ERO going Pay-to-Browse for online PRs etc

[coombs]

What is the phrase "Too good to be true"?

[findem]

Thanks for the info Diblet.

I suppose it's inevitable that anything connected with computing will have a glitch somewhere to hold things up, during my working life I can't recall any new computer program being up and running 100% at the scheduled date 

Regards

[ds0706]

Further to Geno500 & others about downloading images, I almost never do that because I then forget to label them consistently so that I can find them again.
I keep Excel s/s in family folders & do screen dumps onto appropriate pages (Alt+PrintScreen, then, Ctrl+V to paste) The advantage is that I can type comments alongside, edit the images to trim off the irrelevant stuff & all of the toner-hogging black surrounds. Images can also be moved around the page, stretched, shrunk & overlapped if necessary.

When working on census entries, I like to paste the transcription alongside the actual sheet image, then use FreeBMD to get a listing of the people shown (use Download results, open the .TXT, highlight what you want, Ctrl+C, then CTRL+V onto the s/s) Once I'm offline I have all I need to update my tree without juggling too many screens.

If you just do PrintScreen on its own, you capture everything you see. If you do Alt+PrintScreen, you just get the active window within the screen.  Just make sure you have the s/s or Word doc open in the background before you take the copy.

D.

[Aulus]

I saw this on the Essex RO website recently when I did a websearch (more in hope than expectation!) for Essex parish registers online.  I've hundreds of people to look up in Essex (mainly east London) registers, so this is great news.  Even more fabulous news if it's going to be on Ancestry.

The annual sub to Essex RO would be less than the cost of railfare or petrol and an overnight stay there, so even that will be good value.

I've recouped the cost of at least a couple of years of Ancestry subscriptions since they put their London parish register collection online, so would expect to do the same with all the West Ham, Ilford and points east registers I really want to plough through.

Do we know for sure that they'll be on Ancestry?

When you consider that GRO certificates are now £9, and think how many you might be able to find in a day, then a fiver a day is terrific value in comparison, and post-1837 marriage registers are identical to marriage certs (plus you get your ancestors' signatures).

Bad news it's been delayed though 

[julianb]

Do we know for sure that they'll be on Ancestry?

First I'd heard of that.  Where did that come from?

JULIAN

[suffolk*sue]

There's a message on the SEAX site that says the new service will now launch on 3rd October.

That's a shame, I was looking forward to next Tuesday!!

 

All good things come to those who wait.   

[Aulus]

Do we know for sure that they'll be on Ancestry?

First I'd heard of that.  Where did that come from?

JULIAN

On p. 3 of this thread: http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,543364.msg4009763.html#msg4009763

[Koromo]

The New FamilySearch uploaded England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1900 on the 18th August.  No images, but it at least provides an index for some parishes which can then be more easily found on SEAX.

https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/list#page=1&countryId=1927033  (Scroll down)

K.

[findem]

Hi,

Out of curiosity and because something Geno posted regarding Ancestry I emailed the ERO asking if there would be a likelihood of people being able to access the Essex PRs via Ancestry, here is their reply:

There’s no connection with Ancestry, EA is an entirely separate enterprise and service. Essex County Council will be organising some publicity shortly.

The revised go-live date is 3 October.

I hope this helps. By all means publish this on RootsChat.

Regards.