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Ahnentafel numbers, I am curious ......

Britjan

Britjan

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about the highest numbers forum members have been able to add to their LC lists.
For the sake of those who have families who had already emigrated I am equally curious about those who had direct ancestors alive at the time (1841) in other countries.
In honour of "Father's Day" I revisited my number 90 and 92 ( ironically both born c 1776) and decided that I had identified 1841 census data that I could reasonably enter for them. Since one of them is a "Smith" this was no easy task. My complete "numbers" collection on LC is still woefully small and decidedly lopsided, despite the fact that most were probably still living in England.

PS .... unfortunately the new data did nothing towards identifying new lost cousins..... sigh
 
I think the highest number ancestor I have been able to enter from the 1841 census is 249, and I think I have two others from that generation - 174 & 226
 
Amazing! The highest number I can enter from the 1841 census is 31 - a great-great grandmother.
 
I suspect you're younger than most of us, Pauline.

What I'd like to know is whether anyone has entered any living people on their My Ancestors page? Most likely if you have relatives on the US 1940 Census, but there must hundreds of people still alive who were on the 1911 Censuses.
 
peter said:
What I'd like to know is whether anyone has entered any living people on their My Ancestors page? Most likely if you have relatives on the US 1940 Census, but there must hundreds of people still alive who were on the 1911 Censuses.
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Interesting question
 
My highest numbers are 130 (pre-emigration) and 226. But then I haven't found everyone or put everyone on the Lost Cousins list yet!

As for the living people - my lowest number on the Lost Cousins 1911 census is 6... but unfortunately my grandfather (born in 1909), died in late 1980s. (One side of my family is quite "old" - that particular grandfather was 10 years older than my other grandfather, and his wife -my avatar- would have turned 100 this year if she was still living).

As for the numbers I can add - my paternal extensions mostly emigrated in the 1840s (a few of them from Scotland, the 1841 census of which isn't able to be added) and one side of my maternal line is missing because my g-grandfather was illegitimate!
 
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My highest ahnentafel number is 237 - I have 15 ancestors from that generation (my 5x great grandparents) listed on the 1841 census on Lost Cousins, and one of that generation made it to the 1881 census as well! As Peter says, that probably indicates I'm younger than most here.
The lowest ahnentafel number I have listed is 36, as almost all of my immigrant ancestors had left the UK for New Zealand by 1881. I have only one ancestor still living in the UK at the time of the 1911 census.
 
SuzanneD said:
The lowest ahnentafel number I have listed is 36, as almost all of my immigrant ancestors had left the UK for New Zealand by 1881. I have only one ancestor still living in the UK at the time of the 1911 census.
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I know how you feel! Although my tree is split down the middle - my mother and her parents were 10 pound Poms, so that side is completely in the UK; on the other hand, my father's side pretty much all emigrated to Australia by 1851 (other than the lone latecomer, his Scottish grandfather who emigrated in 1905).

I still have a bit of work to do before I have all of my 5th g-grandparents & 6th g-grandparents on Lost Cousins, the 130 ancestor is one of the only ones on my father's side who were in England in 1841.

Do we need to take an age poll?
 
Regarding Peter's post on people still being alive who appeared on the 1911 census, I have some new borns on the census who are no longer alive; can't find anyone younger than that.
 
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jorghes said:
I still have a bit of work to do before I have all of my 5th g-grandparents & 6th g-grandparents on Lost Cousins, the 130 ancestor is one of the only ones on my father's side who were in England in 1841.
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Lost Cousins has a long way to go if I'm to add my 5 and 6 great grandparents. I have one 6xggrandfather 1660-1726, another 1650-1724; another 1665-1774 ........... and so on!!!
 
I'll have to correct myself - found an error in my list of ancestors on Lost Cousins yesterday - my highest is actually 248 (73, born in 1786, although listed on the census as born in 1771) as well as my 226 (born in 1771). For my emigrating side, it's 126 (1791) and 130 (1786), both of whom had their children emigrate in 1840 - I still have bunch of them to find/list on Lost Cousins, so I'd better get to it!

(My lowest is still 6 on the 1911 census)
 
Pauline said:
I'm no spring chicken but I am not yet of retirement age.
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Well I'm past 70 and still have a part-time job so I am still not yet of "retirement age", at least not in my own mind!!
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Thanks to everyone who has jumped in so far, interesting reading so let's hope other members share. I have 4 as my lowest as well although it's along one of the shortest lines I have been able to identify pre 1851. I have a lot of "distants" born in 1910 and 1911 but so far nothing concrete to prove any are still alive.
 
jorghes said:
I still have bunch of them to find/list on Lost Cousins, so I'd better get to it!(My lowest is still 6 on the 1911 census)
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Well done Jorghes , and I'll take a small bow when "Red Dragon" announces this week's figures which I hope will include some of your entries.
Just came back to edit this as I see you have to hand enter your entries as you can't use Alex's marvelous programs, so double well done!!
 
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Britjan said:
I see you have to hand enter your entries as you can't use Alex's marvelous programs
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Have I missed something important? I thought that we all have to enter My Ancestor census references manually. I am not aware of Alexander having a program which could do that for me. Please don't shut me out from modern technology just because I am now another year older. Perhaps I have not heard about it because it is an app which only runs on a hand held computer? :confused:
 
My lowest is 2 - my father - on the 1911 census. I can't conceal the fact that I'm a Lost Cousins 'oldie' - in age maybe but not anything else!
 
Gillian said:
My lowest is 2 - my father - on the 1911 census. I can't conceal the fact that I'm a Lost Cousins 'oldie' - in age maybe but not anything else!
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Just missed with my Dad, born 11th June 1911, so.... 4,5,6,7 my low ones
 
Britjan said:
Just came back to edit this as I see you have to hand enter your entries as you can't use Alex's marvelous programs, so double well done!!
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Mea culpa ... that was a bit of hyperbole as to be honest I am not quite sure of all the features of Alex's stuff although I am sure some kind soul will set me straight. Can't use them myself for the time being so it was jealousy creeping in.
 
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