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brummiejan

brummiejan Report 29 Jul 2009 18:57

Is there any difference in these sites re. census reports? I have ancestry and sometimes can't find info, but am never quite sure whether it is worth asking for an FMP lookup. Don't want to waste anyone's time!
Jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 29 Jul 2009 19:00

Transcriptions do vary from Ancestry to Findmypast.

I usually do a free search on FMP and then using the info then try and find on Ancestry

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 29 Jul 2009 19:07

Thanks! Have never gone anywhere near FMP, might have a look!
Jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

Richard in Perth

Richard in Perth Report 30 Jul 2009 05:53

FindMyPast is incomplete for 1851 and 1901. Also it does not have images for 1881, nor does it have Scottish censuses.

FMP does however have an address index for all the censuses that it does hold, whereas Ancestry only has an address index for 1881.

I stick with Ancestry because of their greater coverage. However I suspect that the FMP index is more accurate, and like GlitterBaby says above, you can still use the free index on FMP and compare with the Ancestry search results if you can't find who you're looking for on the latter.

Richard