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Was this some sort of code that everyone at the time would have understood or is my imagingation running away with me?

You mean something like "Arranged in a great hurry so not enough time to invite a more extensive guest list" ?

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Given that that was not done, corrections submitted by relatives should be accepted.
Ancestry's handling of the 1921 census is a disgrace.

as far as I know user submitted 'corrections' are accepted and become searchable, albeit as alternates rather than replacing the original entry.

I don't see this being a particular problem, provided the search algorithm does pick up on user generated alternatives.  If we treat the transcriptions as a finding aid (and having spent days and days at the FRC winding forward and back through microfims I'm delighted to have whatever help we can get) then it isn't critical what the transcription says, so long as the right record can be found.

I have to say, rather than finding it a 'disgrace', I think Ancestry's approach to the 1921 census has been pretty good. Yes, it would be nice if they had retranscribed the whole lot, but just having an alternative means of searching the same data has been valuable to me.

I've found many 1921 households since the Ancestry launch that I'd spent hours looking for on FindMyPast with no joy - in particular by searching Ancestry for a different recordset for an individual (e.g. 1901 or 1911 census) and then seeing what gets listed in the 'suggested' records for the 1921 census.

Ancestry's approach to fuzzy searching - in my view - is delivering better results than FindMyPast.  If that is a byproduct of Ancestry having an awareness of inaccuracies in their data and developing a search algorithm to compensate then I'd say that was more than fine with me.    Getting a result from a finding aid is as important (more so IMV) than every record being transcribed with 100% accuracy... because, let's face it, the original data captured in 1921 was far from perfect.

This free weekend - including the 1921 census records - appears to have started already.

Just a caution: I can't see a closing time stated, but last year it was 10am rather than 1 minute to midnight as other sites tend to be, so don't have a lie in on Monday assuming you have all day.

I agree Chris, the last time there was a FindMyPast free period the access was cut at 10am Monday morning while I was in the middle of doing something, even though the marketing implied the access was free Friday through Monday.

Treat anything after 10am Monday as a bonus, but aim to be finished before then.

I often don't see your posts until it is too late, or sometimes the free ofer isn't relevant to me, but can I just say 'thanks' for regularly flagging up these freebies Chris - it is much appreciated.

Nick