results ;-

Folio 13 right hand page - page 20
William Jones abt 1833 Gloucestershire, England St Briavells, Gloucestershire Ag Lab
David Jones abt 1835 Gloucestershire, England St Briavells, Gloucestershire Ag Lab
John Jones abt 1839 Gloucestershire, England St Briavells, Gloucestershire Ag Lab

Folio 13 left hand page - page 19
Sarah Jones abt 1786 Gloucestershire, England St Briavells, Gloucestershire Widow
Jane Jones abt 1826 Gloucestershire, England St Briavells, Gloucestershire
George Jones abt 1826 Gloucestershire, England St Briavells, Gloucestershire Ag Lab

The full citation for Sarah is :-

Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece 364; Book: 3;
Civil Parish: St Briavells; County: Gloucestershire;
Enumeration District: 10; Folio: 12; Page: 19; Line: 23;
GSU roll: 288776.

Also remember that ages in 1841 can often be rounded to multiples of 5 years i.e. 20, 25,30 etc

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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