1851 & 1861 census.....

Baldy · Post by **Baldy** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:44 am

I am need of some advice for these 2 census.

I have William Beattie & wife Janet Beattie on the 1851 census being aged 40,so that would make their births abt 1811.

In the 1861 census it gives their ages as 47 (census being 10 yrs apart ?)
so making their yrs of birth abt 1814.

Can anyone tell me which one would be correct ????????

TIA
baldy (au)

Post by **Tracey** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:50 am

Hi TIA

Quite possibly both are. The age thing is not uncommon.
Have you actually viewed these census ? as the place they are living may give you more clues providing they didnt venture far.

Tracey

Baldy · Post by **Baldy** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:06 am

Hi
Yes I do have a copy of both census.

I am in the process of "trying" to up load them.
The problem that I ahve for uploading is that the census are in Photoshop format & I have to try and convert them to JPEG

baldy (au)

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:05 pm

Where did you manage to download census images in Photoshop format? The online images at SP are in TIF format.

Alcluith · Post by **Alcluith** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 1:37 pm

A nice free little programme to view images from SP is Infanview downloaded from http://www.irfanview.com.

It allows you to convert to a variety of formats---- well worth a look

Baldy · Post by **Baldy** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:23 am

Hi.
Many thanks for that program information.
I have been able to convert the images & submit them

Baldy (au)

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 7:59 am

Baldy wrote:Hi.
Many thanks for that program information.
I have been able to convert the images & submit them

Baldy (au)

Hi Baldy

What are the particular areas of the two images that are giving you problems?

David

Post by **Tracey** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:04 am

http://talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic. ... highlight=

Just incase anyone is wondering where the certificates are - or will be once they have been approved.

Baldy · Post by **Baldy** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:15 am

Hi David

The area is the ages of Thomas Beattie & Janet Beattie.
In the 1851 census it shows them as being aged 40.
The 1861 shows the as 47 ??

baldy

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:37 am

Baldy wrote:Hi David

The area is the ages of Thomas Beattie & Janet Beattie.
In the 1851 census it shows them as being aged 40.
The 1861 shows the as 47 ??

baldy

I'll comment further when it's possible to view the uploaded images.

David