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Thanks Frodo, I'll try that.

I had found one ancestor that ended up in the workhouse following the death of his wife, (I guess we'd call it having a breakdown nowadays) He was lucky, he became a servant to the master eventually after 20 years as an inmate!

Martin.

Hi, After quite a long break I am back to tracing my family and need some help. What was meant by "Institution" in the 1841 census? Did it it refer only to a workhouse or asylum or was it broader to encompass such as lodging houses? I have come across entries with only four people which se...

I am looking to get one of my lines further back. When I get to Benjamin, my 3x Great Grandfather born 1799 in Hoddeston, Hertfordshire, Family Search, and even the IGI say no records found. It looks like he died on 11th July 1865. I have his Marriage, 24th July 1819 and his wife's name Sarah DYE. S...

In London from 1800s but may have come from Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.

Never found any where apart from London back to 1800.

Lots of spellings WETHEREL, WEATHERALL, WETHERALL etc mostly in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with odd visits to Suffolk until they came down to London around 1870

In Essex around St Ozyth and Marks Tey until they moved to London in the 1880s

In London from around 1880 but originally from Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk and the surrounding area.

Mostly in London from late 1800 but William MURRAY repeatedly put "Scotland" and that is rather a big place and there are an awful lot of MURRAYs up there.

Hi all, I have been dabbling on and off with family history for over 20 years. I transcribed part of the 1861 Great Yarmouth census as it wasn't available on FreeCen and I was searching there for an ancestor. - they chose to move to Loestoft! I got into writing the wealth of knowledge from my Mother...