Comments on: Counties available on the site at launch

By: lesleymcg

lesleymcg — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:49:03 +0000

Has anybody else had any problems with searching for members of their family in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent ?

By: iantester

iantester — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:46:36 +0000

@Frank Brash: as you can see, we have extended the validity of credits to allow users to search for counties which are not yet online.

By: jill forster

jill forster — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:11:24 +0000

like many of the researchers above I could not believe that the northern counties had been missed, I think the census should have been released all on the same day even if it meant waiting a while longer, and if there’s only a small amount to do how much will it take, northern researcher[cumbria] talk about the great divide

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:44:32 +0000

Phil Nicholson Says:

January 26th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Why launch the incomplete census?I agree with the comments - the corners of GB are yet again disregarded.I disappointed Northern researcher!

RESPONSE . . .

Phil, get used to it mate. You (like me) are a genuine fully fledged “2nd class citizen” as far as findmypast.com are concerned.

We do not even have our counties on the “1901″ Census yet (never mind 1911!!!!!) can you believe that. (yes, I’m sure you can).

Oh . . to be an Essex girl . . . a member of the “findmypast.com privileged class”

By: gill

gill — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:35:10 +0000

I have also had problems locating my German ancestors on the 1911 census. The parents were listed as ‘German subjects’ on the 1901 census. I am also wondering if this is to do with omission during the war. I am aware that my great granmother changed her name around this time, but I cannot locate the family under the changed name either.

By: Phil Nicholson

Phil Nicholson — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:26:16 +0000

Why launch the incomplete census?I agree with the comments - the corners of GB are yet again disregarded.I disappointed Northern researcher!

By: Dr David Alan Gatley

Dr David Alan Gatley — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:16:43 +0000

Has anyone had difficult searching for German or Austrian ancestors in the 1911 census?

I have not found one particular family I’m looking for and I’m wondering if their census schedule was removed from the original bundle on the outbreak of war in 1914 so that the family could be registered as nationals from an enemy nation.

David

By: Northerner

Northerner — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:51:30 +0000

As someone who only has ancestors from Durham and Northumberland, Cumberland and North Yorkshire, and still live in the area myself I am very disappointed that these counties have to wait. The launch was heralded on all the local news stations with great fanfare, but no mention that our area was missed for now. Also I feel that a lack of a date for when these counties will be included is a poor excuse. This far through a major digitising project, you should have a fair idea of how long it should take. As you say yourselves you’ve already done 83%, how long can the other 17% take?

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:35:21 +0000

iantester says - “Springy is more likely than Summery for the remaining English counties but beyond that we can’t be more precise - we are looking into exactly this question at the moment”.

I say - you just don’t care do you. You and your local area (London and the South no doubt) are OK, so you do not care less about anyone else. Your behaviour and parochialism is pathetic. You should be ashamed

By: Frank Brash

Frank Brash — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:30:18 +0000

You should either have waited until everything was available or made it very clear what you did or did not cover before getting people to buy credits, which will now probably expire before you make Durham (which is all I’m really interested in) becomes available.

I’m sure this would not be right under trading standards.