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From: "Eh up!" <>
Subject: Re: 1901 census
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 16:45:15 -0000
References: <a0s1ef$5oj$1@paris.btinternet.com>, <0q933ucdgq8cgsflnq03efdc82pegu34c0@4ax.com>, <R1QA5BANqcM8EwpR@peterswoodharlow.freeserve.co.uk>


But the census site isn't open for business until tomorrow at 9am so you
can't possibly criticise if you've managed to sneak into the store before
they've opened the doors.

Eh up!



"Barry Ruck" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Once Upon a Time in soc.genealogy.britain,
> Robert G. Eldridge <> sharpened a new
> quill and wrote ...
>
> >On Tue, 1 Jan 2002 10:01:51 +0000 (UTC), "robert horsey"
> ><> wrote:
> >
> >>the 1901 census will be on line at http://www.pro.gov.uk/ from the 2nd
of
> >>January
> >
> >So I understand, though to describe it as "The most eagerly awaited
> >genealogical event of this millennium" does seem to be stretching
> >credibility a bit.
> >
>
>
> It has taken me 2 Hours to:
>
> Search for 1 ancestor ( the other two that I tried are obviously mis
> indexed )
>
> Enter the details of my voucher
>
> I *still* have not been able to view *either* of the pay options, which
> would tell me *why* I could not find the child's parents in the index.
>
> The site has so far fulfilled *all* of my expectations (Total b**ls-up)
>
> In the first half hour with the LDS CD's I had found *most* of the
> families I was looking for.
>
> And to make it worse, half the links in the Accounts panel aren't
> working, nor is the Contact Us link. ( Though is that really not
> surprising is it ? )
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Barry Ruck. Harlow, Essex. U.K.
>
> Ruck,(Glos. & Lincs) Gostelow,Goddard & Eley (Lincs)
> 1881 Census, 1851 Devon/Norfolk/Warwick Census & British Vital Records
Lookups
> 1851 2% sample and Gloucestershire Census lookups
> email:
>


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