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Member Since: December 2005 Posts: 14 Send Message	Nicola	Report	23 Mar 2008 16:10
Member Since: December 2005 Posts: 14 Send Message	Hi all, I've just spent hours on Ancestry (to which I subscribe) looking for someone in the 1881 census. Went on Findmypast for free and found it in the first search! Is Findmypast better than Ancestry, or was I just (un)lucky?
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	23 Mar 2008 16:21
	As the records were transcribed by two sets of people then you will get discrepancies.
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: December 2005 Posts: 14 Send Message	Nicola	Report	23 Mar 2008 16:37
Member Since: December 2005 Posts: 14 Send Message	I know what you mean, Glitter Baby, but neither had been mis-transcribed, it was just that the search facility on Findmypast seemed better...?