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ErikaH

ErikaH Report 29 Apr 2018 12:04

I've always been able to search on both sites by location - just enter the name of the town/village and click 'search'

EDIT

I've just searched for 'Gotherington' in 1881 - 388 results

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 28 Apr 2018 23:24

Not sure if I'm understanding correctly, but I've just looked on Ancestry at 1871 and 1881 census putting nothing in the search criteria except for the village name.

All people living in the village were shown, with option to view their census images as I normally do.

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 28 Apr 2018 19:20

Okay, ta.

Researching:
Siggs of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and West London, Wise of North Hampshire, Wiltshire and North London and Aubrey/Whiting of South Wales/Herefordshire.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 28 Apr 2018 18:47

Don't think so on Ancestry but you can on FMP but it's a bit long winded

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 28 Apr 2018 18:30

It used to be possible, certainly on FMP to search by address rather than name, ie; stick in the name of a village for the 1881 census for example and it would return a result for every address within that village, it doesn't seem that can be done anymore, or can it ?!?

Researching:
Siggs of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and West London, Wise of North Hampshire, Wiltshire and North London and Aubrey/Whiting of South Wales/Herefordshire.