No images on Ancestry

[wilcoxon]

There is a post on RC asking for help about a word from a baptism.
I asked for the details so we could look for ourselves.
The image was posted so we could see, it was the original image from FindMyPast.
When I checked it on Ancestry  a  text only result  was given and the word in question wasn`t there and it really was quite important.
On checking other Cheshire PRs no original images are there.
I checked other counties and some do have images but some don`t.
  Am I not searching correctly or is there a reason they are not shown.
 I fail to see why FindMyPast gives them when Ancestry doesn`t.

[maddys52]

As you have discovered, Ancestry and findmypast have different coverage of original images. It's often worthwhile checking before subscribing to see if a particular area is covered by a particular subscription site.

Modified to add:
Are you using the "Card Catelogue" search on Ancestry to see what is available?

[Jomot]

The various records offices etc don't generally provide the family history information for free, so it's likely that FindMyPast has an exclusive contract allowing them to publish the images.

[melba_schmelba]

Many text only records on Ancestry are from the Mormon indexes i.e. what is on familysearch. Ancestry and Findmypast have different contracts with different county archives to digitize and index their records.

[wilcoxon]

Thanks everyone.