I had this for each entry:
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jU20xK8E6QU/TCOFmbo0V8I/AAAAAAAADPU/odGEgrekAH0/s320/Original+File+Names.bmp)
But a real reference number looks like this:
"For example, the full reference given for the 8 year-old Yeo-Thomas is:
RG14PN5076 RG78PN225 RD78 SD1 ED5 SN313"
-quoted from the excellent Lost Cousins tutorial on Mastering the 1911 Census.
So what was I to do? I, like many others, were trying to hurry and get as many copies of documents needed from the 1911 census as possible, so I just downloaded and went on my way.
The secret is actually inside the Lost Cousins tutorial:
Go to the Findmypast Census Reference Search.
But wait - you have to have a piece number!
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jU20xK8E6QU/TCOHJjEAUxI/AAAAAAAADPc/5ufZeRcP4Vw/s320/How+to+Identify+the+Piece+Numebr.bmp)
Ah hah! But where's the schedule number?
That's on your census, silly! Look at the upper right corner and it will give you the number.
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jU20xK8E6QU/TCOHmfiI7sI/AAAAAAAADPk/xtghycQSQbU/s320/Piece+and+Schedule+Number.bmp)
Click search.
And in the results, you will see:
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jU20xK8E6QU/TCOICjUdryI/AAAAAAAADPs/oiyfoWkGRe4/s320/Full+Census+Reference.bmp)
And that is the full reference number needed to record your census entry. Do yourself a favor and save that number - write it in your tree and add it to the file name.
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