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Census and Resource Discussion / Re: 1911 By Subscription.
« on: Wednesday 16 September 09 17:46 BST (UK)  »
I have just seen, on another geneology website, that due to high cost of credits for 1911 they are increasing the number of credits available for subscription holders, but have not announced what it will be yet.

Evidently, for a stand-alone 1911 subscription they have not decided what the ceiling for credits will be.

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Census and Resource Discussion / Re: 1911 By Subscription.
« on: Tuesday 15 September 09 16:38 BST (UK)  »
I am not a FindMyPast subscriber but when I have tidied up some loose ends with family research I may take out the 6 month sub for £39.95 although I imagine plenty of geneology message board sites will have plenty of people offering to search for others .......... ?

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Census and Resource Discussion / Re: 1911 By Subscription.
« on: Friday 11 September 09 16:11 BST (UK)  »
I have the basic Ancestry subscription which on renewal was just over £80.  I think I have, over the past two years, had my moneys worth, particuarly with the WW1 Army records.  I don't even like to think of the number of hours I have spent on the site. 

On the 1911 I got through £7 in no time at all with only one direct hit (coal mining family in Wales, moved around a lot - needles in haystacks) so until it appears on a subscription basis or lists places of birth on search results I won't be visiting it again because I can't afford to.

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Census and Resource Discussion / Re: 1911 By Subscription.
« on: Friday 11 September 09 13:57 BST (UK)  »
I've come across some terrible transcriptions on Ancestry but at least there is an option of correcting in and it flags up 'alternative name' or something like that.

I'm sure not if there is anything similar on 1911 but someone I know who works in National Archives says they will correct the transcription if it does not match the original but they won't change it just because you know it is incorrect (for example Hadsney for Hackney.)

I didn't look at the originals on 1911, are there a lot of mistranscriptions that you have found Nick29?

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Census and Resource Discussion / Re: 1911 By Subscription.
« on: Thursday 10 September 09 13:56 BST (UK)  »
In case anyone is unware National Archives have started rolling out the 1911 Census free at 7 centres in the UK.  This will be for about a year, maybe less if demand is high.  Unfortunately I cannot get to any of them.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/stories/337.htm

Also, regarding Ancestry, I did not know that it can be accessed free from any public library.


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Census and Resource Discussion / Re: 1911 By Subscription.
« on: Thursday 10 September 09 12:43 BST (UK)  »
I use Ancestry, not FindMyPast and would willingly pay a subscription just for the 1911 census.

I only used the 1911 site for the first time yesterday and bought the minimum amount of credits, £6.95.  I was very surprised that the search results did not list place of birth as Ancestry do which (when dealing with a common name) enhances the possibility of choosing the right person.

I did eventually find the family by searching for the younger children and seeing if names and dobs were in the same district.  Unfortunately the Father and the daughter (my Grandma) were not listed.  With a common name I soon got through my credits without finding her.  As she was 18 at the time it is possible she was in service, which could be anywhere.  So I do hope for a subscription service to be announced.

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Census and Resource Discussion / Re: Incorrect Census transcriptions on Ancestry
« on: Thursday 13 December 07 18:52 GMT (UK)  »
Well I don't believe it!!  Sorry to sound like Victor Meldrew!  Just been back to check.  On the first page of the record on Ancestry there is a mistransciption of Mrs. Parsons (the lodger's wife) to my family's name and he has added a note that it is a mistranscription from the original.  Fair enough.  The original is very plainly Parsons, another case of sloppy transcription.  I'm afraid I don't take much notice of the title page and only go by the original.

However, I now find that the whole of my g grand mother and g grand father's family has now been changed to Parsons!!  Including Thomas, my great grandpa!

My great aunt Minnie would be turning in her grave,  :(  or is it the case that if you correct one name in a Census the whole Household automatically takes that alternate name?

I now have a contact email address for him so will get in touch when I have calmed down.

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Census and Resource Discussion / Re: Incorrect Census transcriptions on Ancestry
« on: Thursday 13 December 07 17:47 GMT (UK)  »
But what happens if a correction is entirely incorrect?

I have been researching my great grand-father and mother  and have them in the censuses up until 1901 and then until their deaths.  Just recently on checking a street name on the 1891 I find someone has made a correction to my great grand-mothers surname and changed it to Parsons.  There is no note in the comment section as why they thought she was someone else.  The only explanation I can think of is that Thomas and Mary had a young married couple as lodgers at the time called Parsons and they assumed my great grandma was Mr. Parson's mother.  :-\   She is clearly listed as wife to Thomas.  If they had checked previous and following censuses they would have clearly seen all the family members together and known it couldn't have been Mary Parsons.  (They never moved more than 2 streets away)

I have emailed Ancestry about it asking them to change it back and giving my reasons but as yet have had no answer.

I don't think people should be allowed to alter names without giving an explanation.  It has made me very cross and if it's not removed it will make it more confusing for other researchers

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Channel Islands Lookup Requests / Re: Birth/Marriage Look Up 1841-1845 - Jersey
« on: Tuesday 11 December 07 18:28 GMT (UK)  »
Evening Stewart

Just home from work and seen your message.  That's fantastic!

Eleanor (witness) was Martha's sister.  I wonder if the fact that both their fathers were shipwrights that is how they met? 

I did have Edward as born in Woolwich from the 1841 Census where he is listed as a builder.  In 1846 in Devon, I cannot find them in 1851, from 1853 onwards they are in London, in 1861 he is just a bricklayer, in 1871 a bricklayer (infirm) and he dies in 1873.

Martha was living with her youngest child Edbrooke Francis Gibson and his family until some time between 1891 and 1900 when they moved out of the East End to Essex and she didn't go with them.  In 1901 she was living in St. James Chambers, Poplar, which was a "common lodging house" aged 81, occupation needlewoman.  She died Poplar 1903.  Rather a sad end I think.  Neither she nor any of her sisters had occupations in 1841 so I think they were reasonably well off not to have to work.

I doubt I will be able to find Samuel Gibson, Shipwright in '41 or '51 but I'll certainly try! 

Once again, very, very, many thanks for your kindness in doing this for me.  Hugely appreciated.

Martha

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