On 23/10/2011 09:09, Ron Ferguson wrote: > The situation which Tony identifies is quite common in our censuses. The > location hasn't changed between censuses! The answer is simple (if you're > from here :-)): Hallam is a district with the city of Sheffield, as a > complete aside it is the constituency represented by our current deputy > Prime Minister, and it is not uncommon for different, enumerators and/or > indexers to be somewhat inconsistent in they way in which they record it. > There are times when boundaries do change but this is not one of them. > > Thus the record with "Nether Hallam" in it may be regarded as a more > specific version of the location. It is quite possible that there may be two > Cundy Streets within the city of Sheffield, and including the district > clarifies which one is being recorded. > > What I do is record exactly what is on the census for each year even if it > is the same as the previous year.
There is also the fact that the Civil Parish may be different for each Census, so whereas that particular street might be in the CP of "Sheffield" for one Census, the boundaries can be changed a bit or a new CP created for the next Census and that street now appears in "Nether Hallam." In this case I would enter "125, Cundy Street, Nether Hallam, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England" as the Census Event (other people might use Residence) address, but I would use either Nether Hallam or Sheffield, whichever is appropriate, as the Civil Parish in the Source Citation. It sometimes happens that a Census Civil Parish has the name of a certain village, but a person lives in a street in another village in the area. In that case, also, I will use the "correct address" for the Event but always use the Civil Parish (and County) for the Location field in the Source Citation. -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
