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   john to Steve Hayes   
   Re: 1871 Census in Derbyshire   
   22 Mar 22 12:42:51   
   
   From: namklim@gmail.com   
      
   On 22/03/2022 11:36, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   > On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 23:45:05 +0000, Charles Ellson   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:38:15 +0200, Steve Hayes   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I've been researching several families in the Beler   
   >>>   
   >> Belper?   
   >>   
   >>> 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?   
   >>>   
   >> Have you checked up on e.g. their neighbours to see if they (or rather   
   >> their addresses) are present ? That might also solve mistranscription   
   >> problems if someone has messed up reading the names.   
   >>   
   >> Were they in occupations which could have involved mobility?   
   >   
   > Most of them were framework knitters, quarrymen or coal miners.   
   >   
   > One moved from being a coalminer in the Belpwer district in 1861 to   
   > being a scavenger for the district council in Basford in   
   > Nottinghamshire in 1881, and was back down the mine in 1891, but in   
   > Nottinghamshire.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Why not give enough information (names,DoB, etc) so others can search   
   for them?   
      
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