Census Response to Search Help
The response to a search of any census database consists of a tabular display of key fields in each of the matching records, along with the option to examine any particular record in more detail.
If the query request was for all rows of a specific page of the census then there are some additional options presented at the top of the page:
- A link to a district by district summary of the status of the transcription for this census.
- A link to a division by division summary of the status of the transcription of the current district.
- A link to the page by page status of the division to which the current page belongs.
- A button to display the complete transcription of the selected page.
- A button to see the image of the original census page.
Above the returned results there is a navigation and summary line. This has three parts:
- An arrow (<---) pointing left as a link. Clicking on this takes you to the previous page of results if there are multiple pages. If the request was for a specific family in the database, then this takes you to the previous family. If the request was for a specific page of the transcription, this takes you to the previous page in the division.
- A summary indicating how many, and which, rows of the response are displayed, and how many rows there are in the complete result. For example: returned rows 1 to 20 of 53. If the request was for a complete family this line identifies the family. For example: dist 97 Middlesex West, subdist 9 Delaware, family 57. If the request was for a complete page this line identifies the page. For example: dist 97 Middlesex West, subdist 9 Delaware, page 5.
- An arrow (--->) pointing right as a link. Clicking on this takes you to the next page of results if there are multiple pages. If the request was for a specific family in the database, then this takes you to the next family. If the request was for a specific page of the transcription, this takes you to the next page in the division.
The bulk of the page is taken up with the identifying fields from the result of the search, displayed as a table. The columns of the table consist of:
- A button. Clicking on this takes you to a page listing the value of every field in the specific record.
- If the request is for all of the members of a family or all the lines on a page, then the page number and line number are displayed.
- If the request was for a search of all censuses, not just for a single enumeration, the census identifier and province identifier are displayed.
- The name of the matching individual, surname first followed by the given names. This is color coded based upon the sex of the individual. If the line has been linked to the family tree then this underlined to show that it is a hyperlink to the associated individual page in the family tree.
- The (calculated) birth year of the individual.
- The birth place of the individual.
- The occupation of the individual.
- The enumeration sub-district (usually town, township, or city ward) in which the record was found.
Below the returned results there is a navigation line. This has two parts:
- An arrow (<---) pointing left as a link. Clicking on this takes you to the previous page of results if there are multiple pages. If the request was for a specific family in the database, then this takes you to the previous family. If the request was for a specific page of the transcription, this takes you to the previous page in the division.
- An arrow (--->) pointing right as a link. Clicking on this takes you to the next page of results if there are multiple pages. If the request was for a specific family in the database, then this takes you to the next family. If the request was for a specific page of the transcription, this takes you to the next page in the division.
