January 7th, 2012 
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Find My Past has announced that the previously blocked out infirmity column is now available to view. To celebrate this addition they are offering a reduced rate until 31 January 2012. The cost is 10 credits instead of 30 for a viewing of the original document or 5 credits instead of 10 for a transcript.
If you purchase a Full Subscription then you don’t have to pay the above as access to the 1911 census is included.
Posted in Census, Find My Past, Find My Past, Getting Started, Take It Further 
Tags: 1911 Census, Family History, Findmypast, Genealogy, Infirmity Column 
No Comments » December 30th, 2011 Linda Elliott 
Over 3.5 million transcripts of parish registers, census, vestry minutes etc. are available on this website. The indexes can be searched for free and if you find something of interest then you can purchase credits. The cost per record seems to be £1.50, which is certainly cheaper than a trip to the Archives for most researchers.
The website is created by four genealogists; Holly Wanless Cochran, Tony Whitehead, George Turns & Ken Coleman.
December 21st, 2011 Linda Elliott 
Just come across another great website run by volunteers. The introduction says ….
The Sheffield Indexers’ mission is to provide, via the Internet, accurate indexed transcriptions of genealogical records for access by all, free of charge.
The original site was first conceived in 2001 by Elaine Pickard. The intention was to index genealogical material, primarily specific to Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, especially Parish Registers and Burial information, into a simple to access format for people who who are interested in Sheffield Genealogy and have difficulty in obtaining the needed source material.
Access to the material is to be free of charge and that all transcriptions of records and management of the site would be from voluntary sources for the benefit of the genealogical community.
There are burial records, parish records, wills, directories, school records and a lot more. So if your people ever lived in Sheffield then this site needs to be bookmarked as you will be using it a lot !!
http://www.sheffieldindexers.com/
December 20th, 2011 Linda Elliott 
Don’t usually post about Scottish records (the English ones keep me more than busy!!), but FindMyPast has just released indexed transcripts for the 1871 census for the whole of Scotland.
No scans of the original forms, you would have to go to Scotlands People for those.
However transcripts are better than nothing and as long as you source where you got your information from that is ok by me 
Posted in Census, Find My Past, Getting Started Tags: 1871 Census, Family History, Findmypast, Genealogy, Scotland, Scotland's People No Comments » December 8th, 2011 Linda Elliott 
Ancestry have just put the 1911 census for London, Yorkshire & Lancashire is online. Yippee !! So lots to look at in the run up to Christmas.
Enjoy 
Posted in Ancestry.co.uk, Ancestry.co.uk, Census, Getting Started, Take It Further Tags: 1911, Ancestry.co.uk, Census, Family History, Genealogy, Lancashire, London, Yorkshire No Comments » October 27th, 2011 Linda Elliott 
Hooray the first batch of the 1911 census is indexed and ready for searching on Ancestry.co.uk. If you have people in Wales, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man then you are all set to go. The rest of us will have to wait a little longer, but it will be worth it.
The census is available on Ancestry, but you have to search page by page …. just like the old days. How quickly we have forgotten how things used to be!!
Posted in Ancestry.co.uk, Census Tags: 1911, Ancestry.co.uk, Census, Family History, Genealogy No Comments » October 24th, 2011 Linda Elliott 
Ancestry.com have announced that it will be making the US 1940 census free to view until 31 December 2012. The records will be released by the US National Archives on 2 April 2012 and then there will be a wait whilst they are indexed by Ancestry.
This census might be handy to search, when it is finally completed, for those 20th century ancestors who hopped over the water before the Second World War.
Familysearch has said they intend to keep the records free of charge, but it is not clear if they will be offering scans of the census as well as the index.
Posted in Ancestry.co.uk, Census, Familysearch.org, Getting Started Tags: Ancestry.com, Census, Family History, Familysearch, Genealogy, USA No Comments » October 21st, 2011 Linda Elliott 
The National Archives has an excellent podcast about the 1911 census. The talk is by renowned genealogist Dave Annal. The podcast and many more of interest to family historians are available to listen to or to download, all free of charge.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/
Posted in Census, Getting Started, National Archives Tags: Dave Annal, Family History, Genealogy, National Archives, Podcasts No Comments » May 25th, 2011 Linda Elliott ![clip_image002[5]](http://www.madaboutgenealogy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/clip_image00251.jpg "clip_image002[5]")
Good news! As of right now, anyone with a full Ancestry.co.uk membership can see every page from the 1911 Census. If you’re an Essentials, Premium or Worldwide member, you can start tracking down your family straight away in scanned record images from all over England, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
This is the first stage in our 1911 Census release. We’ve made all the scanned records available straight away, so you can benefit from them wherever your forebears were based.
At present, you can’t search the records like our other censuses. Instead, you need to use other resources, such as the 1911 Summary Books and 1901 Census, to work out where your family were living, then browse the new census records by county and district.
We’ve already started transcribing the records so we can make them fully searchable as quickly as possible. We’ll keep you updated on our progress and give you further release dates are soon as we can.
Until all the indexing is completed we shall just have to search the census like we did in the “old days” ! Actually that is no bad thing as it is amazing how many times you can scoop up other family members living nearby and it also gives you a sense of what the neighbourhood was like. Go and enjoy!!
Posted in Ancestry.co.uk, Census, Getting Started Tags: 1911, Ancestry.co.uk, Census, Family History, Genealogy No Comments » April 23rd, 2011 Linda Elliott 
Got an email from the FFHS this morning about a meeting that they attended regarding cuts at the LMA. Amongst the information given was news about what Ancestry is releasing next from the LMA. It seems that London wills and Electoral Rolls will go online later this year along with the 1911 census. These releases will be followed by City of London Freedoms and talks are being held with the Livery Companies about digitising their records which are held by the LMA.
So good news, plenty of helpful London additions coming our way. It was interesting to note that the 1911 census will be included in all subscriptions not just the more expensive ones. Findmypast has had a good run with their exclusive offering of the 1911 census and I am sure they paid dearly for that right, but it will be good to see the census more widely available and affordable.
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