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Roll on 2009!! Please let there be something for more in the first of the releases next year.

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Mel

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No sure what you mean mel - something for more?
The article was very interesting but my heart sank when i read about the water damage. Parts of the manchester 1851 census were water-damaged and I lose track of some of mine as a result. I just know the ones i want most will either have been out ice skating all night or living in the area that got wet!
the only good thing about being a pessimist is sometimes you get pleasantly surprised and generally you don't get disappointed.

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Maureen
If you can't fight, wear a big 'at

Portia
I think what Mel was trying to say was "Something for moi" in her best midlands French accent.
Then again I could be totally wrong.

French didn't come into it though I did mean me! Not sure why I put more....brain and fingers not in sync!

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Mel

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Portia, have you heard about the 1851 unfilmed census project, led by Ray Hulley? Some of the Manchester returns that were water-damaged have now been transcribed by volunteers using specialized equipment.

There is some information on the site of the Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society.

Joan

I have Joan, but thanks for the suggestion. My aunt s a member of the Manchester FHS and helps out there sometimes. Apparently, even tho they've managed to transcribe some of the unfilmed pages, they haven't got everthing (or hadn't last I heard). It must be quite bad because I've seen films of some of the partly damaged pages and they're just black.
I did get lucky with one - she was right at the top of a page that was only legible for about 4 lines down.

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Maureen
If you can't fight, wear a big 'at

Hi Portia, I was a member of the Manchester and Lancs. Society for a few years because a branch of my Burnley family originated in Ashton-under-Lyne. The portion of that 1851 census that I need appears to be just missing - sooo frustrating.

Joan

Mine are chorlton-on -medlock & ardwick ones that are missing. Yours?

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Maureen
If you can't fight, wear a big 'at

Mine are Heaton Norris, Stockport, but I don't think they will come in with these.

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Gloria

I'd be dangerous with a brain.

The area I need is the eastern edge of Ashton-under-Lyne, on the border with Stalybridge. I contacted Ray Hulley about it several years ago but it isn't among the water-damaged ones he worked on. It appears to be just missing.

Joan