Comments on: brightsolid acquires Friends Reunited Group http://blog.1911census.co.uk/2009/08/brightsolid-acquires-friends-reunited-group/ official blog for 1911census.co.uk Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:41:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: iantester http://blog.1911census.co.uk/2009/08/brightsolid-acquires-friends-reunited-group/#comment-3672 iantester Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:04:43 +0000 http://blog.1911census.co.uk/?p=940#comment-3672 @Ian: this information has been available on this blog for about a week - full details and pricing are now available. @Ceri: The reason for the cost of the 1911 census has been covered in a number of other posts on this blog, but in essence, it cost millions of pounds to digitise the 1911 census and we are a commercial company, so we have to repay our loans! You'll have to ask ancestry directly if and when they plan to introduce the 1911 census: in the meantime, it is available on subscription from October on findmypast.com, as covered by a more recent posting on this blog. @Ian: this information has been available on this blog for about a week - full details and pricing are now available.

@Ceri: The reason for the cost of the 1911 census has been covered in a number of other posts on this blog, but in essence, it cost millions of pounds to digitise the 1911 census and we are a commercial company, so we have to repay our loans! You’ll have to ask ancestry directly if and when they plan to introduce the 1911 census: in the meantime, it is available on subscription from October on findmypast.com, as covered by a more recent posting on this blog.

]]> By: Ian W. Manifold http://blog.1911census.co.uk/2009/08/brightsolid-acquires-friends-reunited-group/#comment-3646 Ian W. Manifold Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:49:09 +0000 http://blog.1911census.co.uk/?p=940#comment-3646 It is still very disappointing, to be continually fobbed off that no date is as yet available for the addition of the 1911 Census to the subscription service. I can't believe a company that has just paid £25million for the Friends Reunited Group has not budgeted an exact date for the introduction of this service. If so it comes across as either a very unprofessional organisation or one that is trying to milk as much more from the very patient family historian and genealogist. I believe the company will continue to dangle the carrot of this service to the anticipant family historian with no intention of bringing the 1911 Census to the subscription service this year. I have spent over £100 on the 1911 site wnich would have bought me a full years membership to Find My Past. I am currently a member of Ancestry but would buy a full membership to Find My Past today if I knew that the 1911 Census was fully available. I feel reluctant to pay anymore on the pay to view service and I feel that not announcing the date for release of the 1911 is doing untold harm to the integrity of Brightsolid. Please no more waffle lets have the truth? It is still very disappointing, to be continually fobbed off that no date is as yet available for the addition of the 1911 Census to the subscription service.

I can’t believe a company that has just paid £25million for the Friends Reunited Group has not budgeted an exact date for the introduction of this service. If so it comes across as either a very unprofessional organisation or one that is trying to milk as much more from the very patient family historian and genealogist.

I believe the company will continue to dangle the carrot of this service to the anticipant family historian with no intention of bringing the 1911 Census to the subscription service this year.

I have spent over £100 on the 1911 site wnich would have bought me a full years membership to Find My Past. I am currently a member of Ancestry but would buy a full membership to Find My Past today if I knew that the 1911 Census was fully available. I feel reluctant to pay anymore on the pay to view service and I feel that not announcing the date for release of the 1911 is doing untold harm to the integrity of Brightsolid.

Please no more waffle lets have the truth?

]]> By: Ceri http://blog.1911census.co.uk/2009/08/brightsolid-acquires-friends-reunited-group/#comment-3630 Ceri Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:43:36 +0000 http://blog.1911census.co.uk/?p=940#comment-3630 Hi Please could you inform me why i have to pay to view the 1911 census records. I already subscribe to Ancestry.co therefore what timescale am i looking at to access the census as part of my subscription. Ceri Hi
Please could you inform me why i have to pay to view the 1911 census records.
I already subscribe to Ancestry.co therefore what timescale am i looking at to access the census as part of my subscription.
Ceri

]]> By: Mike http://blog.1911census.co.uk/2009/08/brightsolid-acquires-friends-reunited-group/#comment-3566 Mike Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:17:33 +0000 http://blog.1911census.co.uk/?p=940#comment-3566 Genes Reunited has been a trainwreck for the last few years of ITV's ownership. I hope it gets turned around quickly. Genes Reunited has been a trainwreck for the last few years of ITV’s ownership. I hope it gets turned around quickly.

]]> By: mark http://blog.1911census.co.uk/2009/08/brightsolid-acquires-friends-reunited-group/#comment-3554 mark Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:10:58 +0000 http://blog.1911census.co.uk/?p=940#comment-3554 I didn't understand the time reply either. I didn’t understand the time reply either.

]]> By: Katie http://blog.1911census.co.uk/2009/08/brightsolid-acquires-friends-reunited-group/#comment-3536 Katie Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:32:16 +0000 http://blog.1911census.co.uk/?p=940#comment-3536 Thanks, looking forward to it. As regards the time the US is behind us not 8+ hours ahead! Katie Thanks, looking forward to it. As regards the time the US is behind us not 8+ hours ahead!
Katie

]]> By: mark http://blog.1911census.co.uk/2009/08/brightsolid-acquires-friends-reunited-group/#comment-3534 mark Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:27:52 +0000 http://blog.1911census.co.uk/?p=940#comment-3534 Ian, Thanks for the reply, Regards Mark Ian,

Thanks for the reply,

Regards
Mark

]]> By: iantester http://blog.1911census.co.uk/2009/08/brightsolid-acquires-friends-reunited-group/#comment-3532 iantester Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:06:35 +0000 http://blog.1911census.co.uk/?p=940#comment-3532 @ Mark and Katie, Apologies for the delay in getting back to you: holidays and work (especially the friendsreunited acquisition) have been getting in the way, so sorry to leave you hanging. First of all, on timestamps on the blog - for some reason they had been set to US time - hopefully they are now reset closer to British Summer Time, as they should be. Apologies if we've accidentally made you look like insomniacs! Secondly, on subscriptions - we are working on the final details of this, but unfortunately still don't have an exact date for you. As soon as we do, you'll hear about it here first, followed by a 1911census.co.uk newsletter and the findmypast.com newsletter, so make sure you're signed up to them for the latest. @ Mark and Katie,

Apologies for the delay in getting back to you: holidays and work (especially the friendsreunited acquisition) have been getting in the way, so sorry to leave you hanging.

First of all, on timestamps on the blog - for some reason they had been set to US time - hopefully they are now reset closer to British Summer Time, as they should be. Apologies if we’ve accidentally made you look like insomniacs!

Secondly, on subscriptions - we are working on the final details of this, but unfortunately still don’t have an exact date for you. As soon as we do, you’ll hear about it here first, followed by a 1911census.co.uk newsletter and the findmypast.com newsletter, so make sure you’re signed up to them for the latest.

]]> By: mark http://blog.1911census.co.uk/2009/08/brightsolid-acquires-friends-reunited-group/#comment-3528 mark Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:43:22 +0000 http://blog.1911census.co.uk/?p=940#comment-3528 A few months ago there was a very fast response from 1911 when a question/comment was put to them (on this blog), Ian Tester was very quick to reply and to be fair a lot of comments that were negative were allowed. Both katie and myself have asked a couple of questions and no reply has been forthcoming, is there anybody there?? Mark A few months ago there was a very fast response from 1911 when a question/comment was put to them (on this blog), Ian Tester was very quick to reply and to be fair a lot of comments that were negative were allowed.

Both katie and myself have asked a couple of questions and no reply has been forthcoming, is there anybody there??

Mark

]]> By: Katie http://blog.1911census.co.uk/2009/08/brightsolid-acquires-friends-reunited-group/#comment-3526 Katie Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:53:57 +0000 http://blog.1911census.co.uk/?p=940#comment-3526 My last post was put on at 18.35 18/08/09 and the time now is 21.16. We haven't got to August 19 yet! Any ideas about timescales for 1911 census being on findmypast yet? Katie My last post was put on at 18.35 18/08/09 and the time now is 21.16. We haven’t got to August 19 yet!
Any ideas about timescales for 1911 census being on findmypast yet?

Katie

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