1911 By Subscription.

[MarthaJane]

I have the basic Ancestry subscription which on renewal was just over £80.  I think I have, over the past two years, had my moneys worth, particuarly with the WW1 Army records.  I don't even like to think of the number of hours I have spent on the site. 

On the 1911 I got through £7 in no time at all with only one direct hit (coal mining family in Wales, moved around a lot - needles in haystacks) so until it appears on a subscription basis or lists places of birth on search results I won't be visiting it again because I can't afford to.

[Nick29]

especially when you get to grips with the way they do things

Nick - I think you've hit the nail on the head there.  Personally, I don't like the way they do things, especially as I think even Ancestry UK is geared towards the American market.  However, we'll have to agree to differ.

Lizzie

I think everything in this world is geared towards the American Market, because theirs is the biggest market in the western world.  The majority of the TV programmes and films that we watch are geared towards the American market.  You can see that by the number of Americanisms that have crept into our language.  I was going to use the word movies, but I changed it to films in this post, just for you ! 

[drodgers34]

I like ancestry in that they are always improving the interface (even if thet flusters a few people)

Ancestry and FTM not only encourage you to download intormation, they give very good tools to do it. Brigthsolids user agreement (no re-publishing at all really) is pathetic given they are chargin a premium.


And I think its Ironic that to post a correction for their transcription error, you have to buy the transcription and the original on PPV

What about a refund ?


PS doesnt the site now say the subscription will be available in late 2009 ?

[Nick29]

I think the initial rush has now died down, and this will be Phase II of Brightsolid's plan to milk as much money from the 1911 census as possible.  I'm pretty well "searched out" on the 1911 census now 

[lubylou]

The 1911 is coming on subscription in October.
http://blog.findmypast.com/

Early Christmas pressie for me.

[Alan b]

Pretty expensive though:

    * 12 months ‘Explorer and 1911′: £119.95 - a saving of 20%
    * 6 months ‘Explorer and 1911′: £74.95 - a saving of 20%

Or own it's own:

12-month 1911 census subscription – £59.95 (the equivalent of viewing 15 transcripts and images using PayAsYouGo credits).
Six-month 1911 census subscription – £39.95 (the equivalent of viewing 10 transcripts and images using PayAsYouGo credits).

To view just the 1911 census for a year is £60. Not sure it is worth the money on it's own as seeing as I still have credits left I am not sure this is going to tempt me.

[les_looking]

info for existing subscribers of FindMyPast

12 months ‘Explorer and 1911′: £119.95 - a saving of 20%
6 months ‘Explorer and 1911′: £74.95 - a saving of 20%

Existing findmypast.com subscribers will be able to upgrade to the new combined subscription using their loyalty discount (currently 20%) at any time -

if you decide to upgrade, we will automatically refund the remaining days of your current subscription at a daily rate and deduct this from the price of your new upgraded subscription.

Existing findmypast.com subscribers will also get exclusive early access to the 1911 Census before it is made available to the general public.

So basically for the 1911 it will be an extra £20 on top of the 6 or 12 months explorer

[drodgers34]

I wonder if they will ease their draconian re-publishing restrictions

[smudwhisk]

So basically for the 1911 it will be an extra £20 on top of the 6 or 12 months explorer

More like £48 on top for 12 months. 

I renewed yesterday for 12 months explorer at £71.95 with the loyalty discount.  I wouldn't mind if it was only £20 ... may wait for a while longer until its more widely available ....

It looks like FindMyPast trying to milk the 1911census further since personally I don't think its worth £60 on top, I'll pay Birmingham library a visit and use it for free (when I can ever book a computer!).

Nicola