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hi could anyone tell me when the 1911 cenus is out

There is a thread about it on the tips board that I shall bring forward for you.

i think like me audrey wants to know when 1911 census is available here on this site she prob like me are already paying for and don't wish to start paying or subscribing to any other site on top of already high fee

ANYONE KNOW???????????????????????

sorry maybe i didn't put it quite the way i was meaning
at present on gr i can view census records upto 1901 (gr) allows me access to those records through my membership
does anyone know when i will be able to view 1911 census records via
(GR) ?
ANYONE KNOW

Brian, you will not see it on GR.

I shall bring forward the thread on the tips board about census for you to read.

the only place you can view 1911 England census is through www.1911census.co.uk or your can reach through findmypast.com

it is free to search and you just pay to read transcripts

SO WE WILL NEVER SEE 1911 CENSUS RECORDS VIA (GR) EVER
AND WE WILL NEED TO REGISTER WITH A DIFFERENT SITE TO CONTINUE ANY FAMILY TREE WORK THAT MAY RELY ON 1911 CENSUS INFO?

YEAH IVE FOUND THAT OTHER SITE BUT WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT INFO WOULD BE AVAILABLE ON GR THIS YEAR IS THAT NOT CORRECT. OR ARE THEY CURRENTLY BIDDING FOR WRIGHTS TO USE OF?

Brian, the 1911 is pay per view at present and will be for some time to come.

The census has been released early, except for the "infirmity" column which will still not be available until 2012.

Please read all the information about it in the census thread on the tips board. Thanks.

SORRY JOY IVE BEEN ON TIPS BOARD WHAT DO I SEARCH FOR ON THERE DO I TYPE IN CENSUS THREAD?
SORRY A BIT CONFUSED?

Don't worry, we are all on upward learning curves ... :-)

It is about half way down, on the tips board, called census information for England and Wales

RIGHT I THINK I UNDERSTAND NOW (FIND MY PAST) HAS THE ONLY RIGHTS TO THE 1911 CENSUS, AND TO MOVE FORWARD I NEED TO JOIN UP WITH THEM.
I SOUGHT OF NEED TO KNOW SOON AS MY SUBSCRIPTION HERE ENDS SOON AND I DONT WANT TO PAY 2 SITES FOR OBVIOUS REASON.
my problem is my age if i was older i would have info for that era unfortunately ive started and my parent are to old to give me that info they just don't remember and i have a big gap in my tree, ive tried soton council site but i can't find how to get dob cert which could get me past this brickwall, any ideas
apart from obvious make some guesses and just buy birth certs that may be right?

forgive my need to know as soon as ,
i know people my age want info and info fast
ive learnt that some people spend nearly all there life searching there tree and i heard people spending 30 years on trees smaller than mine.
some people lack the luxury of time to find out info and for them i feel sorry that the info is out there for them just very hard to get at even when it has been released.
We now live in a world where even free information has been bought by some one to sale to us.
its like, we know when your grandad was born and where he lived and who with and if you can tell us we will let you know if your right for £3.60 a time. whoops

Hello Brian,

I agree with you that the information is freely available i.e. at the Records Office, but what we are paying for via Ancestry and other websites is accessibility. When I first started researching my family history there was no Ancestry so I used to visit the Records Office at £6 a time in fares. I then had to hazard a guess where my ancestors were living at census time - often wrongly - and trawl through endless reels of film in search of them. I for one am more than happy to pay Ancestry to allow me to press a button and up they pop. Genealogy is a hobby and like other hobbies there are expenses involved.

ive just thought of one new thing
FREEDOM OF ACCESS
pertaining to people and their familys,
we all have a fundamental right to any information held on us on computer etc inc and more so the internet, to be released to us at request
and if i'm right (for free) not for (fee)
in otherwords if someone holds info on my grandad that i wish to see i am entitled to view. this law came out many years ago.
whats stopping anyone requesting held info on them or their relative to be veiwed by them.
has the goverment or past goverment done a u turn on this.
someone out there must know.

Sorry Brian but what is your point. Personal information held on our ancestors would have to be requested by them - a bit difficult when they're dead!!

my point maggie is that if i had info on your family or past family alive or dead, that was released to the public domain from goverment or some other body .
would you be happy if i could open a web site and sale this information to other people.
maybe to some people who had no relation to you?
wouldn't i need your permission and if the answer is no,
would you be happy if some info was incorrect.
i don't mind paying for quick info but if i used this new site the same way as gr my bill would be about £1000+ by now for 6 months

i've seen many coments on here tonight about the other site and the small £3.95 fee to see 1 census
and it appears to me many people are happy to pay that
just shows credit crunch isn't in every ones home
cheers
would be interested in any coments of agreement

Brian

As far as I am aware the 1911 Census is free to view as it's public information - if you can get to Kew to look at it. How many people are able to do that easily - which is my point about being happy to pay for accessibility via websites like Ancestry. If you wait another couple of years it should move to a subscription website rather than pay per view so will be much cheaper

I totally agree Joan. Remember the old days trudging out in all weathers to the Records Office and trawling through reel after reel of film to find that elusive ancestor. The guy who challenged to get the 1911 census released early did brilliantly yet some people are never satisfied are they.