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Topic: 1841/1851 Census Online for a small fee (Read 708 times)
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Rosemarie
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I discovered www.stepping-stones.co.uk last weekend - it has most, if
not yet quite all, of the Lancashire 1841 and 1851 censuses online.
They're not indexed so you have to search through the images one by
one.
You can search a large area for 14 days for just one 50p credit
which I think is good value - I thought I'd misunderstood the pricing
structure.
Minimum spend is £5 but unused credits do not have an
expiry date. I've found stacks of information for just £1.50 so far
including someone I've searched for for three years - it was worth the
whole of my £5 just for that.
Marie.
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« Last Edit: Saturday 22 October 05 21:38 BST (UK) by sarah »
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All Census Data included in this post is Crown Copyright (see: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk) IRELAND - Sauce, Hatchell, Connolly, Costello WALES - FLINT - Roberts CHESHIRE - IRBY - Ledsham, Roberts, Bennett LANCASHIRE - ALTCAR - Howard, Bolton LIVERPOOL - Howard HALEWOOD - Ellison, Turton, PRESCOT - Cross, Hornby, Prescott WIDNES - Connolly, Cross, Currie, Prescott MANCHESTER - Currie SCOTLAND - Currie, Lindsay, McDonald, Savage, |
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Rosemarie
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Hi Jakky
I'm sorry if you thought what I said was misleading but my message did say that the minimum spend was £5. Like you, however, I purchased ten poundsworth of credits but only because that seemed to be better value for me.
The stepping-stones site explains the charging structure before you register and the charge for viewing the same piece, or half of a piece, of a census (hundreds of pages) for two weeks is 50p. The only drawback as far as I'm concerned is that there's no index so it's quite time-consuming but two weeks gives me plenty of time to search. I make a note of the date I start viewing a piece and when I've got all the information I need (or think I need!) or at the end of the two weeks, I use another 50p credit and, usually, move on to another piece. Importantly, unlike on other sites, unused credits are not time-limited.
I don't know how long the site has been operating but if I'd found it earlier I'd have been saved a fortune in payments of £7 each (plus hopes dashed and heaps of disappointment) when I've purchased incorrect certificates from the GRO.
The first piece of the 1841 census I looked at confirmed a link I've spent the last three years trying to establish and gave me two more generations of our family as well. That, for me, was worth the whole ten pounds but at that stage I still had twenty four credits left.
Best wishes
Marie.
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All Census Data included in this post is Crown Copyright (see: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk) IRELAND - Sauce, Hatchell, Connolly, Costello WALES - FLINT - Roberts CHESHIRE - IRBY - Ledsham, Roberts, Bennett LANCASHIRE - ALTCAR - Howard, Bolton LIVERPOOL - Howard HALEWOOD - Ellison, Turton, PRESCOT - Cross, Hornby, Prescott WIDNES - Connolly, Cross, Currie, Prescott MANCHESTER - Currie SCOTLAND - Currie, Lindsay, McDonald, Savage, |
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