1911 Census

[echokilo]

Can anyone tell me if there are plans to provide free access to the above or access via ancestry.co.uk? Where do you all access it as I am finding the 1911 website itself expensive ..... TIA

[dotty.]

ancestry.co.uk have purchased a copy of the 1911 return for Englanmd and Wales and according to their site news updates they are worling hard at transcribing it. If their past efforts are anything to go by, they will opt for speed over accuracy but that just means we will need to report the errors more.
They already have the summary books transcribed, which you can search for free, as you can do on the 1911 dedicated site and on FMP, these are a useful way of narrowing down your options and eliminating and selecting original images to check, therefore hopefully avoiding wasted fees.
ancestry have not given a launch date, nor have they mentioned that their fees will probably rise to account for the purchase, transcribing and internet ready work the 1911 will have cost them, but they will no doubt stall the release of their 1911 version until their usual scheduled subscription price increase,
The good thing about it will be that if it is on ancestry there will be free access to the 1911 via your local library, which is a positive.

[echokilo]

Thanks Dotty ..... will keep paying on the 1911census sight in the meantime!!

[craft1948]

I don't mind looking up 1911 for you echo...........I have a subscription membership with FMP.

[echokilo]

Thanks Craft - but I have some credits left at the moment - was just wondering when it might be included with my ancestry subscription as I get very dishearterned "wasting" credits when I get it wrong!!! Thanks very much for the offer and I will bear it in mind. x