I have just received a quite nasty private mail from a Lister, at some length with a cowardly festive comment. Acid comments because they say I mentioned Mr. Etchells' name, but I wasnt the first to do so. Check back and see that Ray and Andy wrote about the subject and I wrote in between them so I wasnt the first to mention Mr. Etchells's name. Here's some more of the phraseology: My "feathers apparently get ruffled rather frequently, I am very condescending, quite snobby and rude". Further, "People are all against me and this person has a hard time understanding me because I am against everything most family historians want. "I can only go by what I see on the list" they say. How narrow minded and I have helped others. Quite clearly there are people who like picking on individuals they want to hurt. I also wrote from personal experience that my mother had sent me a plea before she died, about information she didnt want others to know, let alone the whole world on the internet. Can you wonder why after this. Here's the header of Mr. Etchells private mail to me, work out the date and time from the archives here. List posts started on 1st December 2009 and I did not start the thread. Mr. Etchells' mail to me was therefore unsolicited. >----Original Message---- >From: guy.etchells@virgin.net >Date: 05/12/2009 21:09 >To: <wightway@tiscali.co.uk> >Subj: Early release of 1911 census ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Candlish" < andycandlish@ozemail.com.au> | Hi | | The early release of the 1911 England & Wales census was achieved because of | an FOI request by a gentleman called Guy Etchells. | | http://www.yourfamilytreemag.co.uk/page/yft?entry=view_the_1911_census_early | | Whilst there was a petition around that time it was the FOI ruling that led | to the early release. | | http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/CensusInfoFreed/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Hennessy" < ray@whatsinaname.net> > > Well, it does, actually, or at least it is supposed to. This is what the > Department of National Statistics website says, quoting from the relevant > Act: > "Personal census information is held securely for 100 years before being > made available to the public." > > The release of the 1911 data 2 years early was a one-off breaking of the > rule and required, I imagine, a special decision by Parliament. There is a > lot of debate behind the scenes about future release dates. With the > population expecting to include thousands of centenarians soon, it is quite > likely that the 100-year embargo will be reinstated. Especially necessary > as the data collected by Census is becoming more and more detailed [and