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   Steve Hayes to sysop@endofthelinebbs.com   
   Re: 1871 Census in Derbyshire   
   22 Mar 22 12:32:45   
   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 10:21:49 -0500, Nigel Reed   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:38:15 +0200   
   >Steve Hayes  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I've been researching several families in the Beler registration   
   >> district in Derbyshire, mainly on FamilySearch, and haven't been able   
   >> to find any of them in the 1871 Census.   
   >>   
   >> Was there something wrong with it in Derbyshire, or is it just   
   >> FamilySearch?   
   >   
   >Is it possible they were not home at the time of the census? They could   
   >have been visiting friends or traveling? I've seen this occasionally.   
   >Have you tried surrounding areas?   
      
   I'd be rather surised if 20 different families were not at home on the   
   same night in 1871, yet were at home in 1861 and 1881.   
      
   Sorry, the district should be Belper.   
      
      
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