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Quote from Guy Etchells Tues 24 September 2013 ...
"First if you look at the legislation - the Census Act, 1920 (as amended) you will find it is illegal to reveal personal data from any census taken under that Act ever.
There is no 100 year rule, that was repealed by the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The current law which stands until repealed by a further Act of parliament is that there will be no further releases of personal data from any (later) census."

Guy, am I to understand from what you say here that the 1921 Census will never be released "ever"? Indeed you seem to be saying that there will be no further Census releases (UK) unless a further Act of Parliament decrees otherwise    If that is so, how does that information square with the Freedom of Information Act 2000  Forgive me but I'm finding what you've said a little confusing.  Maybe I'm just being a bit thick (a distinct possibility!).  Can you clarify please?
Cheers,
Janet 

I'm afraid I didn't like this one either, for the reaons many have already said.  The fact that she was presented with a ready-made tree, that she was simply handed endless documents and letters without much explanation of how and where they were actually found and that it was more a documentary about MF and her mother.  I found myself glazing over a few times and losing interest which I don't usually do! 

Like Looby said here, I prefer the old format - give us some genealogy!  I don't mean going back to William the Conqueror but just a few more ancestors to get a broader view of the subject's ancestry.  Are you really going to find out who you are by researching just one or two of your ancestors?

For me this series began really well, interesting and enjoyable, but the last two episodes have been disappointing.  If a programme tries to appeal to the 'world and his wife' it's in danger of appealing to nobody in the end.  And what a mixed bag of contrasting comments here ~ brings to mind that saying "you can please some of the people some of the time ...etc". Just my thoughts         

And, of course, it would take the nearly the same amount of labour - so how would it be cheaper, and still generate a profit?!

Yes, I see that the person would need to search for the record but scanning it and then emailing it would take a few minutes at most.  I would much rather see a copy of the actual entry rather than a typed or handwritten copy, surely that would save time? I know that some record offices do that now, but only some.  Also the formal certificate paper they use must be expensive so they wouldn't need that.  I think the biggest savings they could make would be by using email instead of snail mail - no need for an envelope or a paper copy or postage costs.  And finally, I'm no economist but it seems logical to me that if the price were reduced many more requests would be received = more income.  Countless people on Rootschat, including eadaoin here, have said that they would buy more certificates if the price was reduced - I certainly would.  Just my thoughts 
Janet

There is another possible reason for remarrying so soon after the death of a spouse.  We cannot assume that all married couples lived together until one of them died.  Certainly I know of more than one incidence where a married couple were separated and one or both of them were living with other partners.  Divorce was much rarer, and often more difficult, in the past than it is today. Thus when the spouse died the surviving partner was able to marry the person he or she was living with ~ this could be quite soon after the death of their spouse in order to legitimise their 'new' relationship.
Janet     

Have just watched today's (Tuesday) episode on iplayer. Thought it was thoroughly absorbing.  I like the balance between the presentation of the genealogy and the human stories that emerge in the course of the research.  So sad about the heroic pilot, after all his flights over Germany and then meeting his end flying the plane back to base  .  Michael Fish's ancestral story was intriguing too - I had to rewind and watch again to get to grips with who married who when and who had which children!        I have one or two similar tangled webs in my own family history   

Nice to see how other heir hunters, apart from Fraser & Fraser, work too.  Great stuff!   I look forward to future episodes.

Janet