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Pieces in the Census                          73
Pieces that have survived                  72
Pieces on Line at FreeCEN.org.uk      51 (51)
Percentage of population on line        74 (74)
Pieces being transcribed                   12 (14)
Pieces being checked                          2 (4)
Pieces being validated                        0 (0)
Pieces waiting to be checked               0 (0)

(numbers in brackets show the situation last time we wrote)

1871 Census

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Several queries this month have been about entering addresses, so here's a reminder of some of the points to remember:

• Column F is for the house number (if there is one), G is for the rest of the address. Numbers such as "32 1/2" or "45&46" use both columns
  

  32	32 and a half High St
  45	45&46 London Road

• Sometimes an enumerator will put the street name at the top of the page and not bother to repeat it.  If there are ditto marks or house numbers by the other schedules on the page, or if the same street name is at the top of the next page too, then it's probably safe to enter the street name at every schedule. If you're unsure then use the default hyphen instead.
  
• A double slash // means the enumerator is moving on to a new house.  A single slash / means it's a new family in the same building, so the same address can be entered  even though the enumerator probably won't put it.
• Lodgers are usually included with the rest of the family under the one schedule number.  Sometimes the enumerator will give the lodger a schedule number of his own, so of course that needs to be entered.  If the lodger has been entered as "head" with his own family there, then he will need a schedule number of his own even if the enumerator hasn't given one.  Use zero if necessary.