Determination of 1911 Census Schedule Number

[Bryman]

Please can someone help?

I entered the Piece and Schedule Number (228) for an entry from the 1911 census but when I checked for correctness using the grey arrow icon, a different surname was displayed for the family retrieved. I tried alternative values for the Schedule Number (225 and 226) but both resulted in wrong surnames.



FMP does not allow a Schedule Number to be specified when searching for the census entry so I don't know how to determine the correct value in a reasonable amount of time. If I remove the Schedule Number value and enter the family surname then the family census entries are displayed so I know that the Piece value is correct.

I have looked at the LC Help and elsewhere on this Forum but not seen anything which seems appropriate. Sorry if I have not been sufficiently alert or have been looking in the wrong place.

 

[peter]

If you don't have a Findmypast subscription you can get the schedule number from FamilySearch.

Also, please note that whilst Findmypast does not show a schedule number field on the search form, if you start your search by clicking the arrow on your My Ancestors page you can alter the schedule number in the URL.

 

[Bryman]

if you start your search by clicking the arrow on your My Ancestors page you can alter the schedule number in the URL.

Thank you Peter. That was the help that I was hoping for. I had not thought of that. I had only searched within the standard form for some way to enter the alternative values.

My memory vaguely recalls that this has been mentioned elsewhere in this Forum but I could not find the instance to jog my memory.

 

[Bryman]

Success. I have found the family merged in with another which was not on the original census form! The given surname for the head of household was also incorrectly transcribed so I will have to inform FMP to enable a correction or there will be no future matches forthcoming.