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GR Platinum is actually the cheapest as you also get all census years but I personally wouldn't use it.

Christine

I agree sylvia
I have premium on Ancestry £100+ gold membership GR waste of money and 1911 FMP £40 for 6 months...Oh to have it all for £35 would be nice but not complaining lol

jax

Huia


I go to the 1911 website itself, do the free search, which can show you who is living in the same hosuehold if you work it right ................. then you have to buy credits to look at the actual transcript or census image.


www.fmpbsol.1911census.co.uk/

£6.95 - 60 credits - £0.12 per credit expire 26 August 2010
£24.95 - 280 credits - £0.09 per credit expire 28 May 2011

It costs 10 credits to view a transcript and 30 credits to look at the actual image.


If you have only a few people to find, this is the cheapest way



On FindMyPast

Full Subscription (Explorer + 1911 Census)
6 Month £94.90
12 Month £149.90

Explorer Subscription (fmp only)
6 Month £54.95
12 Month £89.95

1911 Census Only
Subscription
6 Month £39.95
12 Month £59.95


GR Platinum

6 months £64.95




There is nowhere yet where you can it for cheaper than that ...................... and there won't be for at least one more year. There is still some information blocked from release (mainly the columns that state the health of the individuals) because it is not yet 100 years since the census. It is apparently anticipated that that information will be transcribed, and the full census released in early 2012 ........ and that we may expect to see it on ancestry some time after that.




sylvia

actually, it's more expensive to upgrade to Platinum than it is to subscribe to the 1911 on fmp



and if you are surprised that it is not included in your Gold membership, then you haven't been watching or reading anything at all about the 1911 .. there's been plenty about the 1911 over the last year on these boards on GR


First it was released on the 1911 site only, and you had to buy credits, very expensive credits to view it


About 6 months later, findmypast was allowed to also have access to it ...... but you have to buy a subscription to it through fmp. Even if you had an fmp sub, you still had to pay the extra for the 1911.



You can bet your bottom dollar that the only reason that it is now accessible on GR is because GR is now owned by the company that also owns FMP and Scotland's People



And the reason that it is so expensive is because the British GOVERNMENT agree to release the information early (it wasn't due to be released until 2011), and then paid big bucks to have it all transcribed AND to have the census pages digitised.

Now they are trying to reclaim some of the tax dollars that it all cost.




I am actually getting quite sick and tired of reading all these threads complaining because you're not getting something for nothing .......... this must be about the 6th thread I've seen in the last few days!




sylvia

You might well be upset that you misunderstood what was available on gold membership.
Upgrading to Platinum is still cheaper than 1911 on FMP.

Is there another website where we can get more info from the 1911 without going into deep debt?

Huia.

I am also a gold member, but wont be upgrading to platinum

How I agree, I was expecting i to be available without having to pay extra. I shall not being paying the extra. However I will remain in the gold memebrs.

Mabe they will have another think about this if sufficient numbers voice their vew.

Bridget

Aah, I wondered what the "platinum" membership was about......

Is anyone else a little let down by genes reunited for not allowing the gold members to view the 1911 census?
i feel that we are paying a fair membership fee and should not be excluded from viewing it because we dont want to upgrade to a platinum membership, which would cost me an extra £36 pounds.