I have only recently started my tree/genealogy but I have come across two 'missing' persons and I wondered what more experienced people would do with this data (regarding entry into FH) and how to proceed (regarding finding out more):
1: A Sarah Shephard was missing from her home on census night 1881 but a person with the same name appeared in the Smallpox Hospital, Islington two miles away. She reappeared later in the family.
2: Alice Shephard along with her older siblings(who may have got married - haven't found them yet)disappeared from the family home in Marylebone in the 1901 census and later re-appeared married in Paddington 1905 (M licence). On the 1901 census an Alice Shephard was employed as a 'housemaid' in a house in Paddington 10 minutes walk from where her future husband lived and from the marital home in 1911.
Any help appreciated
TIA
Eddie
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I assume you are mainly talking about UK Census Records, and that you have obtained a Transcript AND an Image of the original handwritten Census Form from an online genealogy website (or similar source).
1: Sarah Shephard
If Sarah was in hospital on the night of the 1881 Census, then she would not be mentioned in her household Census record at home, and would correctly only appear in the hospital Census record.
If the Name, Age, and Where Born on the Census all match your other sources, and you can find no other Sarah Shephard that matches better, then this is probably her.
2: Alice Shephard
Similar arguments apply for Alice about matching the data.
I recommend that you use the Ancestral Sources free download from this website, to capture your Census data and enter it into Family Historian in a more intuitive and semi-automatic way. This also ensures you enter the data in a more consistent and complete manner.
If you later find more details about Sarah or Alice, such as Birth Certificates or Parish Baptismal records, then these may help confirm your findings.
You can use the Citation Assessment and Source Note fields to indicate how certain you are about the data.
All the above can be amended or deleted at a later date if you find better data.
1: Sarah Shephard
If Sarah was in hospital on the night of the 1881 Census, then she would not be mentioned in her household Census record at home, and would correctly only appear in the hospital Census record.
If the Name, Age, and Where Born on the Census all match your other sources, and you can find no other Sarah Shephard that matches better, then this is probably her.
2: Alice Shephard
Similar arguments apply for Alice about matching the data.
I recommend that you use the Ancestral Sources free download from this website, to capture your Census data and enter it into Family Historian in a more intuitive and semi-automatic way. This also ensures you enter the data in a more consistent and complete manner.
If you later find more details about Sarah or Alice, such as Birth Certificates or Parish Baptismal records, then these may help confirm your findings.
You can use the Citation Assessment and Source Note fields to indicate how certain you are about the data.
All the above can be amended or deleted at a later date if you find better data.
Mike Tate ~ researching the Tate and Scott family history ~ tatewise ancestry
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Hi Eddie,
I am not really quite sure what advice you are looking for but if you mean that you are not certain that the missing person you have found in the census is actually the person you are looking for then I think you have two options:
1. Record the Census details against the person (I assume you are using Ancestral Sources - if not then I would highly recommend it) and add a note (bottom left hand side of the Census entry form) to the effect that you cannot be sure that this is the correct census entry but it fits all the known facts; or
2. Just add a note to the individual to the effect that you have identified a possible entry in the census but cannot be certain without further research.
It might be possible to consult the hospital records - check with the London Metropolitan Archives- if they don't have the records they might know where they are, assuming they have survived.
Proving that Alice Shephard working as a housemaid is the correct person is going to be much more difficult. At this time many girls worked as servants until they got married but as most of them were in private houses there are unlikely to be any surviving records. On the other hand, from the information you have given it seems highly likely that you have found the right person. So just follow either of the suggested methods above.
Good luck.
I am not really quite sure what advice you are looking for but if you mean that you are not certain that the missing person you have found in the census is actually the person you are looking for then I think you have two options:
1. Record the Census details against the person (I assume you are using Ancestral Sources - if not then I would highly recommend it) and add a note (bottom left hand side of the Census entry form) to the effect that you cannot be sure that this is the correct census entry but it fits all the known facts; or
2. Just add a note to the individual to the effect that you have identified a possible entry in the census but cannot be certain without further research.
It might be possible to consult the hospital records - check with the London Metropolitan Archives- if they don't have the records they might know where they are, assuming they have survived.
Proving that Alice Shephard working as a housemaid is the correct person is going to be much more difficult. At this time many girls worked as servants until they got married but as most of them were in private houses there are unlikely to be any surviving records. On the other hand, from the information you have given it seems highly likely that you have found the right person. So just follow either of the suggested methods above.
Good luck.
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Hello Tatewise
Thanks for the reply
Yes I have already done as you suggest, and I use Ancestral Sources, and all the data items matche the person I'm looking for so I guess I'll include them.
Do you know if it's possible to find any information from the hospital regarding patient in 1881 (long shot?)
I'm certain I won't find any more informaton regarding Alice
the housemaid.
Eddie
Thanks for the reply
Yes I have already done as you suggest, and I use Ancestral Sources, and all the data items matche the person I'm looking for so I guess I'll include them.
Do you know if it's possible to find any information from the hospital regarding patient in 1881 (long shot?)
I'm certain I won't find any more informaton regarding Alice
the housemaid.
Eddie
The Odd Person
Hello Gerry
It seems our replies crosssed over - you've answered my second post too - that's efficient[smile]
I will be building up a list of To Dos for the LMA and Westminster Archives (day trips I expect)
Thank you both
Eddie
It seems our replies crosssed over - you've answered my second post too - that's efficient[smile]
I will be building up a list of To Dos for the LMA and Westminster Archives (day trips I expect)
Thank you both
Eddie