1881 census with 'A' in the folio number

[lindy]

I apologise if this has been covered before. I've entered a household without entering the 'A' in the folio, as instructed. When I hit the grey check arrow FMP can't find the entry. But if I then manually alter the search including the A the page pops up. Looking at other transcriptions Ancestry includes the A and FamilySearch does not. I'm confused!

 

[peter]

Alphabetic suffixes were only used when an error was made during the numbering of the folios. They are so rare that we disregard them - most people never see one.

If you want to confirm your entry against the census you can do this by manually adjusting the folio reference shown on the search form.

 

[lindy]

Thank you. I did manually check the entry.