1911 By Subscription.

[perth tiger]

personally i havn't paid for anything on the 1911 yet. iv searched all my immediate family and found who was with who.
i will gladly pay 60 quid for a years transcription just to the census. it will give me the ability to download all the different branches forvery little compared for what it costs nowadays.

perth

[Sloe Gin]

They've missed the boat as far as I'm concerned.  I would have happily shelled out for a sub earlier in the year, but have now got everything I was after from Kew.  I needed to go there to look for something else (not a FH matter), so I went armed with a list of census refs and quickly printed off the images I was interested in.

Not that it helps or makes it any easier but in fairness to them I think that all along it was suggested that extra payment would be required.

The big marketing campaign FindMyPast did around Christmas implied that 1911 would be included in subs taken out then - there was no hint of any extra charges on top.  If I had taken out a sub then, I would be demanding free access to 1911 and threatening legal action until I got it. 

[les_looking]

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

yep sorry meant per 6 months, still about what i expected and now compares favourably with Ancestry's packages,
which i suspect why it has been priced as such
Perth Tiger for an extra £15 if you dont already have a subscription to anywhere getting the 6 months package?
you can do some serious damage in 6 months lol

Introductory offer – save 20% off an Explorer and 1911 census subscription
If you buy the Explorer and the 1911 census subscriptions together, you’ll get an automatic 20% discount (offer available for a limited time):

12-month Explorer and 1911 census subscription – £119.95 (20% discount)
6-month Explorer and 1911 census subscription – £74.95 (20% discount)

at the moment you pay £24-95 and get 280 credits (9 originals and 10 credits left lol)
i think people are going to have their own opinion, most who subscribe to Ancestry will i guess feel it's overpriced,
i subscribe to both and am just glad the credit system is finally coming to an end, i have pros and cons for both, not my place to lecture to people which is best, if you only need one then you need to compare the two or any others and decide which you will get best Value out of, but good news for those who have been waiting to access the 1911 via subscription

(yes you can get free access at Kew but the distance and cost makes it far cheaper to do at home for the majority)

[perth tiger]

Perth Tiger for an extra £15 if you dont already have a subscription to anywhere getting the 6 months package?
you can do some serious damage in 6 months lol

i allready have ancestry, iv had it for years now and find it hard to be without even though i have just about everything from it. i would like to try FindMyPast, but every time i search it comes up blank.
maybe its me not knowing how to use it properly.

perth

[les_looking]

No problem Perth
as i mentioned i do have both, i must admit the census search on Ancestry is better in SOME ways and visa versa, often i will find the census in Ancestry and then compare it on FindMyPast as they transcribe the address and trying to read them on Ancestry at times you need Timmy Mallet glasses, and MANY times i have found something on one but not the other,
the addition of the Lma and the 1911 etc etc makes it a must to have both FOR ME, but maybe people with no London relatives?
hope you find what you want

[lubylou]

I am more than happy to pay for a 12 month sub as I have spent more than that on credits so far, most of them wasted trying to find my Jones families. I have Ancestry so have never felt the need to subscribe to FindMyPast. To me the price is worth the convenience of sitting at home searching as and when I feel like it, all I will be wasting is my time. I will also be able to move forward on other lines.

[lisalisa]

I read the blog on FindMyPast and read it such that the existing subscribers would be entitled to the loyalty discount of 20% off the early bird price of £119.95 for 12 months combined explorer and 1911, . . .

however then I received the email from FindMyPast which states:


"20% loyalty discount for findmypast.com subscribers
  If you want to add the 1911 Census subscription to an Explorer subscription, we will give you 20% off the combined price, giving you 12 months’ access for just £119.95 (instead of £149.90 separately) or 6 months’ access for £74.95 (instead of £94.90). "

so it is more costly than when I worked out the extra this morning 
and that doesn't seem like much loyalty incentive when that price is already available according to the blog 

Lisa

 

[MarthaJane]

I am not a FindMyPast subscriber but when I have tidied up some loose ends with family research I may take out the 6 month sub for £39.95 although I imagine plenty of geneology message board sites will have plenty of people offering to search for others .......... ?

[les_looking]

I read the blog on FindMyPast and read it such that the existing subscribers would be entitled to the loyalty discount of 20% off the early bird price of £119.95 for 12 months combined explorer and 1911, . . .

however then I received the email from FindMyPast which states:


"20% loyalty discount for findmypast.com subscribers
  If you want to add the 1911 Census subscription to an Explorer subscription, we will give you 20% off the combined price, giving you 12 months’ access for just £119.95 (instead of £149.90 separately) or 6 months’ access for £74.95 (instead of £94.90). "

so it is more costly than when I worked out the extra this morning 
and that doesn't seem like much loyalty incentive when that price is already available according to the blog 

Lisa

 

The £149 price etc has only just been mentioned as it is IF you bought them separate
which is hardly likely, if you have an existing membership you will get a pro rata discount to reflect the time remaining on your package. I havn't tried working that out yet until i know for deffo' when it comes live

as a loyalty lol you also get earlier access to it, to be honest i rarely hunt round for these deals and who offers what, gives me a headache, i have always liked FindMyPast way of doing it, if you resubscribe within the time you get the discount, if not you decide, i don't mean i dont like paying as least as possible, but if i'm buying something i decide if it's VFM have a quick look if anyone is offering cheaper which obviously does not apply here, if ok i buy,

for the price they want for a years 1911 i have paid more than that for Barnadoes to do a couple of searches with no results,
i also paid £40 for a search of a divorce record and again no result

i have mentioned before on the day of release beta i found two of my grandparents both aged 9, and the info the two originals gave me were priceless, and if you had asked me before i would have paid A LOT more than they viewing cost me,
the LMA releases today i think have been brilliant and some certificates i have been toying with buying because i wasnt sure if correct i now know are the right ones, i think the people who maybe upset there are the GRO as a lot less certificates will be needed,

i do understand some may have only a few family in the 1911 to search for, so maybe you would as someone mentions be best sticking to the PPV, maybe i am at an age i don't get stressed over things i have no control over, i had an engine blow up on me JUST after the warrantry expired and my kids were all wondering why i wasn't freaking out, as i said if i lost sleep over it, it was STILL blown up when i woke lol
lmao i also waffle a lot


MarthaJane
i have noticed they have highlighted the fair usage policy in their site, so would think they will impose it pretty strictly,
don't THINK it will effect searching, probably d/l originals