BETA: 8 more counties added to beta site
We’ve added eight new counties overnight - the counties now available are:
London (previously available)
Middlesex (previously available)
Staffordshire (previously available)
Wiltshire (previously available)
Bedfordshire - NEW
Berkshire - NEW
Buckinghamshire - NEW
Cambridgeshire - NEW
Cornwall - NEW
Devonshire - NEW
Dorsetshire - NEW
Gloucestershire - NEW
Enjoy!
December 23rd, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Have used the site and foud it to be very good but a little on the expensive side. However I think it would have been nice to have a broad spectrum of counties on the trial rather than mostly southern counties eg North Wales and the North of England.
December 24th, 2008 at 9:35 am
I have browsed through the site and found it to be very good indeed ,I can not comment on the prices because I need access to the County of Lancashire which is not available on this trial.
December 24th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
I cannot unerstand why so many people are complaining about the lack of counties available .This is a trial after all ! I think we should be grateful for this preview…well done to the team !
December 26th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
The price asked for viewing a page (£2.40 - £3.60, with no subscription option for unlimited use) is nothing short of scandalous. When the 1901 census was first released, it cost 75p to view a page. I know the government wants to recoup the costs of digitisation and publishing, but those prices will be a deterrent to many people, including me. Perhaps that is the intention.
December 27th, 2008 at 12:22 am
Congratulations to a job well done. All of your efforts have been worth it.
I have not found my grandparents on the Fellows side yet–I expect this is due to transcription errors. Unfortunately, engaging in any protracted digging and searching on this site is cost prohibitive. I have already spent a small fortune. I feel a bit like a gambler–”perhaps this search will be the lucky one”
This is not a site appropriate for in-depth research, it is a site better suited for downloading transcripts and census images when information is pretty well known. I do hope the cost comes down soon.