I was lucky enough to get a play with this on Tuesday. London and Devon were available, so I could at least find some of my Dad's ancestors, if not my Mum's.
I'm really pleased that we get to see the householders' schedules themselves, not only because I get to see my ancestors' handwriting (very neat in most cases so far!) but because it allows for a bit of over-earnest filling in. My great-great-grandfather John Francis Jewitt has clearly recorded his children from his first marriage on the form, while widowed Louisa Hargrave has still filled in her details - informing me that there was another child who died. Now I have to track down that lost infant.
And, to my great joy, I have my great-grandparents in Devon (lying about their ages again). Not only does it include what is presumably Uncle Charlie, but their foster daughter, Auntie Elsie is there with them. And what's more, I can see that if there is another lost brother, he must have been between Uncle Charlie (born c. Dec 1910) and Uncle George (born August 1913).
As you can see, I need to study the GRO indexes closely now.
There was more, but I need to go and enter it into my info. Oh, and I've been to Somerset this time and I still haven't sorted that out fully, but it is my next step. I've updated the other four family lines.
So you never know, I might be telling you about what I found in Dec 2007 finally. It's amazing, isn't it?
And: Happy New Year everyone!
