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Post by llosgi calch on Jan 16, 2009 18:18:19 GMT
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Post by llosgi calch on Jan 16, 2009 18:22:13 GMT
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Post by celticar on Jan 16, 2009 23:39:59 GMT
Does any one have an idea how long we have to wait in Wales ? The answer over the coming months is a little vague.
Garry
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Post by jojo on Jan 17, 2009 15:50:52 GMT
Have heard mention of "summer" but who knows. It's going to cost a ***** fortune anyway as a pay per view looking for Jones & Roberts is going to be very expensive
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Post by annedw on Jan 18, 2009 12:57:45 GMT
Someone has sent me an original image, and there is a lot of detail. Also it`s signed by the head. Apart from the usual it also says how long person has been married, total of children born alive to each person, children still living and how many have died. Really useful. So I know Charlotte Stewart age 80 and a widow has been married 50 years , had 10 children, 8 alive 2 died. Two eldest aged 48 and 49 were born in Canada, the youngest is 33 and they are all still single . The two Wilcoxons living there are `visitors`aged 5 and 8 but I know that really they were being `fostered` . I know both are male, but one that was originally entered in the male column has been crossed through and is down as female The eldest is Robert Owen Wilcoxon, and the other is Harry Wilcoxon, who later came to fame as a filmstar better known as Henry Wilcoxon. They are related to me. For a really good peice of work about Robert Owen and how he died at Dunkirk search for him at- www.scribd.com/ Luckily Wilcoxon is a pretty unusual name, but as for my Welsh side of the family , Hughes, Foulkes , Jones I think a second mortage ( if you can still get one) might be needed.
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Post by margaret on Jan 18, 2009 14:59:09 GMT
I could not resist the urge - despite reading some negative comments regarding charges and transcription errors - I argued with myself that because I had only one small branch of family in England then it would not be too much of a burden.
To keep the costs down, I have only been to the 'view transripts 'section, which costs 10 credits, as opposed to the 30 credits required to view the image. I have had some good results so far. The useful thing about the transcript is that you still see the full address, names, ages, occupations and places of birth. Also, the most beneficial to me has been the inclusion of how many years a couple has been married. This means that I then can go over to Free BMD knowing the year of the marriage and then find the maiden name of the wife. Prior to this I had mainly Christian names only on my tree - it is now rapidly expanding.
One of the interesting changes that I have noticed in my family has been the changes in occupations - whereas as the norm was up to 1901 that of farm labourers & miners for the male side and servants for the females has now progressed to Railway Workers for the males and for the females Telephonists and even a Showroom Assistant.
I am sure that when the 1901 Census first became available this was also a 'Pay to View' site and that it covered England first before the Welsh counties came on line.
Regards - Margaret.
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Post by eluned on Jan 18, 2009 15:34:14 GMT
Hi All, I have managed to find some of my Englsh ancestors but like Margaret, I have gone for the transcriptions as the originals at £3+ each are rather expensive. The 1911 will be available on subscription at Find My Past later in the year so heres hoping that librarys and FHSs decide to purchase one The transcriptions seem poor but not having seen the originals perhaps mine were just bad spellers with some of the Welsh family members being born "Bwtch Gwin" and another "Cold Palsh" ;D ;D ;D I don't remember Wales coming online any later than the English counties when the 1901 was released I'm afraid but perhaps I'm wrong. The difference back then was that census was also available to veiw locally on fiche which did mean we could still see it relatively cheaply. Lynn
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Post by llosgi calch on Jan 26, 2009 23:01:04 GMT
Thanks Annette, for sharing info on the 1911 census... Really looking forward to tracking our ancestors once the cymru census collection is available.
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Post by eluned on Feb 6, 2009 17:54:02 GMT
New features have been added to help you to search. Wildcards and ‘name starting with’, Increased date ranges, Variants of names, and a new image viewer so that you no longer have to download images in order to view them.
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Post by eluned on Mar 17, 2009 16:37:50 GMT
Durham has just been added to the list of available counties.
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