Genealogy Chat

Thanks Brummijan,
I found the email funtion and contacted them.
It seems that the gedcom issue stems from a problem with my browsers.
I was using Safari on the Mac and Internet Expolorer on the windows PC.

It works using Google Chrome!

A gedcom is a way of condensing a family tree into a small file which can then be loaded onto other family tree programmes.
I want to upload it to GR

I emailed them quite recently so I am fairly sure you still can - the address is still in the 'contact us' bit.
Sorry, I am a tech numpty, and have no idea what 'export a gedcom' means!
:-D :-D

I dont know what's going on with Ancestry but I dont like their changes and how everything automatically defaults to a previous search.

I have also just discovered that there is no longer a facility to email them either!
Contact by phone only.

Have you tried to export a gedcom recently?
It doesn't work either.
It does export a gedcom into the dowloads folder but... it's empty?

GlasgowLass, I have noticed that too recently - glad it isn't just me, thought I was going mad! Very annoying isn't it.
Jan

Brummie... I tried that and the result was ZERO.
However, I was trying this whilst searching via the family members
I edited out all the last names and kept only the first names that I knew would be on the census.
I tried via each family member in turn and.. zilch.

Only when searching fresh ( using search) does this info come up.
Ancestry never used to be like this ...GRRR

Thanks

Just a tip - try searching with 1st names only, sometimes you get a result - my favourite find using this method is my Smith family, transcribed as Waitt!!
EDIT sorry, crossed posts there - yes, that's how I found them.
Jan

Thank you too Brummiejan.
I could not find that at all, even by leaving the surname blank??

Thank you so much Jacqueline.
Apologies re birth dates, I wasn't thinking straight.

I'm glad that I asked as this is definitely not on Ancestry.

Thankies
Anne

Ancestry:


1901 Scotland Census about Alexander Lockhart
Name: Alexander Lockhart
Age: 35
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1866
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Barbar Lockhart
Gender: Male
Where born: Neilston, Renfrewshire
Registration Number: 572/2
Registration district: Barrhead and Levern
Civil Parish: Barrhead and Levern
Town: Barrhead
County: Renfrewshire
Address: 102 Main St
Occupation: Cabinet Maker
ED: 9
Household schedule number: 75
LINE: 14
Roll: CSSCT1901_203
Household Members:
Name Age
Alexander Lockhart 35
Barbar Lockhart 27
Jeannie Lockhart 12
Alexander Lockhart 10
Maggie Lockhart 9
William Lockhart 3
Andrew Lockhart 1
Verta Lockhart 1 Mo

When asking for help, it's better to give birth years

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
102, Main Street, Barrhead, Neilston, Barrhead & Levern, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Print transcription Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Alexander Lochhead Head Married Male 35 1866 Cabinet Maker Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland Transcription
Barbra Lochhead Wife Married Female 27 1874 - Aberdeenshire, Scotland Transcription
Jeannie Lochhead Daughter - Female 12 1889 Scholar Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland Transcription
Alexander Lochhead Son - Male 10 1891 Scholar Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland Transcription
Maggie Lochhead Daughter - Female 9 1892 Scholar Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland Transcription
William Lochhead Son - Male 3 1898 - Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland Transcription
Andrew Lochhead Son - Male 1 1900 - Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland Transcription
Jerta Lochhead Daughter - Female 0 1901 - Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Could someone please check FMP for a possible 1901 census.
The relevant census that I'm looking does not appear on Ancestry and I wonder if FMP has it.

It's probable that the household may not have been enumerated at all in 1901, but the family is present and correct at in their Barrhead home at 1911?
A child was born here at the begining of March 1901 ( census date 31Mar)

Name Lochhead/Lochead.
Should be found in Barrhead or Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Head Alexander age about 38yrs b Neilston
wife Barbara abt 28yrs b Aberdeen
child William abt 4yrs b Barrhead
child Andrew abt 1yr b Barrhead
New infant Vesta Barbara b Barrhead

Household should also contain older children from an earlier marriage of the head

Thankies
Anne