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zoe

zoe Report 16 Apr 2008 19:29

why isn't the 1881 census on genes and wheres the best place to find it .

Julie

Julie Report 16 Apr 2008 19:34

Its free on family search

zoe

zoe Report 16 Apr 2008 19:35

ok thank you

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 16 Apr 2008 22:21

Also free on Ancestry...........

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 16 Apr 2008 22:44

Zoe DONT buy units to search from genes its very expensive way to search.
If you want BMD.s then freeBMD should be your first port of call.
Family Search ,free to search,may find you parish records.& 1881 census. THEN if you need other searches that they dont cover ask on here cos lots of us have Ancestry and Find My Past subs.

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Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Richard in Perth

Richard in Perth Report 17 Apr 2008 02:03

An Ancestry subscription is MUCH better value than the pay-per-view units purchased on this site. On Ancestry, you get all censuses 1841-1901, including images (even for 1881 - it is the only site that I know that has the 1881 images). You also get all BMD's 1837-2005, Scottish censuses (transcriptions only - not the images unfortunately) plus lots more (WW1 pension records, pallots marriage & baptism indexes, historical British phone directories, etc etc). All this for around £60 per year, which is excellent value.

Richard