This article was originally published in the August 2005 edition of Soul Search, the journal of The Sole Society

From Trevor Saul

From Music Hall, on the net: Mr Saul S. Silver was manager of The Palace Theatre, Plymouth in 1945. Was his maternal Grandmother a Saul?

From Ruth Pringle

I thought it might be useful to know the census dates when researching, particularly children’s births.

Census night dates

1841 - June 7th

1851 - March 30th

1861 - April 8th

1871 - April 2nd

1881 - April 4th

1891 - April 5th

1901 - March 31st