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By: Blog - 1911 Census

Blog - 1911 Census — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:54:58 +0000

[...] that they have to cover the costs of transcription, staffing and so on but when they then brag on their blog about how many customers they’ve had you can start to imagine how much revenue they’ve [...]

By: John

John — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:19:05 +0000

I have discovered ancestors relatively erasily so far, and haven’t had any error messages at all. Well done for the team behind this having the foresight to take precautionary measures.

By: AC

AC — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:18:49 +0000

Inmates in lunatic asylums are often listed by initials and not names. THis may be the case here. If you search using a single letter as a surname, and restrict the search to Maidstone RD and residential place Barming, you will get some results (I tried this with ‘D’ and got 16 results, aged 17-78, both sexes.

By: iantester

iantester — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:52:23 +0000

@Noggin: In terms of volumes, the statement “The site is running smoothly” is overwhelmingly correct.

By: L Young

L Young — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:42:13 +0000

I cannot find Kent County Lunatic Asylum, Barming Heath, Maidstone on the 1911 census, why is this missing?
If it is listed- how do I find it?

I have tried by a named inmate and by place search, but can’t seem to locate it.

By: Noggin the Nog

Noggin the Nog — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:46:22 +0000

My apologies, the first statement should read

We are sorry but the image is not currently available.

By: Noggin the Nog

Noggin the Nog — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:42:57 +0000

This page is currently not available.

The site is running smoothly.

Which statement is correct?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:38:20 +0000

We are sorry but the image is not currently available.