1911 census Beta on Find My Past

[Nick29]

I'm also one of the great unwashed

Do you already have to subscribe to FindMyPast to get the email?  I'm only registered for 1911 updates.

I just registered for updates - my email from them was in my spam box

Rosie

Same here - and I found the search facility very lacking - it couldn't find any of my grandparent's family by name, and it didn't recognise the street address until I left the word "Road" off the end, and just used the district name and the first word of the road in the advanced search.  No mistranscriptions, though.

[KPM]

I was so excited when I got my e-mail

To make matters even better, I found my Grandfather and Great Grandfather on the first attempt.  Gr Grandad ran away to America in 1912 and could not be found on any US census until his death in 1932.  He was a bit of a rogue and I was certain he would be hiding in 1911 so I was really excited to find him.  

He moved to London in 1907 and none of the family ever knew where he and my grandfather lived (Grandad refused to discuss anything about his father) and now for the first time we know where he was

I then went on to find 4 other relatives so it was money well spent for me and I cant wait for the whole thing to be released.

This was an early Christmas present for me

Anne-Marie

[kooky]

Had my e-mail today.
Found the only members of my family known to be in London!
Looking forward to Lancashire!

Site worked well and print out of original page was very clear etc.

Kooky

[Treelover]

Hi

Yessss,  got my email link today.  Boo Hoo - not one county I want to view.  I must say though, its a bit pricey 

Has it been officially confirmed yet that ONLY Find my Past will get the 1911.  My Ancestry membership is due February, I want to renew for another year (the expensive one with any new updated records)  BUT will they have the 1911 when it eventually goes online - anyone know yet 

Joan

[stanmapstone]

I understand Ancestry have said they will get the 1911 census in 2011 

Stan

[Selina]

Sorry if someone has already posted the answer to this, but I can't see it.

Where on the site does it tell you all the counties presently searchable?  There are more than the original four but I can't see a list etc.

Thanks,

Selina

[lookingforold]

Re my above, I sent an e-mail to their 'problems' page. E-mail back; I am query number 3513. Hope to get back to me 3-4 days! If these are all errors, wow!
P.S. Not only was the one house missing, none of the surnames came up either, with or without first names.

[Gadget]

Sorry if someone has already posted the answer to this, but I can't see it.

Where on the site does it tell you all the counties presently searchable?  There are more than the original four but I can't see a list etc.

Thanks,

Selina

Hi Selina 
When you go to the search dialogue, there's a drop down list for counties - most of them say 'coming soon'. The ones that are available are:

Oh joy! More counties this morning...I found this on their blog:

8 more counties added to beta site
December 20th, 2008

We’ve added eight new counties overnight - the counties now available are:

 

London (previously available)
Middlesex (previously available)
Staffordshire (previously available)
Wiltshire (previously available)
Bedfordshire - NEW
Berkshire - NEW
Buckinghamshire - NEW
Cambridgeshire - NEW
Cornwall - NEW
Devonshire - NEW
Dorsetshire - NEW
Gloucestershire - NEW

Gadget

[Selina]

Thanks Gadget!

Think I am going to do a lot of searching over the next two days!

Not decided yet whether to buy credits this time, its a bit of a rush at this time of year. 

Sel