2012

fmp have an exclusive

its a real shame that we are going to have to wait for the 1911 census to be up here on ancestry but you know as well as i the government will milk the 1911 for as long as they can. only when intrest starts to fall as it did with the 1901 will they let others onto the band wagon.

mean while i know this is not the soulotion for all but if you live near a center such as the family history centre or the sog in london (i am lucky i know living in london) who offer free access then take advantage. (find out if your lib' does)

the other thing you could do is if more than one of you in your family are tracing your ancestors then one of you could take out a sub for findmypast and the other for ancestry then give each other a visit/call and both of you can take advantage of both sites. it works well for my sister and i this way as we can compare notes. if one of you find something on one site the other can look on the other after all two heads are better than one. and whats a cost of a phone call between family. and family is important to us after all!

Here's Ancestry's response of 8th October 2009 (not very helpful I'm afraid):-
"The 1911 Census is currently only available via a pay-per-view agreement on the 1911 Census website.

Ancestry.co.uk is keen to offer members the richest and most diverse range of family history content available and has begun to discuss with The National Archives the possibility of securing a license to offer our own online access to the 1911 Census in the near future.

As part of our ongoing commitment to providing our members with the richest and most diverse set of historical records, in a world first Ancestry.co.uk will shortly launch online the collection of the London Metropolitan Archives, which predates civil registration in 1837 and date as far back as the 1500s."

adamsfamily1 - it is not the Government milking the punters which has caused Ancestry to not have the 1911; it is Brightsolid/FMP recouping the money they spent on getting it all scanned etc.

Ancestry is about the most commercial company out. They choose not to continue bidding, and they have no god-given right to have all the databases in the world.

It is what happens when everything is privatized - see how sport including England football matches has disappeared from terrestrial TV.

Manchester Library would be the closest for me but I prefer to do my research where possible from home as I don't have very good health.

I agree it's great when you can share info. with family - I do manage to do that with a distant cousin which is great!!