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hi all
can anyone tell when 1911 census opens
in wales

carol

Hi Carol

It is on Find My Past but you have to buy credits, I would like to know when it is on Ancestry.

http://www.1911census.co.uk/



A reply received from National Archives January 2009; I had asked if or when the ancestry site would have the 1911 census.


The 1911 Census contract was awarded to
Scotland Online (brightsolid) who subsequently acquired Find My Past.

No microfilm exists of the 1911 census, in contrast to previous censuses
which had previously been filmed. Scanning from original paper documents
is about 10 times more costly than scanning from microfilm. The huge
investment involved in scanning 18m images in colour direct from paper
original census returns has to be recouped if digitisation is to be
economically viable, thus The National Archives agreed that for the
initial launch period of this census, pricing would be on a pay-per-view
basis only. Scanning is still ongoing, so there will be a phased release
of records over a few of months in 2009. Later in the year, these
records will be incorporated into findmypast subscription content, and
available on the same terms as other censuses, passenger lists and other
genealogical resources.

In addition, once the scanning and transcribing of the 1911 census has
been completed and has been available online for 6 months, the images
only, will be available for duplication and re-sale to any other
commercial providers, county record offices or any other interested
bodies or individuals, who will then need to create their own
transcriptions, indexes and online services, but we have not entered
into any formal negotiations with secondary licensees at this point in
time.

Hi Teddy Welsh Girl

thanks for the reply

carol

hi joy
thank you for replyng and the
info
carol