Hi folks, Thousands of genealogists and other interested parties have been fighting for many years for the early release of census information. I personally can't see any reason why they should have to be locked away for 100 years. I'm afraid it's the same problem with most public information whether it be census records, parish records or BMD records, somebody has to transcribe and make them available and usually at a cost to the researcher. The Freecen, FreeBMD and FreeReg projects are doing a wonderful job in making these available free of charge, but it is a slow job even with the transcribers, checkers, validators and coordinators working hard to get them online. What bugs me is that the 1911 Census of Ireland is set to be online by mid 2009 with Antrim, Down, Kerry and Dublin already available. How much to search - FREE How much to view each transcribed page - FEEE How much to view an image - FREE Maybe it is being made available at no charge because researching Irish ancestors is difficult because of the destruction of the census records. I would happily have paid for the valuable information I found on the site. The National Archives of Ireland should be commended and and maybe give some tips to our lot. Cheers, Dave Jassie - List Administrator