ERO going Pay-to-Browse for online PRs etc

[Yorkslass]

Hi all,

The site went live today - and I paid my hard earned cash - and it isn't working!  Argghhh.

Anyone else having problems?

Yorkslass

[Diblet]

I've just had a look at the SEAX site and think I now have a feeling of total disappointment with the whole thing.

Unless I'm missing something, I can't see that they've added any extra images to the parish registers I'm interested in at all.

After all the hype and delays I've been patiently waiting with my list to launch into new avenues of research with the expectation that all areas would be covered at least up to 1812.

So what's changed? Are we just being charged to look at what we could see for free before with no added extras?

 

[Ringrose]

That's a disappointment and I hope they will give you extra days for the money you have paid.Iwas all set to pay a months sub but thanks to you ai will hold off.Its abut cheeky if we now have to pay for records which were once free.
Ringrose

[SouthendSue]

Apparently all parish registers pre 1837 are now available by sub. Later records for parishes beginning A-F are also available other parishes to be added later. Info from the Essex Ancestors user guide.

Haven't tested it though - I'm reluctant to spend money when there's no guarantee of access!

[Yorkslass]

I tried again, and got a bit further.  The small "preview" image came up on the right hand side, but when I tried to enhance it, it didn't work.

Said I didn't have cookes enabled, which I know I have.

It's very disappointing, having waited, and the site being "postponed" time after time.

If it doesn't improve, I shall be after a refund.

Yorkslass

[katerimmer]

Diblet, it still says microfiche only for lots of the PR's that do actually have images available now - you have to click on the View button to find out whether they're three or not.  I can see images, but only tiny ones, and when I click to enlarge them nit keeps telling me that either I don't have cookies available or I've been on too long and timed out.    

(edit - same problem as you, Yorkslass.  Glad to know it's not just me, at least. I'll see if I've got a big magnifying glass somewhere!)

[coombs]

I am tempted to pay my fee and try and access the records myself now.

[katerimmer]

I would wait till the gremlins are sorted out if I were you, Coombes.

[Lisajj]

I've just had a look and the ones I looked at previously that were free, I now can't view.
I'm going to hang fire a bit until they've got this sorted out.  For the parishes I want, there doesn't appear to be anything that wasn't there before.