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when i joined gr it was to research my family trees. i started off by buying five pounds worth of credits. but i used these within a day, so deciced to take out gold membership with gr. i have done that many look ups, its paid my sub several times over.
i dont mind paying because who paid the people who took hundreds of hours to put all this info on in the first place?
whilst some things are free in life, this type of research is right to charge a fee.
some may disagree with me, but thats just my personal opinion.
i also do look ups for other people if i can too(free of course!)
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Kath
In fact you are NOT paying the government for transcribing the 1911 Census
It was handed over to a PRIVATE company to do. The government presumably put out a request for bids for a company capable of doing the job, Brightsolid won, and PAID the UK government for the rights.
They used a new technique to do the transcribing, and that was made both easier and more difficult because the original census sheets were still available.
That's why we can see our ancestors' very own handwriting
In all previous censuses, the original forms were filled out by an enumerator or someone else, collected, and the information then transcribed into books. The original sheets were then apparently destroyed, and what we see as census original images are taken from the record book.
In the case of the 1911 ............. the techniques used by the company who obtained the right to transcribe them was very expensive, and they have admitted that they have to try to recoup some at least of the cost.
In my own humble opinion that is partly why they agreed to speed up the process so that most of the information could be released up to 2 years early .......... because that way they could charge more and get more back.
Thus .......... you are not paying any level of government twice in order to see the 1911. You are paying a business!
I can remember having to pay to see the 1901 Census on a separate site, for about a year or possibly more, before it became available on ancestry, findmypast, etc
This is from the 1911 Census site:-
brightsolid – partner of choice for the online 1911 census
In April 2007 the National Archives announced brightsolid as its chosen partner for the online launch of the 1911 census. It also announced that brightsolid’s genealogical subsidiary, Find My Past, would be making the census available through a dedicated website.
About brightsolid
brightsolid began life in 1995 as Scotland Online, and has built an enviable reputation as a first-class internet services provider.
brightsolid is a business critical ISP. We manage our clients’ information availability and online presence through hosting, internet access, applications and business continuity products and services supporting a large number of corporate and public sector customers.
brightsolid has a strategic partnership with SunGard Availability Services, a global leader in disaster recovery services. This enables us to provide unique business continuity and IT disaster recovery services.
The company has significant expertise in the digitisation and management of records in the fast-growing online family history market. It manages ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk, a partnership between the General Register Office for Scotland, the National Archives of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon. In 2008, brightsolid acquired findmypast.co.uk, which operates an online family history site based in London, England.
brightsolid has several contracts in this field, including the contract to digitise, license and publish the 1911 census from The National Archive in Kew.
brightsolid operates its own data centre. It’s underpinned by a resilient and secure network with dual location and disaster recovery options. Designed and built for brightsolid in the last few years we don’t face the legacy challenges of older data centres.
brightsolid has an impressive list of partners. brightsolid are a MicrosoftGold Partner and an Oracle Partner and our disaster recovery services are provided in partnership with SunGard, a global leader in this field.
Brightsolid is also incidentally the company that bought Friends Reunited group last year .... that means they also own Genes Reunited.
Oh yes ......... your taxes did not pay the cost of the 1911 census, because you weren't paying them then!
And I think you were incredibly harsh and rude to George and others in telling them to think of others and not just of themselves.
it seems to me that you are guilty of doing that! I'm sorry to hear of your household situation, but that doesn't mean others should pay for your access through their taxes.
Why do you think so many people offer help on here, using their own subscriptions, memberships and credits in all kinds of sites? Part of the reason is to help people who for whatever reason cannot for the moment afford to take out those subscriptions. George is one of the people who help
sylvia
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