1939 National Register??

[Romilly]

Well... I bit the bullet yesterday, and followed the Links for my 10% discount and paid.

I then had a reply saying that the 300 Credits expire on the 24th November! (Now thats not 90 days, is it?)

 Payment summary:

    Package: PayAsYouGo 300
    Payment: £22.46
    Expiry date: 24/11/2016

Romilly

[andycand]

Hi

If you have the year right it is 2016 when they expire

Andy

[Guy Etchells]

Well... I bit the bullet yesterday, and followed the Links for my 10% discount and paid.

I then had a reply saying that the 300 Credits expire on the 24th November! (Now thats not 90 days, is it?)

 Payment summary:

    Package: PayAsYouGo 300
    Payment: £22.46
    Expiry date: 24/11/2016

Romilly

Are you a subscriber to FindMyPast, I am not a subscriber and my receipt states

Package: PayAsYouGo 300
Payment: £22.46
Expiry date: 28/01/2016
Total active credits: 300

Does 24/11/2016 coincide with your subscription date, it seems a strange date as it is not a year and not 90 days

[Romilly]

Well... I bit the bullet yesterday, and followed the Links for my 10% discount and paid.

I then had a reply saying that the 300 Credits expire on the 24th November! (Now thats not 90 days, is it?)

 Payment summary:

    Package: PayAsYouGo 300
    Payment: £22.46
    Expiry date: 24/11/2016

Romilly

Are you a subscriber to FindMyPast, I am not a subscriber and my receipt states

Package: PayAsYouGo 300
Payment: £22.46
Expiry date: 28/01/2016
Total active credits: 300

Does 24/11/2016 coincide with your subscription date, it seems a strange date as it is not a year and not 90 days

Doh! I haven't had coffee yet this morning!

Yes, - it does say 2016!

I took advantage of the '1 month for £1.00' offer on FindMyPast to coincide with the launch of the 1939 Register. (That offer expired last Sunday btw).

I bet that the Site crashes when it goes 'live' on Monday!

Romilly.

[Torwoodlee]

At the end of the day, the costs are extortionate and a profit making venture for FindMyPast. I am sure that there may be a number of pensioners who are subscribers who may not be able to afford these costs, especially if they have extensive trees. Clearly, from what I read on the FindMyPast blog, there are countless others who find it too expensive.

[Guy Etchells]

At the end of the day, the costs are extortionate and a profit making venture for FindMyPast. I am sure that there may be a number of pensioners who are subscribers who may not be able to afford these costs, especially if they have extensive trees. Clearly, from what I read on the FindMyPast blog, there are countless others who find it too expensive.

What makes you think the costs are extortionate?
Have you even considered how much money, time and effort the have had to invest to digitise, transcribe, index and redact the register to get where they are today.
That's without taking into consideration the royalty they will have to pay the National Archives. In addition there are ongoing costs such as bandwidth and wages for the team who update the redacted records & check death certificates etc.

Have you considered why Ancestry did not tender for the contract?
They looked into tendering for the 1911 census but pulled out when they realised how much it would cost in man-hours & money.
These huge digitisation schemes are not only expensive but high risk.

Cheers
Guy

[Blue70]

We still don't know about library access. There are many libraries that provide free access to Ancestry or FindMyPast or both. This is a good way to include people put off by charges. I doubt the 1939 Register will be provided by my local library as it is being introduced as a stand alone package and such packages are often excluded from library versions of FindMyPast. I think it should be included in libraries to give as many people as possible access to this information.


Blue   

[Guy Etchells]

We still don't know about library access. There are many libraries that provide free access to Ancestry or FindMyPast or both. This is a good way to include people put off by charges. I doubt the 1939 Register will be provided by my local library as it is being introduced as a stand alone package and such packages are often excluded from library versions of FindMyPast. I think it should be included in libraries to give as many people as possible access to this information.


Blue   

The only place to get free access it the National Archives.

It is not part of the library subscription service but you could access the 1939 from the libray computers if you have purchased credits and the library allows you to access the internet

Cheers
Guy

[Blue70]

Thanks Guy so FindMyPast have confirmed then that it's not available free via libraries? I was aware that TNA will have access but I was thinking about local authority access via their libraries.


Blue