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Subject: Re: 1891 Census
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 11:23:09 EDT


I may have missed the plotline and ulterior motive somewhere but, since the
1891 census for Norfolk has already been transcribed and successfully piloted
on the web (unfortunately, just before I started serious searching for my
Norfolk ancestors), why is it now being withheld from us? Could it be that
someone has realized that they can make a lot of money out of creating a
commercial market for public information? With apologies to the initiator of
this thread, it does, however, seem a huge waste of effort to engage a lot of
people in transcribing records that have already been successfully
transcribed, when there are so many that haven't, and when the better option
would seem to be to put pressure on the PRO to re-activate the 1891 pilot
site that, by all accounts, was user-friendly and accurate.

Chris

In a message dated 02/06/2002 16:09:30 GMT Standard Time,
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> Subj:Re: 1891 Census
> Date:02/06/2002 16:09:30 GMT Standard Time
> From: (Bryon)
> Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:"></A>
> To:
>
> Hi Jessica,
> Two points, after the debacle of the 1901 census, the government have stated
> that 1891 will not be worked on yet, projected date (I think) is now late
> 2003 at the earliest. They will also be charging for access to it.
> Bryon
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Skippon" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 12:29 PM
> Subject: RE: 1891 Census
>
>
> >
> > Is there really much point in transcribing the 1891 census for Norfolk?
> We
> > know the PRO has done it because the test site worked perfectly well. I
> > read recently that once the problems with the 1901 on-line census are
> worked
> > out (??!!?? if we live that long) work will go ahead putting the earlier
> > censuses on-line. There are also plans for putting all births, deaths,
> > marriages information on-line, where the people concerned (being born,
> > married or dying) were born more than 100 years ago. This is still in the
> > green paper stage so anything might happen, but I'm fairly sure the census
> > will be sooner rather than later.
> >
> > Jessica Skippon
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Teresa [mailto:]
> > Sent: Saturday 01 June 2002 22:48
> > To:
> > Subject: 1891 Census
> >
> >
> > We are due to start the transcription of the 1891 census starting with
> > Norwich.
> > The aim of this project is to make available all the census information
> > online and free of charge. I am looking for anyone who would be interested
> > in transcribing for Freecen. If you have a few spare hours and access to a
> > microfiche reader i would love to hear from you. Together we can get this
> > information online so everyone benefits.
> > Regards Teresa
> > Norfolk Cty co-ordinator
> > http://freecen.rootsweb.com/
> >
> > ______________________________
> >
> >
>
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