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Re: 1911 census Beta on Find My Past
« Reply #297 on: Tuesday 23 December 08 13:13 GMT (UK) »
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As people are effectively only being charged for receiving a product which will be exactly the same when the website goes live, I think it is fair to charge a comparable fee to what will be used later.



ah, but theres the rub - it WONT be the same product when it goes live, as it will have benefitted from testing and the corrections of exposed (logic) errors.

I'd rather be incented to do their testing, than to be 'rewarded' in a few months time.

Its actually an industry defacto standard to acknowledge the time and effort in some such sort of way ....


Fair enough, Newf, I completely understand your point of view.  

I guess my lack of knowledge in this area (my only beta experience is one online computer game!) might be responsible for my naivety when it comes to what I should expect from a beta version.  However I am seeing the 'test' as more of an opportunity to get early access to something.  

It might not be as easy to find what I am looking for (but that is free anyway), but if there is something I find I want to download, I am happy to pay for that.  It is just as valuable to me as it would be when the site goes live and from my perspective getting my hands on it earlier more then compensates me (especially with my Ancestry subscription running out soon!) for doing their testing.  



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Re: 1911 census Beta on Find My Past
« Reply #298 on: Tuesday 23 December 08 13:16 GMT (UK) »
If you're happy with it, thats fine, so maybe in that case as everybody has benefitted, thats the 'reward'

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Re: 1911 census Beta on Find My Past
« Reply #299 on: Tuesday 23 December 08 14:25 GMT (UK) »
I've just had a look at the 1911 blog.  There could be a lot of over-cooked turkeys around on the 25th - my understanding of the message is that this trial will continue over the Christmas period - they are talking about picking up Support messages on 29 December and there will be no support staff on 27 and 28, which implies that the site will continue until at least the 29th!!

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Re: 1911 census Beta on Find My Past
« Reply #300 on: Tuesday 23 December 08 15:29 GMT (UK) »
I have a hunch that they will slowly add more counties up until 3rd Jan. -  the Welsh ones where they have to do some translations might be late  - and then they'll just switch from Beta to full system.

I was lucky that my ancestors were on the borders and fell within an English RD and my in laws were in Wiltshire. I've not got much more to look for now, just a few in Cheshire and Lancs and Yorks but they're cousins, etc.


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Re: 1911 census Beta on Find My Past
« Reply #301 on: Tuesday 23 December 08 15:51 GMT (UK) »
We can only hope. Wales would be a great addition for me. I have everyone in england i needed to get. Just need a few records from wales now. And ill be done for 1911. Eventually if it is on subcription ill then try and get all the aunties/uncles ect, just to add to the folder.
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Re: 1911 census Beta on Find My Past
« Reply #302 on: Tuesday 23 December 08 15:55 GMT (UK) »
Found a Few of My Harold Family Living in Coventry Warwickshire ..Sadly Carn't see the Trancscipts Yet As I haven'nt got any Money to Buy Credits Yet  :(

Well At Least i Know Some of them where Still There

Am Waiting For Lancashire Mostly as I would Love to Find My Grandfather there

Also some more of My Harold Family  :)

Happy Christmas Everyone and a Wonderful and Peaceful New Year

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Re: 1911 census Beta on Find My Past
« Reply #303 on: Tuesday 23 December 08 16:30 GMT (UK) »
I found loads this morning in Sussex and Surrey before I went out, but still not found my great grandfather who should have been either in Middlesex where he was born or in Sussex where he came to at some point. Hmmm shall have to wait till its a lot cheaper before I go searching more extensively for him. :(

Also found one of my great great grandmothers had more children than I knew about, something to do over the Christmas holidays - find the extra children  ::)

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Re: 1911 census Beta on Find My Past
« Reply #304 on: Tuesday 23 December 08 17:12 GMT (UK) »
Wow, Kerry  :)

I've just found my Peacocks - last heard of in St Pancras in 1901

They've moved to Sussex and my first cousin twice removed is a widow running an hotel - and I've found lots of other cousins there as well so..................any Peacocks in your area, tell them to get in touch!


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Re: 1911 census Beta on Find My Past
« Reply #305 on: Tuesday 23 December 08 17:50 GMT (UK) »
I just found my 3G grandparents :)

It says they had 9 children, 5 still alive. I have 8 listed, 5 of whom were still alive (although only found out that one of them died because of the 1911 census) so I assume there must be another who died young. I knew this column looked useful!

Still waiting for Yorkshire (and Derbyshire)!

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