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Title: My Heritage free censuses for 1 week
Post by: Cell on Wednesday 16 August 17 03:39 BST (UK)

Hi,
I don't know if anyone else has posted this, but for one week (started on the 14th August) you can search and view their Uk and Us censuses for free at  MyHeritage . You don't have to join up to view them. I recieved an email off them today regarding the offer, enjoy!
Here's the link https://blog.myheritage.com/2017/08/record-week-search-one-billion-census-records-for-free/
Kind Regards

Title: Re: My Heritage free censuses for 1 week
Post by: NettieS on Wednesday 16 August 17 05:57 BST (UK)

Thank You for posting the link Cell. Much appreciated.

Title: Re: My Heritage free censuses for 1 week
Post by: Mowsehowse on Wednesday 16 August 17 09:07 BST (UK)

Thanks for the heads up Cell.
 :)

Title: Re: My Heritage free censuses for 1 week
Post by: ABradley on Wednesday 16 August 17 09:40 BST (UK)

Thanks for that Cell

Andrew

Title: Re: My Heritage free censuses for 1 week
Post by: hurworth on Wednesday 16 August 17 12:15 BST (UK)

GERONIMO!!!!!!!

I have just found my gtgtgt-grandmother's father living in Shoreditch on the 1851 census at MyHeritage.  He must be mistranscribed on other sites because I have been looking for years. And his occupation is written very clearly. I had thought he may have been Irish, but he was actually from Reading.   

Title: Re: My Heritage free censuses for 1 week
Post by: ankerdine on Wednesday 16 August 17 14:20 BST (UK)

Thank you Cell. That's an amazing free offer from My Heritage.

Judy

Title: Re: My Heritage free censuses for 1 week
Post by: Ellenmai on Wednesday 16 August 17 14:41 BST (UK)

Thanks very much Cell  :)

Title: Re: My Heritage free censuses for 1 week
Post by: dawncat on Thursday 17 August 17 08:50 BST (UK)

thanks so much for posting

Title: Re: My Heritage free censuses for 1 week
Post by: Andrew Tarr on Thursday 17 August 17 09:49 BST (UK)

Thanks for the tip.  However I am rather underwhelmed by my result - I have just one connection with the US, a great-aunt and -uncle emigrated to New York in the 1890s.  I can find no trace of them on My Heritage, tho I have seen their census records elsewhere.  Seems their coverage is patchy.

Title: Re: My Heritage free censuses for 1 week
Post by: ABradley on Thursday 17 August 17 11:18 BST (UK)

I agree Andrew Tarr.
If we had to depend on this site we would achieve nothing. Even the results shown don't reflect the pitifully few details we are able to enter on the search field.
Scottish records are virtually non existent.

Andrew

Title: Re: My Heritage free censuses for 1 week
Post by: Cell on Thursday 17 August 17 12:30 BST (UK)

Hi,
I haven't tested their US records, only the British one, and that seems *good coverage for England and Wales only (*excluding Scotland) .I am not a paid up member to them and have never have been , I just receive  emails from them( I must have joined their site at sometime to receive emails from them way back).
Online Free Censuses for England  and Wales  without having to join up  (ie provide email address ect, or credit card details)  is a very good promotion/offer.
I don't need to use it myself as I hold a world sub with ancestry,  but thought it would help many people out.

Kind Regards

Title: Re: My Heritage free censuses for 1 week
Post by: ABradley on Thursday 17 August 17 12:44 BST (UK)

The thought is appreciated Cell.
We have all benefited from people who share these offers.

Andrew

Title: Re: My Heritage free censuses for 1 week
Post by: Rosinish on Thursday 17 August 17 13:17 BST (UK)

Thanks for the info. Cell,

I have never used this site although I have brought up info. on it from 'google' searches, enough to be able to manipulate it for extra info. to be able to work with  :D

Annie